Favorites of 2021

Not the "best," but simply my favorites from last year:

Films/TV watched:

• Harakiri
• Some Kind of Heaven
• Princess Mononoke
• Bad Trip
• Gomorrah (seasons 1-5)
• Varda by Agnes
• Berserk (1997)
• Witches of the Orient
• Chinatown
• Mindgame
• King of New York
• The Taking of Pelham 123
• Barry Lyndon
• Escape from New York
• Angel's Egg
• The Conversation
• Laura

Books read:

• In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado
• No One is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood
• The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War, Louis Menand
• Heaven, Mieko Kawakami
• Cuba and its Music, Ned Sublette

Shows seen:

• Jeonglim Yang Quartet with Chet Doxas, Santiago Leibson, and Mark Ferber at Bar Lunatico (June)
• David Virelles Trio with Matt Brewer and Eric McPherson at The Jazz Gallery (July)
• Dan Weiss Trio with Thomas Morgan and Jacob Sacks at Bar Lunatico (August)
• Jerome Sabbagh Trio with Joe Martin and Al Foster at Bar Bayeux (September)
• Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet with Micah Thomas, Walter Smith III, Matt Brewer, Marcus Gilmore at the Vanguard (October)
• Tamio Shiraishi at 67th Avenue 'R' Line Mezzanine (October)
• Jacob Shulman "Connectedness" CD Release at Soapbox Gallery (November)
• Walter Stinson's Amerarcana with Neta Raanan, Max Light, and Aaron Quinn at Lowlands Bar (December)

Gigs played:

• Quartet with Evan Main, Walter Stinson, and Steven Crammer at Bar Bayeux (July)
• Faron Tillson Trio with Dan Pappalardo at Rue B (August)
• <3 Bird CD Release with Adam O'Farrill, Max Light, Christian Li, Walter Stinson, and Matt Honor at The Jazz Gallery (August)
• Quartet with Dana Saul, Walter Stinson, and Matt Honor at Lowlands Bar (August)
• Steven Feifke Big Band at Birdland Jazz Club (September)
• Quartet ("Clifford Jordan's Glass Bead Games") with Dana Saul, Dan Pappalardo, and Faron Tillson at Lowlands Bar (September)
• Peter Watrous Quintet at Seesaw's Lodge, Vermont (September)
• Happy Trio XV with Thomas Morgan and Dan Weiss at Lowlands Bar (October)
• Kris Monson Trio with Steven Crammer at Cloak Room (October)
• MONASTIC: Monk's Music with Yuhan Su, Walter Stinson, and Steven Crammer at Lowlands Bar (November)
• Peter Watrous Quintet with Andrew Boudreau, Simón Willson, and Kayvon Gordon at Bar Bayeux (November)
• Quintet with Adam O'Farrill, Dana Saul, Walter Stinson, and Matt Honor at Lowlands Bar (December)

Records/songs listened to:

• These Are My Roots by Clifford Jordan
• "Speak Low," One Night Stand by Naomi Sakamoto
• "Kurosawa at Berghain," Visions of Your Other by Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days
• "Reptilian," Family Plan by Family Plan
• Geometry by Christian Li
• That's My Kick by Erroll Garner
• "Tea for Two," Gemini by Erroll Garner
• "Amidst Curses," Signs by Gerald Cleaver
• "Structural Fire," Interface by Steve Lehman
• Moonsense by Fishdoll

YouTube videos watched:

• Herbie Nichols Interview
• saxophone mouthpieces that were never meant to be played
• Steamed Hams but it's in Twin Peaks (The Simpsons) (Twin Peaks)
• DARK SOULS (Honest Game Trailers)
• Miles Davis but he uses the Wrong Modes
• Dark Souls 2 Shield "Only" Guide
• ERROLL GARNER - SO YOU WANNA LEARN TO PLAY THE PIANO HUN?
• Family Guy: Sting sings Brand New Day + Fields of Gold
• Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love (Calculator Cover)
• In Modern Time -- a Sonny Simmons story by Robert Brewster
• The Muppet Show: Kermit, Miss Piggy, The Muppet Glee Club - "Temptation"
• How to Beat Dark Souls 2 without Talking
• Mark Turner - Resolution
• The Geometry Of Emotion: How Paul Thomas Anderson Uses Hot Dog Shapes In His Films To Create Mood