Saturday, September 11, 2010

Update: Listens and Reads

The best books and music of 2010 (at least for me)...
Listening to:
1. Geof Bradfield - African Flowers (Origin 2010)
2. William Parker/Inside Songs Of Curtis Mayfield - I Plan To Stay A Believer (AUM, 2010) 
also: WIlliam Parker - inside Songs Of Curtis Mayfield (Rai Trade, 2007)
3. Dan Weiss - Timshel (Sunnyside, 2010)
4. Jon Irabagon - Foxy (Hot Cup, 2010)
5. Alex Sipiagin - Generations (Criss Cross, 2010)
6. Atomic  - Theater Tilters (Jazzland, 2010)
7. Ralph Alessi - Cognitive Dissonance (Cam Jazz, 2010)
8. Jason Moran - Ten (Blue Note)
9. Lisa Mezzacappa/Bait & Switch - What Is Known (Clean Feed, 2010)
10. Tomas Fuliwara & The Hookup - Actionspeak (482 music, 2010)
11 Fats Waller - The Last Years 1940-1943 (Bluebird, 1989)
12. Nels Cline Singers - Initiate (Cryptogramophone, 2010)
Readings:
1. War - Sabastian Junger
2. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson
3. The Jazz Ear - Ben Ratliff
4. The Forsaken - Tim Tzouliadis
5. Thelonious Monk - Robin Kelley
6. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
7. Let The Great World Spin - Colum McCann
8. Sunnyside - Glen David Gold
9. Await You Reply - Dan Choan
10. Invisible - Paul Auster

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