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I must admit I like his second Muse album a lot for the mood it creates. Roy Ayers fits perefectly here.

Whenever I hear the smooth jazz of the past decades up to current times, I hear Desmond influence all over those sax players. Whether the players themselves would cite him or not I have no idea. Take Ten to me is a proto-smooth jazz record.

February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston February 24, 2026: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Trio, Parker Jazz Club, Austin February 25, 2026: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio February 26, 2026: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Trio, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 28, 2026: Bnois King, Balcony Club, Dallas March 5, 2026: Pat Metheny, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio March 6, 2026: Pat Metheny, Paramount Theater, Austin Jackie Venson, Windmills, The Colony March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston Jackie Venson, Windmills, The Colony VVS Murari (Violin), Ashwani Shankar (Shehnai), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam) and Amit Kavthekar (Tabla), Kathak Rhythms Studio, Plano March 8, 2026: Bnois King, Poor David's Pub, Dallas March 10, 2026: Kenny Wessel and Joel Frahm, Parker Jazz Club, Austin March 13, 2026: T.K. Blue and African Rhythms Alumni, A Tribute to Randy Weston, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 14, 2026: Bnois King, Blues and Tattoos Festival, Gainesville Larry Lampkin, Troy's, Arlington March 20, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin Chirag Katti (sitar), Windmills, The Colony March 21, 2026: Sunny War, Anne Harris, Sable Sisters (Kaia Kater), Buffalo Nichols, Jake Blount, Justin Robinson, Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth Chirag Katti (sitar), Windmills, The Colony Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 22, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston March 26, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith Clone Row, Isaiah Collier, William Hooker Quartet, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 27, 2026: Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet, John Scofield Trio, Roscoe Mitchell and Tyshawn Sorey, Ghost Train Orchestra: The Music of Moondog, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, Miles Okazaki Trickster, Nate Smith, Ned Rothenberg, Nik Bartsch, Sullivan Fortner Trio, Tim Berne, Thomas Fujiwara: Dream Up, Saha Gnawa, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 28, 2026: Darius Jones Trio, Either/Orchestra, Marquis Hill Blacktet, Mary Halvorson, Miles Okazaki: The Compete Monk, , Nate Smith, Nik Bartsch Ronin, Hania Rani, Patricia Brennan Septet, Shabaka, Yasmin Williams and William Tyler, Incerto, Electrical Field of Love, L. Shankar, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 29, 2026: Brandon Woody's Upendo, Chicago Underground Duo, Dave Douglas Gifts Quartet, Either/Orchestra Plays Eithiopiques, Hania Rani, Julian Lage Quartet, Marc Ribot, Matt Mitchell's Zealous Angles, Miles Electric Band, Nels Cline: Lovers, Openness Trio, Tom Skinner, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee May 30, 2026: Jackie Venson, Beer City Music Hall, Oklahoma City April 1, 2026: Samara Joy, Winspear Opera House, Dallas Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Majestic Theater, Dallas April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas Samora Joy, Austin City Limits April 4, 2026: Samora Joy, Tobin Center, San Antonio Melissa Aldana, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 7, 2026: John Fedchock, Parker Jazz Club, Austin April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 11, 2026: Rakesh Charaurasia (flute) and Amit Kavthekar (tabla), Matchbox4, Houston April 12, 2026: John Beasley's Unlimited Miles (John Beasley, Mark Turner, Sean Jones or Marquis Hill, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Williams, Terreon Gu)), Eisemann Center, Richardson April 22-26, Degres (Guadeloupe), Natu Camera (Guinea), Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette April 23, 2026: Nicholas Payton featuring Butcher Brown Presents the Supreme Blue, Monty Alexander "Jamericana", Charlie Musselwhite, Kyle Roussel, Kenny Neal, Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Nidia Gongora (Columbia); Yusa (Cuba), Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses, Jamil Sharif, Peter Harris Presents Firm Roots, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 24, 2026: Hiromi's Sonicwonder, Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra featuring Andromeda Turre, Astral Project, Parlor Greens (w/Jimmy James), Tribute to Ragtime Piano Legends feat. Terry Waldo, Tom McDermott, and David Boeddinghaus, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Sevana (Jamaica), Joy Clark, Wendell Brunious, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2026: Mahmoud Chouki, Louis Ford, Little Freddie King, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 26, 2026: Ron Carter Quartet, Catherine Russell, Roger Lewis and Baritone Bliss, Love Is Supreme: A Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Derek Douget, Trevarri Huff-Boone and Ricardo Pascal, Chris Thomas King, Tuba Skinny, People Museum, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 28, 2026: Robert Cray, Empire Theater, San Antonio April 29, 2026: Robert Cray, Heights Theater, Houston April 30, 2026: Isaiah Collier (The World is on Fire), Steve Masakowski Family Band, Sasha Masakowsti as Trash Magnolia, Helen Gillet, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 1, 2026: Terence Blanchard with Ravi Coltrane; Charlie Gabriel; Victor Campbell, Stephen Walker, D.K. Harrell, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Jackie Venson, Main Street Crossing, Tombull May 2, 2026: Dianne Reeves; Uptown Jazz Orchestra; Alexey Marti, Leroy Jones, Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers feat. Dr. Michael White and Shaye Cohn, Larry McCray, Leyla McCalla, , New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Kenny Garrett, Jazz and Blues Market, New Orleans Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan (sitar), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin May 3, 2026: Herbie Hancock; Jason Marsalis, Trumpet Mafia featuring Keyon Harold, Jackie Venson, Lila Ike (Jamaica), Doreen's Jazz New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin Sandip Chatterjee (Santoor) & Subhajyoti Guha (Tabla), Plano May 17, 2026: Lucia, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston June 4, 2026: Abhisek Lahiri (Sarod) & Subrata Bhattacharya (Tabla) June 6, 2026: L Shankar (double violin), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin August 22, 2026: S. Akash (flute) & Vivek Pandya (tabla)/ Manas Kumar (violin) and Ojas Adhiya (tabla), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin August 27, 2026: Buddy Guy, Majestic Theater, San Antonio August 28, 2026: Buddy Guy, Austin City Limits August 29, 2026: Buddy Guy, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands August 30, 2026: Buddy Guy, Majestic Theater, Dallas October 10, 2026: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Stafford Center, Houston October 11, 2026: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Austin October 18, L. Shankar (violin), Selvaganesh Vinayakram, Swaminathan, Amit Kaythekar (percussion), Matchbox4, Houston

Thanks for linking this. It confirms what I think about why someone with a straightahead jazz attitude may not like or understand Brubeck.

I wouldn´t say it was a bad year 2025. Serena had schizofrenia and I´m sure that voices had told her to leave me, and maybe always seeing imanginary persons and hearing imaginary voices just exhausted her to an extent that she simply laid down and died..... she was not suffering, she looked like a sleeping angel. And in her strange moods she just had told me in march that it´s over, and when I fell in love with Andreea Irina in June, in a lucid moment she smiled at me and said that she´s happy I am in love again. I had a big birthday party in december in a jazz club (where else you might find me partying 😄), playing a concert with my band, and after getting the vegane cake I made a short speech where I stated, that whatever had happened, it was the most beautiful year in my life ! Sure it was painful, but it is better so, and what should I wish more: I´m healthy and have the condition of a guy at 30 told the doctors, I have the most beautiful girl in the world, and I create music and already must plan my next album, to fulfill the contractual conditions and to create more music, you never stop, you never look back. The album came out just on Friday and it´s over.....I look what I´ll do next. But I would love and appreciate it if you all take some time for me, to listen to the album and since you all jazz buffs, please let me know what you think about it. When I play live I appreciated the kind applause, here I might appreciate your feedbacks......

Listening to this now. Mono. I am really enjoying it. Nicely recorded with very decent sound and stage.

Missed it but it’s on later today on one of the PBS stations in my area.

Hamilton de Holanda Quintet, Brasilianos 2

Maria Schneider: American Crow

Various artists

Dan, After opening the link you posted and reading about the book, I am in. Will place a preorder today or tomorrow.

I have learned over many years, that the role of one's spouse in selecting audio equipment (especially speakers) is crucial. Back long ago when buying my Magnepan speakers my wife had see them. She was not convinced about the Magnepans due to the very large size. But after hearing them in a great listening room in a stereo shop, she agreed that the sound was so damn good that she supported my getting them.

This is a pretty percussive affair: https://www.discogs.com/release/6157965-The-Jazz-Afro-Cuban-Beat-Guest-Star-Shelly-Manne-Hot-Skins/image/SW1hZ2U6MTQ4MDI4Mjg=

Haydn - Disc 1 - Op.50, No.1 , 2, 3 - London Haydn Quartet Beethoven - Op.59/1 - Cleveland Quartet

While its not really my favorite Mobley, it should be noted that we can thank Schlitten for the documentation of the Cedar Walton - Hank Mobley Quintet on Breakthrough! which sadly did not breakthrough to keep the band a going concern. Anyone else a definite yes on the Schlitten photography book? I am only holding off on a pre-order because I don't want to pay up front right now - although Amazon at $49.99 and the publisher at $49.99 suggests that the price isn't going to get better than it is right now. https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/love-and-understanding-the-jazz-photography-of-don-schlitten?srsltid=AfmBOorTUdNY8QXY6sETJTRLDf-807tEPsq1H7nvUfuNp-6TiIYZsNT4&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEyWFE2ZjB4dUFBdTdFQnRUcnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4v2SC7DtKlXG7LWiYpKBxEYRh1IKBsLfDMjAML2DmuUeiBG84hjmGdubH14g_aem_36yPWZqXdscuyGnoHFwAUg

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/art/neil-ardley-ian-carr-don-rendell-greek-variations-other-aegean-exercises/hnum/12560043

RIP. His work with Xanadu is legendary snd I have a lot of his work in my collection. Beautiful homage by Zev.

TPs should be for BNs, Pacific and associated jazz labels, which focus on instrumental music. In my view Sinatra doesn’t fit the bill. UMG could start a separate branch for Sinatra and other popular singers of the day.

Dave Holland Big Band “What Goes Around” ECM