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Bill Evans could not make a bad record. A couple of decades ago I reached a saturation point and decided to stop buying Bill Evans records. I still enjoy his music and welcome reissues of classic Evans like this but feel no need to upgrade.

Yes, it's a Cookers album, released in 2010, but it's a Harper composition.

September 11, 2025: Miguel Zenon Quartet, Parker Jazz Club, Austin Ben Lamar Gay, Damon Locks, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Draylen Mason Music Festival, Austin September 12, 2025: Ibelisse Guardia Feragutti and Frank Rosaly's Mestizx, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Austin Scottish Rite Theater, Austin Miguel Zenon Quartet, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston September 13, 2025: Miguel Zenon Quartet, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston Clarence Johnson III, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth September 20, 2025: Bnois King, Denton Blues Festival September 21, 2025: Mathias Latin, Denton Blues Festival September 23, 2025: Mdou Moctar, White Oak Music Hall, Houston September 24, 2025: Mdou Moctar, Radio/East, Austin September 27, 2025: Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth October 1, 2025: Jon Cowherd, Parker Jazz Club, Austin October 3, 2025: Jackie Venson, State Fair of Texas, Dallas 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 2025: Paul Cornish Trio, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin Stanley Clarke, Carver Center, San Antonio Richard Bona and Asante Trio, Royal Palace Restaurant and Lounge, Addison October 11, 2025: Richard Bona and Asante Trio, Royal Palace Restaurant and Lounge, Addison October 12, 2025: Joy Clark, Little Freddie King, Bobby Rush, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 17, 2025: Walter Smith III Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston October 21, 2025: Lila Downs, Jones Hall, Houston October 23, 2025: Joe McPhee, No Idea Festival, Dallas October 24, 2025: Jackie Venson, Tulips FTW, Fort Worth Camille Thurman Quartet, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas October 24-26, 2025, Joe McPhee, No Idea Festival, Austin October 29, 2025: Chuck Redd, Parker Jazz Club, Austin November 10, 2025: Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas November 12, 2025: Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Meyerson, Dallas November 14, 2025: Nicholas Payton Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston Wynton Marsalis, Grand Opera House, Galveston November 15, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hogg Auditorium, Austin Mike Stern Band, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Kunal Gunjal (Santoor) & Amit Kavthekar (Tabla), ICMC, Plano November 16, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hobby Center, Houston February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quaret, Wortham Theater, Houston March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston March 13, 2026: T.K. Blue and African Rhythms Alumni, A Tribute to Randy Weston, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas 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 1, 2026: Samara Joy, Winspear Opera House, Dallas 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 May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin

Pretty pretty pretty baby wants to change her mind

He's an amazing artist!

That’s a Cookers date right ?

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That is understandable. On the other hand, this is one of the most iconic bands in the history of jazz that only had the opportunity to make two studio albums. That is the primary source of the interest.

It definitively travels the spaceways.

I'd say those are here best 3 albums on Impulse! Plus of course the recent live record.

Immanuel Wilkins - Blues Blood [Blue Note, 2024] Such a great listen, I always thank @jazzbo as I listen to it for his championing of it. I was very lucky to see a truly marvellous concert by Ganavya this week. Wilkins guested on just two tunes but made a big impact.

LP3 and LP4 of this lovely set

I am very excited about the news and hope to visit as soon as it is ready, hopefully I can do so on a weekend. Sheet music will probably only be viewable onsite. There is also material at the Library of Congress which I made them bring in from copyright 30 years ago. I had sent Wayne copies of all of it, I wonder if what I sent him will wind up at NYPL! I am very curious about a number of unknown pieces, including Mass '65. One piece that was not at LC was his very first composition, La Vie Et La Mort, intended for two organs but eventually played on solo piano. I hope NYPL will have it. I attended the lecture where this blog post was presented. The presenter did not address where the material came from, but I suspect he thought the Library had somehow acquired it. Jazz Scholar Willard Jenkins Reflects on the Library’s Jazz Collections | In The Muse

Credence Clearwater Revival - Willy & The Poor Boys What a great album. Reacquainted after about 30 years following listening to a radio interview with John Fogerty. I remember hearing CCR when I was about 15 and they (alongside Bob Seger) epitomised what this British suburbs boy thought America sounded like 😀 I soon learnt it sounded like a lot more too!

Alto sax Erena Terakubo at Takoma Station in DC - fabulous! She just started teaching at Michigan State in East Lansing so maybe she will team up with Jim and the cats from Organissimo!

Happy 95th!

Friday night: David Murray Quartet in Schenectady. Great show. Tonight, hopefully, the Upstate Composers Orchestra with Bobby Previte at the Avalon Lodge in Catskill.

What a cover

Re-listening to side 2 of this excellent album to hear Jack and Goldie. It’s too bad we lost both of these fine musicians too soon. I love the melancholy atmosphere of this LP. Jack Teagarden “Think Well of Me” Verve mono LP

Nathan Davis Quintet Featuring Carmell Jones “The Hip Walk” Saba/MPS cd Really nice sounding reissue of this 1965 session propelled by the Francy Boland Kenny Clarke Big Band rhythm section. Bass – Jimmy Woode Drums – Kenny Clarke Piano – Francy Boland Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Nathan Davis Trumpet – Carmell Jones

Downright cold this morning! Going to be an interesting season ahead. Starting off with some ‘80s Nucleus from the huge box set of Nucleus BBC recordings. “Nucleus Live at the BBC” disc 8, Repretoire Records BBC Radio 2 Sounds of Jazz, 22 April 1984 BBC Radio 3 Jazz Today, 12 February 1985 BBC Radio 2 Sounds of Jazz, 14 April 1985

Verve MV 2504 (Japan 12974) - Tal Farlow " The Swinging Guitar Of Tal Farlow" - rec. 1956 Featuring Eddie Costa (p)