Sun Ra, Irving Berlin, Roland Kirk, AACM, Jaki Byard, Betty Carter, Mingus, Daft Punk, Sonic Youth, Chuck Berry, X, Human Arts Ensemble, Nelories, Nicole Mitchell, David Boykin, Pixies, Issa Boulos, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Boredoms, Olivier Messiaen, Carmel Raz, Toru Takemitsu, Gyorgy Ligeti, Haydn, Mozart, Guided By Voices, KillMe Trio, Kool Keith, Gagaku, Stereloab, Dave Ross, HongKongathon, Dadad, Stan Getz, Jobim, Xenakis, Jim Baker, Neil Young, Flossie and the Unicorns, Hot Damn!, Christopher Forbes, Talking Heads, On Davis, Eric Dolphy, Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Smith, Cemil Mesud Bey, Luc Ferrari, Wes Montgomery, Anthony Braxton, Ra'hbani brothers, Villa-Lobos, Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, P-Funk, Ravi Shankar, Liszt, Robert Schumann, Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, Scissor Girls, Outkast, Masaru Sato, the multiple cat, The True Robots, Amy Allison, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Blind Lemon Jefferson, James Brown, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Bad Brains, King Tubby, The Aggrovators, Miles, Art Tatum, Cecil Taylor, Wadada Leo Smith, Belly, Alvin Lucier, Lukas Ligeti, David Byrne, Cibo Matto, Daniel Carter, Deee-lite!, Gesualdo, Bjork, George Gershwin, Freedy Johnston, Mike Reed, Karl E. H. Seigfried, Junius Paul, Gramm Cracka and Princess, iCubanismo!, Anthony Davis, Jack DeJohnette, Monk, RZA, Cooper-Moore, Sabir Mateen, Taylor Ho Bynum, Dave Rempis, Josh Abrams, Marcus Evans, Platform Jews, The Residents, Hugh Le Caine, Ras Moshe, Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, Avryeeal Ra, Harrison Bankhead, Oliver Lake, Charles Gayle, J-Live, fe-mail, Trio Jourban, Radio Maquam, Bill MacKay, Dave Holland, Black Artists Group, Ween, Mohamed Abdul Wahab, Oum Kalthoum, Ibrahim al-‘Aryan, Farid al-Atrache, Wynton Kelly, Darius Jones, Shayna Dulberger, Clifford Jarvis, Rollo Radford, 8 Bold Souls, Slam Stewart, Brahms, Luther Thomas, Orlando Di Lasso, Madder Rose, Beat Happening, Beck, Rufus, California Raisins, Cyndi Lauper, Robert Pollard and the Soft Rock Renegades, Edward Wilkerson Jr., The Clash, Snakefinger, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Faith No More, Nels Cline, Matt Lavelle, Eye Contact, Robert Johnson, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Hancock, Wu Tang, Bernie Maupin, Eddie Harris, Yuganaut, Django, Sabah Fahkri, Fela Kuti, Leadbelly, Big Bill Broozny, Junior Wells, Big Mama Thorton, Carla Bley, Amjad Ali Kahn, Hal Onserud, Kudsi Erguner, Selim Sesler,
Movies
Dr. Strangelove, Time Bandits, Chinatown, Dodes'kaden, Yojimbo, The Blue Angel, Labyrinth, Forbidden Zone, School of Rock, Blue Velvet, Safe, Fresh, Ghost Dog, Barry Lyndon, 2001, Scarlet Street, Night of the Hunter, Human Highway, Year of the Horse, Rust Never Sleeps, Batman, Tootsie, Being John Malkovich, South Park, Days of Heaven, Sunset Boulevard, Mulholland Drive, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Slacker, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Olivier King Lear, Rosemary's Baby, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, L'amour L'apres-midi, Liar Liar, The Cable Guy, Pasolini's Medea, Pennies From Heaven, 12 Monkeys, Clean Shaven, Kagemusha, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Pinocchio, The Iron Giant, Stop Making Sense, Kairo, Taxi Driver, Do the Right Thing, Rejected, Bubba Ho-tep, Klute, Dead Man, My Dinner With Andre, The Paper, Strangers on a Train, Vertigo, Citizen Kane, Beetlejuice, Eat Drink Man Woman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, 3 Women, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Jeremiah Johnson, The Wild Bunch, The Mirror (Tarkovsky), Ugetsu, Tokyo Story, True Stories, The King of Comedy, Nosferatu, Hairspray, Pecker, The Thing, Paths of Glory, Pootie Tang, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie, Sin City, Team America, Hoop Dreams, High and Low, I Live in Fear, Throne of Blood, Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion, The Pianist, Oliver Twist, Alien, Persona, Tess, Limbo, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Fargo, Starman, Akira, Being There, Bedazzled, Theremin: an Electronic Odyssey, Little Big Man, Alice (Svankmajer), Thelma and Louise, It Happened One Night, The Third Man, White Heat, All That Jazz, A Night at the Opera, Bonnie and Clyde, Predator, 7 UP series, Brokeback Mountain, Osama, The Science of Sleep, End of Evangelion, Paprika, Linda Linda Linda, The Taste of Tea, Sicko, Offside, The Circle, Be Kind Rewind, The Sterile Cuckoo, The Visitor, We Own The Night,
Television
Scenes from a Marriage, Pennies from Heaven, South Park, Daily Show, The Office (American), ER (I'm allowed), Seinfeld, Wildboyz, Not Only...But Also..., Twilight Zone, Creature Comforts, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Monty Python, The Tom Green Show, Spaced, Flight of the Conchords,
Books
Anatomy of Criticism, Studies in Ethnomethodology, Of Grammatology, Wuthering Heights, The Hobbit, The Crying of Lot 49, The Night the Bed Fell, Pornography: Men Possessing Women, Scapegoat (Dworkin), Black Skin White Masks, Space is the Place, To the Lighthouse, Music of Another World, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Angie I says, Right-Wing Women, Feminism Unmodified, The Time Machine, Letters From a War Zone, Ice and Fire, Beowulf, Sexual Politics, A Grammar of Motives, Housekeeping,
Available for private parties, performances, sessions, instruction in: classical guitar, jazz & blues and other popular styles, experimental & avant-garde practice and performance, bass guitar, middle eastern music (oud), etc.
About me: I play guitar and bass and oud and percussion. I teach independently as well as private and group guitar lessons at the Hyde Park Suzuki Institute: http://hydeparksuzuki.com/page20.html
I also teach Jazz, Middle Eastern Music, Rock Band & Theory.
I play in the groups:
ALEX WING GROUP (past and present members):
Alex Wing: guitar, oud, Moog;
Ben Boye, piano;
David Boykin, Keefe Jackson, Greg Ward: reeds;
Marcus Evans, Frank Rosaly: drums;
Tomeka Reid, Junius Paul: bass;
Nicole Mitchell: flute
8TH DAY ADVENTISTS:
www.myspace.com/8thdayadventists
Ben Boye - piano, harmonium, glockenspiel, etc.;
Jayve Montgomery - reeds, trumpet, electronics, etc.;
Joel Wanek - bass, etc.;
Alex - guitar, Moog, percussion, etc.;
GRUMPY TRIO:
Chris Forbes – piano;
Darius Jones – alto;
Alex - guitar & bass;
MICROCOSMIC SOUND ORCHESTRA:
Improv collective with core members Ben Boye, David Boykin, Nicole Mitchell, Jayve Montgomery, Joel Wanek, Alex Wing
Excerpt from Hereafter Festival 2008 @ Heaven Gallery
HONGKONGATHON: www.myspace.com/hongkongathon
DADAD: www.myspace.com/dadadmusic
GEGE DIDI (duo w/ Eli Wing): www.myspace.com/gegedidi
JEFF MARX TRIO:
Jeff Marx -- tenor;
Dushun Mosley -- drums;
Alex Wing -- bass
MAGIC SQUARES:
Abe Gibson - guitar; P. Michael Grego - guitar, keys; Plastic Crimewave - banjo; Jayve Montgomery - reeds; Travis - guitar, vocals; Alex - bass, piano
The University of Chicago's Middle East Music Ensemble (MEME), directed by Issa Boulos
