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The Jazz Connection was pretty short-lived, located on Lovers Lane and Inwood. I also saw Marchel Ivery there with Joey DeFrancesco. It may have been one night only so perhaps we were there on the same night. Sambuca in Addison is also long gone. I recall seeing Marchel there, opening for David Newman, and another time, Terence Blanchard.

Terence Blanchard, Live at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Munck)

Roots Rocking Zimbabwe (Analog Africa No. 42)

Last night, Jonathan Fisher Quartet with Shelley Carrol at the Balcony Club.

Rather abstract soundscapes. I liked it.

July 19, 2025: Eric Gales, Billy Bobs, Fort Worth July 25, 2025: Shemekia Copeland, Kessler Theater, Dallas July 26, 2025: Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth July 29, 2025, Jazz is Dead: Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Antone's, Austin August 2, 2025: Victor Campbell, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lastie and New Orleans Sounds' Tribute to Louis Armstrong Hot Fives, Jesse McBride, Wendell Brunious, Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans August 3, 2025: Doreen's Jazz, Kyle Roussel's Church of New Orleans, Jamil Sharif and Lawrence Sieberth, Keiko Komaki, Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans Clarence Johnson III, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth August 22-23, 2025: Jamille Brazilian Quartet, Windmills, The Colony August __, 2025: Pt Kushal Das (Sitar) & Sandip Ghosh (Tabla), ICMC, Plano August 30, 2025: Doreen Ketchens, Pete Escovedo, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas August 31, 2025: The Texas Tenors (Shelley Carrol, Jason Davis, Quamon Fowler), Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas September 6, 2025: Xuefei Yang, Unity of Dallas September 11, 2025: Miguel Zenon Quartet, Parker Jazz Club, Austin September 12-13: Miquel Zenon Quartet, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston September 11-14, 2025: Ben Lamar Gay, Damon Locks, Ibelisse Guardia Feragutti and Frank Rosaly, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Austin September 13, 2025: Pt Sandeep Chatterjee (Santoor) & Shubhojyoti Guha (Tabla), ICMC, Plano September 23, 2025: Mdou Moctar, White Oak Music Hall, Houston September 24, 2025: Mdou Moctar, Radio/East, Austin October 5, 2025: Kushal Das (sitar), Abhijit Banerjee (tabla), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin October 9, 2025: Paul Cornish Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio October 10-12, 2025: Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 17, 2025: Walter Smith III Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston November 12, 2025: Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Meyerson, Dallas November 14, 2025: Nicholas Payton Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston November 15, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hogg Auditorium, Austin February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quaret, Wortham Theater, Houston March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston March 21, 2026: Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth March 26-29, 2026: Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston

The Three Sounds, Feelin' Good (Blue Note) Milt Jackson and Oscar Peterson, Two of the Few (Pablo)

Openness Trio (Blue Note)

J.J. Johnson Sextet, Really Livin' (Columbia)

Stan Getz, Unissued Session, Copenhagen 1977 (Steeplechase)

Saturday afternoon, Zac Harmon at First Unitarian Church in Highland Park. Odd setting for a blues concert but it proved enjoyable.

Preservation Brass, For Fat Man (Sub Pop)

Count Basie, Basie Land (Verve)

Ida Cox, The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues (Black Swan)

Satchmo Summerfest 2025 SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 DELTA UTILITIES STAGE Esplanade Avenue Side of the New Orleans Jazz Museum 12:00 PM – 1:10 PM | Preservation Brass 1:30 PM – 2:40 PM | Victor Campbell 3:00 PM – 4:10 PM | The Derbes Foundation presents Joe Lastie’s New Orleans Sounds’ Tribute to Armstrong’s Hot 5s 4:40 PM – 5:50 PM | Jelly Joseph 6:20 PM – 7:50 PM | The Original Pinettes Brass Band FIDELITY BANK STAGE Barracks Street Side of the New Orleans Jazz Museum 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Fidelity Bank presents Roots of Music 12:20 PM – 1:30 PM | Young Fellaz Brass Band 1:50 PM – 3:00 PM | Don Vappie & The Blue Jazz Band 3:30 PM – 4:40 PM | Solid Harmony 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM | Danny & Alana Wolfe present James Andrews & The Sons of Satchmo 6:40 PM – 8:00 PM | Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra ft. Corey Henry and Tonya Boyd-Cannon GALLATIN STREET RECORDS PIANO SESSIONS STAGE Gallery on the 2nd floor of the New Orleans Jazz Museum 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | New Orleans Jazz Museum presents Ricky Riccardi & Wendell Brunious 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | New Orleans Jazz Museum presents Alicia Renee aka Blue Eyes ft. Z2 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | New Orleans Jazz Museum presents Jesse McBride & Arnold Little III SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 DELTA UTILITIES STAGE Esplanade Avenue Side of the New Orleans Jazz Museum 12:00 PM – 1:10 PM | Trombone Talk Tribute to Kid Ory and More 1:30 PM – 2:40 PM | Doreen’s Jazz 3:00 PM – 4:10 PM | Kid Chocolate & The Free P.O.C. 4:40 PM – 5:50 PM | Robin Barnes & The Fiyabirds 6:20 PM – 7:50 PM | Sporty’s Brass Band FIDELITY BANK STAGE Barracks Street Side of the New Orleans Jazz Museum 12:20 PM – 1:30 PM | John Boutté 1:50 PM – 3:00 PM | Charmaine Neville 3:30 PM – 4:40 PM | Friend of Fest presents Shamarr Allen with Special Guest Cyril Neville 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM | Kyle Roussel’s Church of New Orleans ft. Erica Falls & Quiana Lynell 6:40 PM – 8:00 PM | JAX Brewery Parking Lots and The Berger Company present Kermit Ruffins’ Tribute to Louis Armstrong GALLATIN STREET RECORDS PIANO SESSIONS STAGE Gallery on the 2nd floor of the New Orleans Jazz Museum 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | New Orleans Jazz Museum presents Keiko Komaki with Special Guest Rurik Nunan 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | New Orleans Jazz Museum presents Jamil Sharif & Lawrence Sieberth 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | New Orleans Jazz Museum presents Lilli Lewis SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | ROGER DICKERSON INTERVIEWED BY DAVID KUNIAN Speakers: David Kunian & Roger Dickerson Roger Dickerson is one of the great composers and educators of New Orleans. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025 and Pulitzer Nominations for both his A Musical Service for Louis (a Requiem for Louis Armstrong). He sits down with David Kunian to talk about his life in music. 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM | LOUIS “SATCHMO” ARMSTRONG IN FILM Speaker: Dr. Robert S. Mikell Examination of the role of Louis Armstrong in selected films as both a Jazz musician and actor. Further, a brief discussion of other Jazz artists who appeared with Armstrong in film. Attention will be given to Jazz songs performed by Armstrong in selected films and shorts. 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | LOUIS & NEW YORK CITY Speaker: Adriana Carrillo “This year (2025) marks the 400th anniversary of New York City’s founding, and the Louis Armstrong House Museum wants to join the celebration by highlighting stories of Louis in New York. This presentation will gather vital archival material of memorable performances in venues of the city, such as Carnegie Hall, The Town Hall, and The Apollo, as well as historic concerts, including an appearance with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein. We will revisit iconic spaces and places that no longer exist, bringing back their valuable role in the city’s history. Finally, some stories recollecting pinnacle recording sessions will be enlightening when painting a portrait of the Artist and his relationship with music itself and other musicians. 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM | NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS, JAMES ANDREWS AND KERMIT RUFFINS, AND THEIR CONNECTION TO LOUIS ARMSTRONG—THEIR STORIES IN DONNA PONIATOWSKI SIMS’ BOOK, DONNA’S BAR & GRILL-NEW ORLEANS Speakers: Donna Poniatowski Sims with James Andrews and Kermit Ruffins Donna Poniatowski Sims will talk with James Andrews and Kermit Ruffins about the vibrant music scene at Donna’s Bar & Grill, which is the subject of her new book. Donna’s was known for its jam sessions and as a hot spot for traditional New Orleans music, where many up-and-coming artists honed their craft. The book “Donna’s Bar & Grill-New Orleans” presents the history of the transition of New Orleans heritage music onto the world stage during the years that Donna’s was open from 1993 through 2010. Kermit Ruffins and James Andrews both performed regularly at Donna’s with their respective bands as they were building their reputations as New Orleans musicians, following in the footsteps of Louis Armstrong. 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | DEXTER GORDON WITH LOUIS ARMSTRONG Speakers: Ricky Riccardi & Maxine Gordon Ricky Riccardi and Maxine Gordon will discuss Dexter Gordon joining the Louis Armstrong Orchestra in 1944. The talk will include music, photos, and scenes from films. Dexter Gordon considered this experience one of the highlights of his life and career. SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | SEE SEE RIDER: THE CLASSIC BLUES SINGERS MEET LOUIS ARMSTRONG Speaker: Robert Cataliotti The first blues artists to make their mark on the recording industry and command attention in American popular culture were the African American female vocalists who have come to be called “The Classic Blues Singers.” This was music sung by African American women usually backed by pianists or small bands that emerged from minstrel shows and vaudeville. These women were the first Black women to be portrayed as glamorous, the first divas. Their songs often explored female sexuality using metaphorical coded language. Between 1924 and 1929, Louis Armstrong played a central role in this music; his solos are featured on the recordings of a breathtaking who’s who of these singers, including Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, Sippie Wallace, Clara Smith, Trixie Smith, Bertha “Chippie” Hill, Victoria Spivey, and many others. Armstrong’s blues sensibility, improvisational mastery and rhythmic sophistication were definitive in shaping the Classic Blues style and the broader blues idiom. 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM | THE MAKING OF KING OLIVER’S “CENTENNIAL” BOXED SET Speakers: Ricky Riccardi, Richard Martin and Meagan Hennessey This special panel will celebrate “Centennial,” the remarkable King Oliver boxed set that won two GRAMMY awards earlier this year. Producers Richard Martin and Meagan Hennessey will be on hand, along with Ricky Riccardi, author of the set’s album notes, to share insights into the project, its significance, and the process of bringing this historic collection to life. 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | JOE DARENSBOURG, LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S ALL-STAR CLARINETIST Speakers: Sally Young & Joe Darensbourg Joe Darensbourg’s history as an American jazz clarinetist, known for his work with Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and Kid Ory, will be presented by his nephew Joseph Darensbourg and WWOZ traditional jazz show host Sally Young. Joseph will be sharing photographs, ephemera, and music from his collection. 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM | YOU RASCAL, YOU: LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S HIDDEN TRANSCRIPTS Speaker: Sam Irwin When Louis Armstrong famously dedicated a performance of (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal, You to the Memphis Police Department after being arrested by them in 1931, the song was intended as a joke. But murderer John Guillory meant every word of it when he asked trumpeter Evan Thomas of Crowley, La., to play the tune in an Acadia Parish honky-tonk on November 21, 1931. What were the hidden transcripts in the song, and what were the reasons for the glaring differences between Armstrong and Guillory’s interpretations? 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | STOMP OFF, LET’S GO: THE EARLY YEARS OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG Speakers: Ricky Riccardi & Gwen Thompkins Satchmo Summerfest regular Ricky Riccardi returns to discuss his latest book, Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong, in conversation with New Orleans broadcasting legend Gwen Thompkins. Together, they will discuss the new sources that came to light in recent years that helped Riccardi finish off his trilogy of Armstrong biographies with this critically acclaimed work.

Kip Hanrahan, Crescent Moon Waning

July 5, 2025: Zac Harmon, First Unitarian Church of Dallas July 11, 2025: Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas July 12, 2025: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth July 19, 2025: Eric Gales, Billy Bobs, Fort Worth July 25, 2025: Shemekia Copeland, Kessler Theater, Dallas July 26, 2025: Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth July 29, 2025, Jazz is Dead: Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Antone's, Austin August 2, 2025: Victor Campbell, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lastie and New Orleans Sounds' Tribute to Louis Armstrong Hot Fives, Jesse McBride, Wendell Brunious, Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans August 3, 2025: Doreen's Jazz, Kyle Roussel's Church of New Orleans, Jamil Sharif and Lawrence Sieberth, Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans August 22-23, 2025: Jamille Brazilian Quartet, Windmills, The Colony August __, 2025: Pt Kushal Das (Sitar) & Sandip Ghosh (Tabla), ICMC, Plano August 30, 2025: Doreen Ketchens, Pete Escovedo, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas August 31, 2025: The Texas Tenors (Shelley Carrol, Jason Davis, Quamon Fowler), Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas September 6, 2025: Xuefei Yang, Unity of Dallas September 11, 2025: Miguel Zenon Quartet, Parker Jazz Club, Austin September 12-13: Miquel Zenon Quartet, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston September 11-14, 2025: Ben Lamar Gay, Damon Locks, Ibelisse Guardia Feragutti and Frank Rosaly, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Austin September 13, 2025: Pt Sandeep Chatterjee (Santoor) & Shubhojyoti Guha (Tabla), ICMC, Plano September 23, 2025: Mdou Moctar, White Oak Music Hall, Houston September 24, 2025: Mdou Moctar, Radio/East, Austin October 5, 2025: Kushal Das (sitar), Abhijit Banerjee (tabla), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin October 10-12, 2025: Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 17, 2025: Walter Smith III Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston November 12, 2025: Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Meyerson, Dallas November 14, 2025: Nicholas Payton Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston November 15, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hogg Auditorium, Austin February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quaret, Wortham Theater, Houston March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston March 21, 2026: Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth March 26-29, 2026: Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston

July 5, 2025: Zac Harmon, First Unitarian Church of Dallas July 11, 2025: Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas July 12, 2025: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth July 19, 2025: Eric Gales, Billy Bobs, Fort Worth July 25, 2025: Shemekia Copeland, Kessler Theater, Dallas July 26, 2025: Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth July 29, 2025, Jazz is Dead: Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Antone's, Austin August 2-3, 2025: Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans August 22-23, 2025: Jamille Brazilian Quartet, Windmills, The Colony August __, 2025: Pt Kushal Das (Sitar) & Sandip Ghosh (Tabla), ICMC, Plano August 30, 2025: Doreen Ketchens, Pete Escovedo, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas August 31, 2025: The Texas Tenors (Shelley Carrol, Jason Davis, Quamon Fowler), Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas September 6, 2025: Xuefei Yang, Unity of Dallas September 11, 2025: Miguel Zenon Quartet, Parker Jazz Club, Austin September 12-13: Miquel Zenon Quartet, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston September 11-14, 2025: Ben Lamar Gay, Damon Locks, Ibelisse Guardia Feragutti and Frank Rosaly, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Austin September 13, 2025: Pt Sandeep Chatterjee (Santoor) & Shubhojyoti Guha (Tabla), ICMC, Plano September 23, 2025: Mdou Moctar, White Oak Music Hall, Houston September 24, 2025: Mdou Moctar, Radio/East, Austin October 5, 2025: Kushal Das (sitar), Abhijit Banerjee (tabla), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin October 10-12, 2025: Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans November 12, 2025: Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Meyerson, Dallas November 15, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hogg Auditorium, Austin March 21, 2026: Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth March 26-29, 2026: Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston

Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra, Blues for Tahrir

Todd Marcus, On These Streets

Last night at the Balcony Club, Jonathan Fisher's group with Clarence Johnson (New Orleans based saxophonist), Andrew Griffith (drums), and Stefan Karlsson (piano).

Indeed it is!

Terry Gibbs/Sal Nestico (Time)

Howard Roberts, Good Pickin's (Verve)

I also saw an expanded version of this group in Dallas in 2017. Also quite good.