FAVORITE FILMS OF 2008
Saw 278+ movies in 2008, close to 70 in theaters
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
THE FALL (though I think it was officially released earlier)
THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI
IN BRUGES
CHOKE
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
TOWELHEAD
TELL NO ONE
WHAT JUST HAPPENED
BURN AFTER READING
THE DARK KNIGHT
STEP BROTHERS
A GIRL CUT IN TWO
TROUBLE THE WATER
VANTAGE POINT
VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA
FAVORITE CDs OF 2008
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals -- Cardinology
Greg Osby – 9 LEVELS
Charles Lloyd Quartet – Rabo de Nube
Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs: the B ootleg Series Vol. 8
Jimmy Herring - Lifeboat
Orchestra Baobab – Made In Dakar
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Kinsman
Grateful Dead – WINTERLAND – November 1973 (boxed set)
SF Jazz Collective – Live 2008
Wood Brothers – Loaded
Sara Serpa – Praia
Lionel Loueke - Karibu
Dave Holland Sextet – Passing It On
Francisco Mela – Cirio
Mad-Sweet Pangs – Witness & Wait
Todd Sickafoose – Tiny Resistors
Neil Young – Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1968
FAVORITE RESTAURANTS of 2008
Arroyo Chop House, Pasadena, CA
HARU, Philadelphia, PA
Indonesia Restaurant, South Philadelphia, PA
Fresh, Culver City, CA
Palomino, Westwood, CA
FAVORITE CONCERTS OF 2008
Saw 63 concerts, a light year for me
Wilco -- 8/10/08 – Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE
Ornette Coleman – 2/15/08 -- Portland Jazz Festival, Schnitzern Theatre, Portland, OR
Bruce Springsteen for OBAMA -- 10/4/08 -- JFK Parkway, Philadelphia, PA
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – 1/22/08 – Bridges Auditorium, Claremont, CA
Charles Lloyd Quartet – 3/28/08 – Herbst Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
JAZZ FOR OBAMA – 10/1/08 -- Roy Haynes, Hank Jones, Joe Lovano, Roy Hargrove, Kurt Elling, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Christian McBride, Charlie Hunter, Doug Wamble, Aaron Goldberg, Brad Mehldau, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roberta Gambarini, Stefon Harris, Stanley Jordan, Bilal, Robert Glasper, Matt Penman, Derrick Hodge, Willie Jones III, Steve Turre – New York, NY
Cecil Taylor, solo piano – 2/27/08 -- Portland Jazz Festival, Portland, OR
Dave Holland Sextet -- 10/10/08 -- New York, NY
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – 4/7/08 – Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
John Beasley’s Jazz Circle w/ Buster Williams, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Bennie Maupin -- 12/15/08 -- Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, CA
Mad-Sweet Pangs -- 11/15/08 -- Recher Theater, Towson, MD