ACOUSTIC LEVITATION
TOP RELEASES OF 2009
CRAIG NIXON,
Managing Editor
- Anthony Braxton
/ The Complete Arista Recordings (Mosaic) mosaicrecords.com
- Steve Kuhn
Trio with Joe Lovano / Mostly Coltrane (ECM) ecmrecords.com
- Wadada Leo
Smith/Jack DeJohnette / America (Tzadik) tzadik.com
- Vijay Iyer
Trio / Historicity (ACT) actmusic.com
- Donny McCaslin
Trio / Recommended Tools (Greenleaf) greenleafmusic.com
- Enrico Rava
/ New York Days (ECM) ecmrecords.com
- David Binney
/ Third Occasion (Mythology) davidbinney.com/
(also free downloads in the "Gig Download" area)
- Tony Malaby
/ Paloma Recio (New World) newworldrecords.org/
- Miguel Zenon
/ Esta Pleña (Marsalis Music) marsalismusic.com/
- Tomasz Stanko
Quintet / Dark Eyes (ECM) ecmrecords.com
SKIP
HELLER
Our Rock'n'Roots Man
Why
I Don't Have A Top 10 for 2009
I entered 2009
under duress, much as the rest of us did. Nobody had much money, so buying a
ton of records or whatever
not easy. Not that I feel like I missed much,
but it wasn't like there was a hell of a lot in Los Angeles to see or do this
year.
I saw Bob Dylan
for the first time, in Hollywood, at the Palladium. It was October, and Charlie
Sexton had just rejoined the band. It was a great rock'n'roll show, with Bob
tearing mostly into his recent songs with a very enthusiastic band. I loved
it.
A few weeks later,
Robert Crumb appeared at UCLA (Royce Hall) in an onstage interview where he
discussed his life and work, as a tie-in to his illustrated Book of Genesis
volume. It was fantastic. Crumb's a great talker, and his view on his own work
is as fascinating and informed as the work itself.
My favorite club
show was Andre Williams, in full Black Godfather mode, playing the slimiest,
meanest rhythm'n'blues show I've seen in a really long time. He opened with
"Agile, Hostile, and Mobile." He looked like Black Satan, and he performed
with an evil rarely seen in Hollywood. "Baconfat" and "Jailbait"
both sounded like brand new, and Andre gave these beastie bitches a lesson they'll
never understand. [Thanks, Skip. Just bought me some Andre Williams, a name
new to me. - Ed.]å
The other club
show I dug hard was Candye Kane, whose records I'd enjoyed for years but who
I'd never seen live. I fell for her within seconds of her first song.
For TV, not a great
year. My favorite show, King Of The Hill, went off the air. There's still
30 Rock at least. And South Park.
I went to India,
which was the cultural highlight of my year (see my blog, skipheller.com
for reports). I didn't see too many movies this year. On the plane to India,
I saw Up! and a very mainstream Bollywood romantic comedy called Love
Aaj Kal. I loved the former and found the latter to be better than most
of what you get on planes.
In short, I had
a lot of fun around the house, downloaded a lot of old music, and played new
music with my pals. Not a bad year, but I'd love some good new music to be recorded
in 2010.
ROBERT
REIGLE
Our Resident Ethnomusicologist, Improvisor & Composer
Greetings from
Istanbul! This year's list includes world, avant classical, improvised, and
early musics-mixed together into a single alphabetical order. Some of the CDs
are older, but I just recently obtained them; and I think you'll love them.
The Naga music from India and Burma (2004), for example, is stunning, and well
worth any special effort to obtain it. Likewise, I could not get the Scelsi
DVD (2007) until 2009, but it provides thrilling new insights into both the
music and its reception, making it a cornerstone of any library. Oh yeah, the
really new stuff is great too!
Alessandro BOSETTI.
African Feedback. Errant Bodies. Book and CD. Delightful book containing
transcriptions of interviews Bosetti conducted in African villages, where he
played avant-garde music to people and asked for their comments. His choice
of pieces itself is fascinating, as are the listeners' reactions. The accompanying
CD contains some of Bosetti's own music. 2007. errantbodies.org/
Earle BROWN, editor.
Earle BrownA Life in Music, Volumes 1 and 2. Wergo WER-69282, and
69312. Reissues from the Contemporary Sound series selected by Earle Brown,
from 1960 to 1973. Each volume contains three CDs, each reissuing an LP. Brown
was a brilliant composer and listener, and his selection of composers and works
was remarkable prescient, resulting in a perfect representation of the 1960s
avant-garde. The vinyl, originally on Time/Mainstream, has been out of print
since 1978. Volume 1: Concert Percussion for Orchestra; Stockhausen-Kagel; Live
Electronic Music Improvised (MEV and AMM). Volume 2: Works for Chamber Orchestra
(Nono, Maderna, Berio); New Music from London (Maxwell-Davies, Birtwistle, Bedford,
Orton); Feldman-Brown. Four more planned volumes will complete the series. 2009.
wergo.de/shop/en_UK/3/show,261751.html
Antoine BUSNOIS
(1430-1492). L'Homme Arme-Six Masses. Cantica Symphonia, directed by
Giuseppe Maletto. Glossa. 2009. glossamusic.com
Ertugrul Oguz FIRAT. Leaven of Anatolia. Istanbul: AK Muzik, AK-914-2.
The third album from this maverick composer/painter/author. Includes a beautifully
illustrated booklet with extensive notes by the composer in Turkish and English.
2009. akmuzik.com.tr.
Paintings and information at ertugruloguzfirat.com
Mats GUSTAFSSON.
The Thing. Bag It! The Thing consists of Paal Nilssen-Love, Ingebrigt
Håker, and Mats. Oslo: Smalltown Superjazz. 2009. smalltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/
Jonathan HARVEY.
Complete String Quartets and Trio. Played by the Arditti Quartet. Aeon
2CD-0975. 2009. aeon.fr/
Georg Friedrich
HAAS. Works for Ensemble. Munich: Neos. CD 10919. Thanks to the folks
at SFRP, I've been discovering the breadth and depth of Haas over the past year,
through many broadcast recordings. This album marks an important addition to
the discography of a highly underrepresented composer. 2009. neos-music.com
INDIA; BURMA. Naga:
Songs from the Mist. Stirn-Van Ham Archives. Outstanding field recordings
and documentation of remarkable music from ethnic minorities. 2004. petervanham.com/Pages/Naga-Songs_from_the_mist.html;
also available in the United States from markajohnson.com/naga_cd.html.
IRAN. Voices
from the Land of Iran: An Anthology of Vocal Styles and Techniques. 3 CDs.
Tehran: Mahoor Institute, CD 139. An amazing collection demonstrating the vast
range of singing techniques from the different ethnic groups of Persia, one
of the cradles of Indo-European culture. Includes an excellent booklet in English
and Farsi. 2006. mahoor.com/
Charles IVES. Psalms
(Complete Recording). Holzgerlingen: Haenssler Classic. 2008. haenssler-classic.de/
KURDISH/Turkey.
Dengbej Kerem. Lo Lo Lawiko. Mus: Gunes Film Klip ve Muzik, no number.
Cassette only. Proof that traditional singing in Turkey is alive and well outside
the hegemonic recording studios of Istanbul. Beautiful singing in the Kurdish
bard tradition, from Mus, in the southeast. Accompaniment includes the mey,
a double-reed instrument similar to the duduk, played by Aziz Kurtar. 2009.
No website or U.S. distributor, but ask your Kurdish or Turkish-speaking friend
to call the producer, Remzi Maral, at +90-436-212-2302.
KURDISH/Iraq. Mihemed
Arif Cizrawi. Ciyaye Singale; and Yar Gewre. Istanbul: Aydin Muzik Yapim.
These two albums by one of the beloved masters include the full song texts,
but in Kurmanji only. 2009. No U.S. distributor, but request them from kommuzik.com.tr
KURDISH/Turkey.
Dengbej Zahiro. Bisare Ceto; and Keva Guzel. Two albums from one
of the greatest bards. Istanbul: Umut Muzik & Film. 2009. No U.S. distributor,
but request them from kommuzik.com.tr
KURDISH/Turkey.
Heme Haci. Dewre. Istanbul: KOM Muzik Yapim, CD-204. 2009. In Turkey:
kommuzik.com.tr; in
Germany: mirmultimedia.de;
in the United States: tulumba.com
KURDISH/Turkey.
Sakiro. Sahe Dengbejan. A series of 24 CDs and 2 VCDs of unaccompanied
bard singing by one of the shapers of the tradition. Unfortunately, the production
is sloppy, with fluctuating volumes, truncated tracks, incorrect labeling, mastering
at wrong speeds, etc. Nonetheless, his recordings are essential. The visuals
in the VCDs only consist of scraps of footage originally recorded without sound,
an old photograph or two, and poorly shot modern scenes of Sakiro's homeland;
the music is from the CD series. Istanbul: Cagdas Muzik. 2009. No U.S. distributor,
but request them from kommuzik.com.tr
KURDISH/Turkey.
Yezidiler-Ezidi Religious Music. Istanbul: Kalan Muzik Yapim, CD 451
- 452. An important release documenting, for the first time, Yezidi music from
southeastern Turkey, plus examples from Armenia, Iraq, and Syira. Includes a
248-page booklet in Turkish, English, and Kurdish (in that order). The notes
on Ezidi music are based on Nahro Zagros' doctoral dissertation. 2009. kalan.com
MONGOLIA. Chants
Diphoniques de l'Altai Mongol [Xoomij Overtone Singing from Mongolia]. CD
and DVD. Buda Musique. 2008. budamusique.com/
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
Re-counting Knowledge in Song: Change Reflected in Kaulog Music. Birgit
Druppel. Boroko [Port Moresby]: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. Book
with compact disc. Includes rare, beautiful, and remarkabale recordings from
the island with one-sixth of the world's languages. The remarkables include
panpipes played with flutter-tonguing, overtones made with the assistance of
an impaled insect's buzzing wings, singing with "dissonant" second
intervals, and well-recorded funeral wailing. 2009. To order, contact ipngs@global.net.pg
Evan PARKER/John
WIESE. C-Section. Second Layer SLR001. 2009. secondlayer.co.uk;
john-wiese.com
RUSSIA. Baku:
Symphony of Sirens: Sound Experiments (Music, Poetry, and Agitprop) in The Russian
Avant Garde 1908-1942. RER Megacorp RER RAG 1&2, 2CD with 72-page hardbound
book, bonus disc with the first 150 copies. 2008. rerusa.com,
rermegacorp.com
RUSSIA. Altai-The
Song of the Golden Mountains, Siberia Volume 10. Buda Musique. CD 67239.
2009. budamusique.com/
Giacinto SCELSI.
Collection Vol. 3. A well-annotated album with the first recording of
"Ballata" and new performances of the great orchestral works "Aion,"
"Hymnos," and "Four Pieces for Orchestra on a Single Note."
Essential. Stradivarius STR-33803. 2009. stradivarius.it
Giacinto SCELSI.
Giacinto Scelsi/Hans Zender-Klang und Sinn, Musica Viva-8. Wergo DVD
NZ-64. Wonderfully illuminating documentaries on, and complete performances
of, Scelsi's "Hymnos," "Four Pieces on one Note," and "Natura
Renovatur," plus Zender's "Bardo." Zender is one of the most
important champions of Scelsi's music, having known him since the 1960s, which
enables him to provide insights into Scelsi's music and life. Zender conducted
the world premieres of many of Scelsi's orchestral works, decades after they
were written. His own piece is for cello and orchestra, calling for the cellist
to use a Michael Bach bow which enables the performer to play all four strings
at once. It was thoughtful of Wergo to assign this to number 8, which was Scelsi's
number; he wrote a book of poems called Octologo, and chose the date
of his own death as "when the 8s line up," 8-8-88; by our calendar
he died in the early morning of the ninth, but by the Indian reckoning (he was
profoundly influenced by Indian philosophy) he died on the 8th because the new
day begins at dawn rather than midnight. By the way, the Lachenmann and Xenakis
volumes in this Musica Viva series are also outstanding. 2007. wergo.de
Giacinto SCELSI.
Preludi, Serie I-IV. Alessandra Ammara, piano. Arts Music SACD 47721-8,
hybrid playable on normal and SACD players. A revelation of the breadth and
creativity of Scelsi's earlier period, these preludes include pre-echoes of
some of the sounds that were later to appear in the musics of Gyorgy Ligeti
and Cecil Taylor . World premieres beautifully played and recorded (only the
first series had been recorded before). 2009. artsmusic.de
Cecil TAYLOR. Cecil
Taylor: Jazz Master Class Series from NYU. Excellent documentation of Cecil
at work. Gary Giddins presents a thrilling discussion of Cecil's music, from
New York University in 2004. Artists House/NYU AHmc1, distributed by Hal Leonard.
DVD, 166 minutes. 2008. steinhardt.nyu.edu/music.jazz
TONGA. Palu Vava'u
Tupou and Veiongo Fakaua, ladies-in-waiting of the Tongan queen, perform three
songs, recorded in 1954 after singing for Queen Elizabeth in the United Kingdom.
You can download them for free, and click an internal link to see a photo of
the singers, at the wonderful Excavated Shellac site: excavatedshellac.wordpress.com
TURKEY. Sonbahar
[Autumn]. Soundtrack to the award-winning film. Powerful music by Aysenur Kolivar,
Yuri Ryadchenco, Sumru Agiryuruyen, and Onok Bozkurt. 2009. adamusic.com.tr;
available in the United States from tulumba.com
Iannis Xenakis.
Xenakis Edition No.10: Complete String Quartets. The Jack Quartet. Mode
209, moderecords.com
STEVE
KOENIG
Editor
As always, one
can't possibly keep up with all the new releases, and many discs only hit the
deck after the calendar year has gone, or you discover some wonderful older
things you just have to tell people about. Below are the things that made my
life especially rich in 2009.
JAZZ and FREE IMPROV
Paul Dunmall and
Paul Rogers. Folks History. Duns Limited Edition DLE 063, 4 CDs. Mindyourownmusic.co.uk/paul-dunmall.htm
Brian Groder, Burton
Greene, Rob Brown, Adam Lane, Ray Sage. Groder & Greene. Latham 5409-2.
briangroder.com
Keith Jarrett.
Testament: Paris/London. ECM B0013427-02, 3 CDs. ecmrecords.com
Sylvain Kassap,
Denis Lavant, Ramon López, Franck Médioni, Claude Tchamitchian.
Ascension, Tombeau de John Coltrane. RogueArt ROG-0022. roguart.com
Chris Kelsey 4. Not Cool {As in, "The Opposite of Paul Desmond."}
Tzazz Krytyk. chriskelsey.com
Kirk Knuffke Quartet.
Bigwig. Clean Feed CF107CD, cleanfeed-records.com,
kirkknuffke.com
Eyal Maoz &
Assif Sirkis. Elementary Dialogues. Ayler ayIDL-104, download only. ayler.com
Joe McPhee. Angels,
Devils & Haints. CjR7, 2CDs, ncdsales.com
Dom Minasi. Dissonance
Makes The Heart Grow Fonder. Konnex KCD 5235. konnex-records.de,
domminasi.com
Nmperign. Ommatida.
Intransitive int035. intransitiverecordings.com
Nuts (Benjamin
Duboc, Rasul Siddik, Itaru Oki, Didier Laserre, Makoto Sato). Symphony for
Old and New Dimensions. Ayler ayl- CD-088. ayler.com
Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic
Ensemble. The Moment's Energy. ECM B0013023-02. ecmrecords.com
Evan Parker/ John
Wiese. C-Section. Second Layer SLR001, secondlayer.co.uk,
john-wiese.com
Dave Rempis Percussion
Quartet. The Disappointment of Parsley. not two MW811-2. nottwo.com,
daverempis.com
Cecil Taylor. The
Jazz Master Class. Artists House/NYU AHmc1, DVD, steinhardt.nyu.edu/music.jazz
Fay Victor Ensemble.
Cartwheels Through The Cosmos. Artistshare 88450208583. Ok, so the album's
two years old but I just got it now. This singer is amazing. fayvictor.com,
cdbaby.com/cd/fayvictor4
COMPOSED and deCOMPOSED
John Adams. Dr.
Atomic Symphony; Guide to Strange Places. Saint Louis SO, David Robertson,
cond. Nonesuch 468220-2. nonesuch.com
Anthology: "Baku:
Symphony of Sirens: Sound Experiments (Music, Poetry, and Agitprop) In The Russian
Avant Garde 1908-1942." RER Megacorp RER RAG 1&2, 2CD longbook
with 34 pages hardbound, bonus disc with the first 150 copies. rerusa.com,
rermegacorp.com
Georges Aperghis.
Crosswind. Alter Ego, Rasch. Volte-face. Signaux. Kairos 0012942KAI.
kairos-music.com, allegro-music.com
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Symphonies 1-9 and Overtures. Anima Eterna, cond. Jos van Immerseel.
Zig Zag Territoires ZZT080402.6, 6 hybrid SACDs. zigzag-territoires.com,
allegro-music.com
Heiner Goebbels.
The Italian Concerto: The Italian Concerto/Writing II, Ou Bien Sunyatta,
Die Faust Im Wappen, So That Bloood Dropped To The Earth. I dischi idi angelica
ida024, aaa-agenlica.com,
rermegacorp.com
Jonathan Harvey.
Complete String Quartets and Trio. Arditti Quartet. Aeon AECD 0975, 2
hybrid SACDs. allegro-music.com
Rued Langaard.
Complete Symphonies. Danish National SO, Choir and Vocal Ensemble, cond.
Thomas Dausgaard. dacapo 6.200001, 7 CDs. naxos.com,
dacapo-records.dk
Per Norgaard. Works
for soprano and instruments: Seadrift; Nova Genitura; Fons Laetitia. Bente
Vist, soprano. dacapo 8.226067. naxos.com,
dacapo.co.dk
Giacinto Scelsi.
Preludi, Serie I-IV. Alessandra Ammara, piano. Arts hybrid SACD 47721-8.
artsmusic.de;
Salvatore Sciarrino.
Orchestral Works. Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, cond. Tito
Ceccherini. Kairos/Rai Trade 0012802KAI, 3 CDs. kairos-music.com,
allegro-music.com
OPERA DVD
Jonathan Dove.
The Adventures of Pinocchio. David Parry, cond. Opera North. Opus Arte
OA 1005 D, 2 DVDs, 3h33m. naxos.com,
opusarte.com, dno.nl
Olivier Messiaen.
Saint François d'Assise. Ingo Metzmacher, cond. De Nederlandse Opera.
Opus Arte OA 1007 D, 3 DVDs, 4h35m. naxos.com,
opusarte.com, dno.nl
FOLK, ROCK, ETHNIC AND WORLD MUSIC
Rickie Lee Jones.
Balm In Gilead. Fantasy FAN-31760-02. concordmusicgroup.com,
rickieleejones.com
Najma Akhtar and
Gary Lucas. Rishte. World Village LLCD005. worldvillagemusic.com,
harmoniamundi.com
Iakovos Nafpliotis.
Byzantine Music - Orfeon-Odeon Recordings 1914-1926. Kalan CD 464, 5
CDs + 125 page book in English, Turkish and Greek. kalan.com
Odetta. Evening
Star. Her final recording, gorgeous Christmas songs (which I otherwise can't
abide) with acoustic accompaniment, but mostly just Bill Lee on bass. Silverwolf
Records 1103. silverwolfmusic.com
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
de Cotonou. Echoes Hypnotiques: From The Vaults of Albarika Store 1969-1979.
Analog Africa AACD 066. analogafrica.com
Pariah Piranha.
People People. Queer Control Records. queercontrol.com,
pariahpiranha.com
Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Running For The Drum. Appleseed APR CD1117, CD + DVD. appleseedmusic.com,
buffy-sainte-marie.com
Algeria. Gasbah
Flutes from Northeast Algeria. Buda Musique BUD 7739, CD + DVD. budamusique.com,
allegro-music.com
Mongolia. Chants
Diphoniques de l'Altai Mongol (Xoomij Overtone Singing from Mongolia). Buda
Musique BUD 7742, CD + DVD. budamusique.com,
allegro-music.com
Uzbekistan. Karalpakistan:
Voices of the Ancestors. Buda Musique BUD 7797, CD + DVD. budamusique.com,
allegro-music.com
REISSUES and
HISTORICAL ISSUES - ALL GENRES
Air, with Henry
Threadgill. Air Song. Whynot/Candid WWHNCD 79403, candidrecords.com
Anthology: "Fire
In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Otherworldy African-American Gospel 1944-2007."
Tompkins Square TSQ 2271, 3 CDs. tompkinssquare.com
Anthology: "The
100 Club Anniversary Singles - 6T's 1979-2009" (Rare '60s and '70s
Northern Soul). Kent CDKEND 323. acerecords.com
Anthology: "Topic
Records: Three Score & Ten - 70 Years Of The Oldest Independent Record Company
In Great Britain: A Voice To The People." Topic70, 7 CDs in 10"
x 10" hardcover book. topicrecords.co.uk
Anthology: "Les
Urnes de l'Opéra 1907-1912." 48 discs were buried in the Paris
Opera in a time capsule to be opened in 100 years: now. EMI France 206267-2-3,
3 CDs. emimusic.com
Anthology: "Where
The Action Is: Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968." Rhino R2 519759, 4 CDs
in 9" x 11" hardcover book. rhino.com
Hank Ballard and
The Midnighters. Nothing But Good: 1952-1962. Bear Family BCD 16795 EK,
5 CDs + hardcover LP-size book. bear-family.de
The Beatles
In Mono (remasters). Apple 5099969945120, 12 CDs in hardcase. thebeatles.com
The Beatles
(Remasters). Apple5099969944901, 15 CDs + DVD. Yes, they're terribly worth it.
thebeatles.com
Anthony Braxton.
The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton. I confess I didn't
actually acquire this, but it made me listen to all my Braxton/Arista LPs again,
and I have them all. This is a must-have. Mosaic 242, 7 CDs. mosaicrecords.com
Monsterrat Caballé.
Icon: Great Italian Operatic Recordings. EMI 64845, 4 CDs. emi-icons.com
Roger Chapman and
the Shortlist. Riff Burglar/ Live At Munster Hall. (Burglar is just okay;
the 2 CD Live is ferocious!) Beat Goes On BGO CD825, 3 CDs. bgo-records.com
Mitty Collier.
The Chess Singles 1961-1968: Shades of Mitty Collier. Kent/Ace CDKEND
301. acerecords.com
Rev. Gary Davis.
Live at Gerdes' Folk City February 1962. Stefan Grossman SGGW 114/5/6,
3 CDs.
Link Davis. Gumbo
Ya-Ya: Best Of 1948-58. Rev-ola CD REV 252. revola.co.uk
Walt Dickerson,
Wilbur Ware, Andrew Cyrille. Tell Us Only The Beautiful Things. Whynot/Candid
WWHNCD 79401, candidrecords.com,
cityhallrecords.com
Woody Guthrie.
My Dusty Road. Rounder 661 1161-2, 4 CDs + book in replica suitcase.
rounder.com
Roy Lee Johnson.
When A Guitar Plays The Blues. Bear Family BCD 16321. bear-family.de
Lamb. Sign of
Change. Wounded Bird WOU 3003. woundedbird.com
John Martyn. Solid
Air: Deluxe Edition. Island 531 793-3, 2 CDs. johnmartyn.com
Esther Phillips.
Release Me: Reflections of Country & Western Greats. Acrobat ACRCD
305, acrobatmusic.net
The Slits. Cut/uncut:
Deluxe Edition. Island (UK) 5321250, 2 CDs.
Steeleye Span.
A Parcel of Steeleye Span (Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972-1975).
EMI UK 85436-2, 3 CDs. emi.com
Sly and The Family
Stone. Woodstock Experience: Sunday August 17, 1969 / Stand! Epic Legacy
48241, 2 CD + poster. legacyrecordings.com
Sylvester and The
Hot Band. The Blue Thumb Collection. Hip-O Select/Geffen B0012921-02,
hip-oselect.com
Rufus Thomas (et
al.) His R&B Recordings 1949-1956. Bear Family BCD 16695 AH, bear-family.de
Antonio Vivaldi.
Les chefs-d'oeuvre de Vivaldi/ Vivaldi Masterworks. [Concertos, Sonatas
and Vocal Works]. Decca/Universal France 442 9337, 40 CDs. Hurray for the index;
boo for the spacers inside the box.
LIVE PERFORMANCES
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's
Blood On The Cat's Neck. Gemini CollisionWorks. The Brick Theatre, Brooklyn,
NY, bricktheater.com/collisionworks
Horton Foote's
The Orphan's Home Cycle. Director, Michael Wilson. Signature Theatre
Company, NYC. signaturetheatre.org
Marcio Local at
GlobalFest, Webster Hall, NYC. A smoking set; I hope this Brasilian's albums
soon catch fire like the live act did. globalfest-ny.org.
myspace.com/marciolocal,
luakabop.com
Theresa Rebeck's
The Understudy. Cast: Julie White, Justin Kirk, Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
Director, Scott Ellis. Roundabout Theatre Company, Laura Pels Theatre, NYC.
roundabouttheatre.org
Steve Swell (trombone) and Jason Kao Hwang (violin). Downtown Music Gallery,
Sunday In-Store Free Music Series, NYC. July 26, 2009. downtownmusicgallery.com,
steveswell.com, jasonkaohwang.com
Cecil Taylor Speaks
Volumes (piano, poetry), Merkin Concert Hall, NYC, March 28, 2009. kaufman-center.org
DVD
The Secret Policeman's
Balls (1976, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1989). Amnesty International/Shout Factory
SF 11030, 3 DVDs, amnesty.usa.org,
shoutfactory.com
BOOKS
Vince Aletti. The
Disco Files 1973-1978: New York's Underground, Week by Week. djhistory.com
Desdemonne Bardin.
Jazz Zoom: Carrying It On - Photos and Interviews. 13x13inch hardbound.
DVC Press/Overtime Records.
dvcpress.com, myspace.com/jazzzoom
Jacques Bisceglia,
photographs. Steve Dalachinsky, poems. Reaching Into The Unknown: 1964-2009.
12x12inch, 440 pages. RogueArt. roguart.com
César Vallejo.
The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition. Translated by Clayton Eshleman,
foreword by Maria Vargas Llosa. University of California Press. ucpress.edu
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