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Jackie, as said above, had a unique voice from the beginning. His debut CD as a leader, from 1956 I think, is an absolute gem.

Discs 1 & 2

Yes, I realized it afterwards that it was Mingus. My mistake. I suppose I mixed them up because of the Bremen connection.

To my ears, Jackie McLean had his own "Voice" back in the 50's . I first became a serious fan with Jackie's first album as leader on the Ad Lib label, and his sideman playing on "George Wallington Quintet - Live at Cafe Bohemia'. Both were recorded in 1955. I purchased both when they were first released on LP. Those two LPs infected me with a life long affection for the playing of Jackie McLean.

Last night at Solar Myth in Philly Sun of Goldfinger Tim Berne, David Torn & Ches Smith 59 minute piece with 18 minute coda Last Tuesday reprise of the Berne band with Aliya Ultan on cello, Greg Belisle-Chi on guitar, Trevor Dunn on contrabass & Ches on drums even better than the gig two weeks prior. Astounding. incredible. 53-54 minute piece with 15-16 minute piece. as good as Sun of Goldfinger was last night, the 5 piece is on another level. both gigs, the shorter pieces raised the level which is very hard to do. All improvised with no filler both nights.

Featuring Kenny Barron on Piano

Mendelssohn - String Quartet Vol.2 - Quartet in E Flat - Aurora Quartet Mendelssohn - String Quartet Vol.3 - Quartet No.5 - Aurora Quartet

Gorgeous.

I have the CD and get what you say, but I believe he became his own voice starting with "Let Freedom Ring" maybe a little before.

May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin Sandip Chatterjee (Santoor) & Subhajyoti Guha (Tabla), Kathak Rhythm Studios, Plano Joelle Leandre and David Dove, Cloud Tree Studios, Austin May 17, 2026: Lucia, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston May 21, 2026: Stockton Helbing, Bank of America Theater, Richardson May 23, 2026: Ken Vandermark, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin May 29, 2026: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth May 30, 2026: Jackie Venson, Beer City Music Hall, Oklahoma City June 2, 2026: Chuck Redd, JazzTX, San Antonio0 June 6, 2026: L Shankar (double violin), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin Abhisek Lahiri (Sarod) & Subrata Bhattacharya (Tabla), Kathak Rhythm Studios, Plano June 7, 2026: Eleonora Strino Duo, Unity of Dallas June 8, 2026: Eleonora Strino Duo, Bates Recital Hall, Austin June 9, 2026: Eleonora Strino Duo, Dianne Benaco Concert Hall, San Antonio June 10, 2026: Eleonora Strino Duo, Bayou Theater, Houston Bill Charlap Trio, Parker Jazz Club, Austin June 11, 2026: Shelley Carrol, Bank of America Theater, Richardson June 12, 2026: Bill Charlap, JazzTX, San Antonio Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth June 13, 2026: Bill Charlap Trio, Windmills, The Colony June 17, 2026: Hamilton de Holanda Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio June 19, 2026: Mohini Dey, Windmills, The Colony June 20, 2026: Mohini Dey, Windmills, The Colony Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth June 21, 2026: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Lowdown, Tulsa June 25, 2026: Youam Silberstein, JazzTX, San Antonio June 26, 2026: Oz Noy, Windmills, the Colony June 27, 2026: Oz Noy, Windmills, The Colony August 1-2, Satchmo Summerfest, New Orleans 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 September 5, 2026: Samara Joy, Afro4 Jazz Band (Nigeria), Riverfront Jazz Festival, Dallas September 20, 2026: The Bad Plus, Lowdown, Tulsa 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

He rips.

Excellent date; have it on a French America Records pressing.

“The Complete Woody Herman Decca, Mars and MGM Sessions (1943-1954)” Mosaic Records 7 disc box set, cd V I’m glad I am re-visiting this set, great music, great sound. This is still “the band that plays the blues.”

I missed it. Thanks

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Ronnie Laws - Solid Ground

I have a cd of this one. . . .https://www.discogs.com/release/3037083-Charles-Mingus-Right-Now-Live-At-The-Jazz-Workshop

Is it possible that this one was never released? I cannot find it... https://www.discogs.com/release/2797379-Charles-Mingus-Right-Now-Live-At-The-Jazz-Workshop

Now in the quiet cool of the morning I’m enjoying a Bill Evans that I had not paid enough attention to when released, “Bill Evans in Norway, The Kongsberg Concert,” Elemental Records cd. This one with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell is in very good stereo sound and a nice set of performances.

Epistrophy was Monk's closing theme.