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I made it to Newport Friday. I arrived a little later than planned and missed most of the Sun Ra Arkestra, but I did catch about thirty minutes of Tia Fuller, the Gary Bartz 50th Anniversary of Another Earth, and the Billy Hart Quartet. I enjoyed all the sets I did hear, especially Bartz.

I have the two original releases. A lot of compelling music.

Elio Villafranca Quartet.

I have it, but also have not gotten very far yet.

Solid performance by the trio, but very limited drum soloing - only one or two brief understated solos.

Just placed my order.

Louis Hayes trio with Dezron Douglas and Abraham Burton.

This is going to be released by Pi. They use Bandcamp for their digital releases. There should also be a physical CD released simultaneously.

Thanks for the clarification. Glad I picked them up when they were available.

I don't know how to determine a "viable CD release", or whether they would be considered bootlegs, but Juba-Lee was part of the Cool Music reissues a couple of years ago.

After spending the fourth of July weekend at the Montreal "Jazz" Festival I am considering the possibility of going to Newport for the first time this year. My daughter has gone the past couple of years and enjoyed herself. If I go, I will only be able to make it on Friday.

I spent the weekend in Montreal for the jazz festival. It was actually a challenge to find any "jazz" that I wanted to hear the three days I was there, but I was able to catch ticketed solo piano sets by Bobo Stenson and Kris Davis. As a told several people the Stenson performance was basically what I expected, but I was hoping for something different. Not enough variety in the mood for me - most of the set was somewhat sedate, but it was solid nonetheless. Kris Davis' performance held my attention a bit more.

I have heard Darius Jones several times in the past couple of years and he has never said anything political during any performance I attended.

I have seen that group several times, including once arranging for them to perform here in Hartford. Unless a conflict arises, I plan to attend.

The Rob Brown group was the highlight for me. Picked up the new RogueArt disc while I was there.