2002 Top List

From the top of my head- could be forgetting things. In no particular order…

From 2002 (incl. Reissues)

John Zorn “IAO” (Tzadik) John Zorn “Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries” (Tzadik) John Zorn “Filmworks XIII: An Invitation to Suicide” (Tzadik) Bobby Previte “The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró” (Tzadik) Fred Frith “Gravity” (Fred Records) Fred Frith/Rova “Freedom in Fragments” (Tzadik) Albert Ayler “Paris, Lörrach 1966” (Hatology) Spring Heel Jack “Amassed” (Thirsty Ear) Sonic Youth “Murray Street” (Geffen) Naked City “Vol I. Live at the Knitting Factory 1989” (Tzadik) Tim Sparks “At the Rebbe’s Table” (Tzadik) Derek Bailey “Ballads” (Tzadik) Tim Berne “Science Friction” (Screwgun) Fantomas-Melvins Big Band (Ipecac) Despite of the sound. Some things I should have definitely bought before: Albert Ayler “Love Cry” (Impulse) Albert Ayler “Live at Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings” (Impulse) Albert Ayler “Witches and Devils” (Black Lion) John Coltrane “Interestellar Space” (Impulse) John Coltrane “Stellar Regions” (Impulse) Anthony Braxton “8 Tristano Compositions (+3). For Warne Marsh” (cd-r) Lennie Tristano/Warne Marsh “Intuition” (?) Frith/Mori/Hideki “Death Ambient” (Tzadik) Peter Brötzmann Trio “For Adolphe Sax” (FMP) Jim O’Rourke “Halfway to a Threeway” (City Slang) Dave Douglas’ Tiny Bell Trio “s/t” (cd-r) Masada “Live in Middleheim” (Tzadik) Al Green “Simply Beautiful: The Love Songs” (?) Cecil Taylor “Conquistador” (Blue Note) William Parker’s In Order to Survive “The Peach Orchard” (AUM Fidelity) Frank Sinatra “The Very Best of” (Warner) Brötzmann/Kondo/Parker/Drake “Die Like a Dog” (FMP) Fred Frith Guitar Quartet “Upbeat” (Ambiences Magnetiques) Frank Zappa “Zappa in New York” (Ryko) Major disappointments: Otomo Yoshihide’s New Jazz Quintet “Flutter” (Tzadik) Dave Douglas “The Infinite” (BMG) John Zorn “Filmworks XI: Under the Wing” (Tzadik) Arto Lindsay “Invoke” (Bar/None) Medeski, Martin & Wood “Uninvisible” (Blue Note) Sonic Youth+ICP+The Ex (Konkurrent) Pedro Almodóvar: “Talk to Her” Steven Spielberg “Star Wars Episode II” (pfffffff) Steven Spielberg “I.A” (embarrassing but not sure it it was released in 2002) VHS: Takeshi Kitano “Kikujiro” David Lynch “Mulholland Drive” Luis Buñuel “The Phantom of Freedom” (approx. translation) The Beatles Anthology Books: Milan Kundera “The Identity” Mario Benedetti “The Respite” Julio Cortázar “The Complete Short Stories. Vol I & II” Best performance (with no doubt): Barry Guy New Orchestra at the CCCB (Barcelona) Best, Efrén del Valle ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sorteos Consulta si tu número ha sido premiado en Yahoo! Sorteos http://loteria.yahoo.es