Study


Study is an important (maybe the most important) aspect of growth. I enjoy keeping lists of things I’ve been checking out: music, books, art, podcasts, etc. This log is really more for myself than anything or anyone else. It’s interesting to look back and track a line of discovery through things I’ve been listening to, watching, and reading. It’s great looking back through the months and years to see how how my tastes have shifted and drifted over time, influencing and “pushing” my creative direction. 

MY CURRENT LISTENING / “Not Enuf Souls” – Apple Music

Don Cherry Interview — KJAZ 1988
The Art of Songwriting with Stephen Sondheim
Don Cherry with Jabbo Smith – Village Vanguard (1987)
Passing it On – A musical Portrait of Barry Harris
Interview with Dizzy Gillespie
Jason Moran: Jazz, Minimalism and Abstraction
Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius
Frank Stella: Return to the Glass House
Clifford Brown Interview
Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers
Do the Math: Ornette 1, Forms and Sounds

MUSIC
I BUILT YOU A TOWER / Death Can For Cutie
SLO-MO NEON LUMINATE HOVERINGS / Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson
TWO / Rosenau & Sanborn
PARADISE / The Westerlies

READING
GENIUS AND THE MOBOCRACY / Frank Lloyd Wright
A POEM FOR DEEP THINKERS / Rashid Johnson
LIGHT IS THE THEME / Louis Kahn
KLEE / Robert Fisher
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL / Frank lloyd Wright

PODCASTS
DESIGN MATTERS / Massimo Vignelli 
THIS PAST WEEKEND with THEO VON / Casey Rocket 
REVISIONIST HISTORY / S15E2 – Zootopia Exposed (Part 1 & 2)
WRCJ IN-STUDIO GUESTS / Barry Harris 2007 Interview

ART & DESIGN
ROMERE BEARDEN
ALEXANDER CALDER
LOUIS KAHN
RASHID JOHNSON
RANEY DAVIS

TV & FILM
THE ODYSSEY
PROJECT HAIL MARY
EAMES: THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER (Tubi)
JOSHUA CHAROW (YouTube channel)
ORNETTE: MADE IN AMERICA

MUSIC
I WILL / Larry Goldings
FLY / Michael Mayo
INNER FIRES / Bud Powell
HAWAII: PART II / Miracle Musical
TRILOGY / Chick Corea

READING
MUSICOPHILA / Oliver Sacks
PAUL KLEE DIARIES 1898-1918 / Paul Klee
A LOVE SUPREME: THE STORY OF JOHN COLTRANE’S SIGNATURE ALBUM / Ashley Kahn foreword by Elvin jones

PODCASTS
LINER NOTES with DAVID BIXLER / S8E3 – Joe Magnarelli
WTF with MARC MARON / E1657 – Spike Lee

ART & DESIGN
PAUL KLEE
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: Modern Chair Design / Wisconsin Museum of Art (curated by Eric Vogel)

TV & FILM
PLURIBUS / Apple +
THE ENGLISH TEACHER / Hulu
THE LAST WRIGHT / HBO
STRANGER THINGS / S5 – Netflix

MUSIC
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL / Dean Blunt 
REFLECTIONS OF MONK / Gary Bartz
THE END (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Joshua Schmidt
HONEY FROM A WINTER STONE / Ambrose Akinmusire 

READING
THE WORK OF ART: HOW SOMETHING COMES FROM NOTHING / Adam Moss
THE END OF PRINT: The Grafik Design of David Carson / David Carson

PODCASTS
POD SAVE AMERICA / E981 – Trump’s War on the US Government
THE SEVERENCE PODCAST S2 / Ben Stiller & Adam Scott

ART & DESIGN
OLAFUR ELIASSON
AVANT GARDE MAGAZINE

TV & FILM
DEAR KELLY / Channel 5 News
WHITE LOTUS / S3 (Apple+)
SILO, Season 2 (Apple +)

MUSIC
THE THING TO DO / Blue Mitchell 
THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT / Alice Coltrane
OPUS / Ryuichi Sakamoto
PRACTICE TAPES VOL. 1 / Bill Evans 
LIVE AT THE ADLER PLANETARIUM / Exploding Star Orchestra

READING
POP ART: OBJECT AND IMAGE / Christopher Finch
THE VIGNELLI CANNON / Massimo Vignelli
WAX POETICS: THE JAZZ ISSUE / No. 34

PODCASTS
CRIME TOWN, SEASON 2 / Detroit
LINER NOTES with DAVID BIXLER / S5E2 – Gerald Cannon
WTF with MARC MARON / E1475 – Les Claypool & Marc Ribot

ART & DESIGN
JIMMY TURRELL
ROB MAZUREK

TV & FILM
HELVETICA (Vimeo)
PRESUMED INNOCENT (Apple+)
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING / S4 (Hulu)

MUSIC
REFRACT / Jason Moran, Marcus Gilmore, and Blankfor.ms
SMOKE STACK / Andrew Hill
GEMINI RIGHTS / Steve Lacy
Y-OTIS 2 / Otis Sandsjö 
OWL SONG / Ambrose Akinmusire 

PODCASTS
THIS PAST WEEKEND – THEO VON / Ep 446 Malcolm Gladwell
BROKEN RECORD with RICK RUBIN / S6 E72 Ben Gibbard

READING
A DESIGNER’S ART / Paul Rand
A LOOK AT ARCHITECTURE: COLUMBUS, INDIANA / Paul Rand
CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART / Wassily Kandinsky

ART & DESIGN
PAUL RAND

TV & FILM
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND (Netflix)
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
CHANNEL 5 NEWS / The People’s Convoy (YouTube)

MUSIC
DAUGHTER OF EXPERIENCE / Dave Miller
INTERPLAY / Bill Evans
COMPOSER / Cedar Walton
INSEN / Ryiuchi Sakamoto & Alva Noto
DEAF DUMB BLIND / Pharoah Sanders

PODCASTS 
THIS PAST WEEKEND – THEO VON / Bill Burr
WTF  – MARC MARON/ Katt Williams

READING
THE CREATIVE ACT: A WAY OF BEING / Rick Rubin
WAX POETICS / Issue 4, Vol. 2 – Don Cherry
SUN RA: ART ON SATURN /
Irwin Chusid & Chris Reisman

ART & DESIGN
JOHN LAUTNER
ELLSWORTH KELLY

TV & FILM
THE LAST OF US / S1 (HBO)
SUCCESSION / S1 (HBO)
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA
I WAS THERE (Jean Michel Basquiat) (Vice)

MUSIC
CHICAGO ODENSE ENSEMBLE / Rob Mazurek
NOT TIGHT / DOMi & JD BECK
PINK DOLPHINS / Anteloper
NIGHT DREAMER / Wayne Shorter
COMMON PRACTICE / Ethan Iverson feat. Tom Harrell

PODCASTS 
THIRD STORY with Leo Sidran / Jason Moran
FLY ON THE WALL / Conan O’Brien

READING 
STATION ELEVENEmily St John Mandel
SPRING 2022 TETRAGONWe Jazz

ART & DESIGN 
YUNHEE MINN
ALVIN LUSTIG
MICHAEL CUTLIP

TV & FILM
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING / S2 (Hulu)
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON / S1 (HBO)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL  / Wes Anderson (2014)
NOPE / Jordan Peele (2022)

 

MUSIC 
I,I / Bon Iver
MR. HOOD / KMD
FORFOLKS / Jeff Parker
EVERY NOTE IS TRUE / Ethan Iverson

PODCASTS 
BY EVERY MEASURETarik Moody & Radio Milwaukee
SMARTLESS / David Cross

READING 
THE COLOR OF LAW  /  Richard Rothstein
DILLA TIME / Dan Charnas
ORGANIC MUSIC SOCIETIESBlank Forms Editions

ART & DESIGN
FRANK STELLA
EERO SAARINEN

TV & FILM
SEVERANCE / S1 (Apple+)
ATLANTA / S1 (FX/Hulu)
100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS (BBC) / Youtube

MUSIC 
RAINBOW SIGN / Ron Miles
FORWARD / Chad McCullough
ON THE TENDER SPOT OF EVERY CALLOUSED MOMENT / Ambrose Akinmusire
THANKSGIVING AT THE VANGUARD / Jason Moran
MIXING COLORS / Roger and Brian Eno

READING 
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME  /  Ta-nehisi Coates
TO BE OR NOT TO BOP / Dizzy Gillespie
GO AHEAD IN THE RAIN: Notes to A Tribe Called QuestHanif Abdurraqib
CULTURE IS NOT ALWAYS POPULAR / Michael Bierut & Jessica Helfand
ARTWORK / Virgil Abloh

ART & DESIGN 
DECHAZIER PYKEL
RICHARD NEUTRA
PIERRE SOULAGES

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