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I remember receiving those NMDS catalogs in the mail and reading them from cover to cover.

Nat Pierce Orchestra “The Ballad of Jazz Street” HEP cd Pulled this one off the shelf where it has sat a while. Nice. . . Basie-esque, in great sound. Some great players in this band! Alto Saxophone – Keith Zaharia Baritone Saxophone – Marty Flax Bass – Sonny Dallas Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Dick Meldonian Drums – Mousey Alexander Engineer [Remix] – Gerry Macdonald Guitar – Turk Van Lake Piano – Nat Pierce Tenor Saxophone – Dick Hafer, Paul Gonsalves, Paul Quinichette Trombone – Bill Elton, Eddie Bert, Jim Dahl, Jimmy Cleveland Trumpet – Burt Collins, Clark Terry, Danny Stiles, Jerry Kail

There was a long history with Bley/Mantler and Eicher. Their New Music Distribution Service provided ECM with their first real American outlet, and Eicher never forgot the favor. NMDS was a wonderful thing for so much music and musicians. Check it out: https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/carla-bley-new-music-distribution-service/

$5 download on Bandcamp https://craftrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/after-hours-remastered-2025

Craft Records put out a remastered lp of this a few weeks ago. Today I noticed that presto now has the craft remaster as a cd quality download for $12.50. Went for it!

Last Chance To Help Us Reach Our Goal First of all, a huge thank you to those who have already made their year-end donation. I will be sending out the official thank you letters soon which you can use for tax purposes. If you haven't made your donation yet there is still time to get it in prior to the end of the calendar year. Activity We’ve been busier than ever but had to put our yearly festivals on hold because we are in the process of moving the entire archive to a better location. It's been more involved and more expensive than expected and has affected revenue in a major way. It's vital that we make up for it with a year end fundraising campaign. HOW YOU CAN HELP We’ve had a huge amount of expenses this year and very little revenue. We can’t possibly get all of this done without your help. We feel what we are doing is very important and I hope you agree. Please consider making an end of year donation. It will go towards the move of the archive, the shelving, the web-site and important preservation materials. It will also help make a 2026 event possible. We are a 501 (C) (3) non profit corporation and donations are tax deductible. It’s important to get your donation in before the end of the calendar year. It will benefit us and it will benefit you when it’s time to do your taxes. Please donate what you can. Everything helps and it all adds up. HOW TO DONATE There are four easy options. 1. You can use your credit card through PayPal using our PayPal account which is sound_collections@yahoo.com (there is an underscore _ between sound and collections. 2. You can use Zelle with phone number (562)743-8427 3. You can call with credit card (562)743-8427 4. Mail a check to Los Angeles Jazz Institute 403 N. Escondido Blvd. #454 Escondido, CA 92033 I hope to hear from you soon. Sincerely, Ken Poston P.S. We have just a handful of the new Members Only 5 Disc set: Music recorded live at Zardi's Jazz Club in 1955-56 featuring Stan Kenton, Shorty Rogers and Stan Getz. Those are available at the $125 membership level.

I got to thinking about how the author of the Junior Cook biography had census information about Junior and his parents so I went searching ... it took a little while to find but I can definitely affirm that is the Percy France's signature on the draft registration card. Entirely coincidental but he and I share a middle name.

The Loren Schoenberg Jazz Orchestra Recordings are very good.

Nice tune. And interesting that it was released in Europe via ECM but it wasn't recorded or mixed by Eicher, nor were his studios used.

SfJazz Collective “In A Silent Way/Stand”

Travis Shook swings. And notice that Essiet Essiet played with "Bobbly" Watson. (No relation to Booby Watson.)

It's an interesting album!

January 2, 2026: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth January 3, 2026: Michael Palma/Shelley Carrol Quartet, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth January 10, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Miquel Zenon and Kinetic Ensemble, Hobby Center, Houston January 11, 2026: Brandon Woody's Upendo, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston January 16, 2026: Delvon Lamarr Trio, Windmills, The Colony January 17, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Delvon Lamarr Trio, Windmills, The Colony January 23, 2026: Al Dimeola, Kessler Theater, Dallas Ken Peplowski Quartet, Windmills, The Colony January 24, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's Austin Al Dimeola, Heights Theater, Houston Ken Peplowsi Quartet, Windmills, The Colony January 31, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Hamilton de Holanda Trio, Windmills, The Colony Jason Moran (Ellington Tribute, solo and with UT Jazz Orchestra), Bates Recital Hall, Austin February 2, 2026: Ari Hoenig Trio with Tivon Pennicott, Drink and Think, Denton February 3, 2026: Ari Hoenig Trio, Parker Jazz Club, Austin February 4, 2026: Ari Hoenig Trio with Tivon Pennicott, Doc's, Houston February 5, 2026: Ari Hoenig Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio February 20, 2026: Shemekia Copeland and Ally Venable, Granville Arts Center, Garland 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 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 March 13, 2026: T.K. Blue and African Rhythms Alumni, A Tribute to Randy Weston, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas March 20, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin 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 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, 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, Incerto, Marquis Hill Blacktet, Mary Halvorson, Miles Okazaki: The Compete Monk, , Nate Smith, Nik Bartsch Ronin, Patricia Brennan Septet, Shabaka, Yasmin Williams and William Tyler, Incerto, Electrical Field of Love, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 29, 2026: Brandon Woody's Upendo, Chicago Underground Duo, Dave Douglas Gifts Quartet, Either/Orchestra Plays Eithiopiques, 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 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 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, 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 23-26, 2026: Ron Carter Quartet, Hiromi Sonicwonder, Nicholas Payton featuring Butcher Brown Presents the Supreme Blue, Monty Alexander "Jamericana", Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra featuring Andromeda Turre, Catherine Russell, Astral Project, Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses, Kyle Roussel, Mahmoud Chouki, Peter Harris Presnts Firm Roots, Roger Lewis and Baritone Bliss, Tuba Skinny, Jamil Sharif, Louis Ford, Parlor Greens (w/Jimmy James), Tribute to Ragtime Piano Legends feat. Terry Waldo, Tom McDermott, and David Boeddinghaus, Love Is Supreme: A Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Derek Douget, Trevarri Huff-Boone and Ricardo Pascal,, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Kenny Neal, Little Freddie King, Chris Thomas King, Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Sevana (Jamaica), Nidia Gongora (Columbia); Yusa (Cuba), Joy Clark, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 1, 2026: Jackie Venson, Main Street Crossing, Tombull April 30-May 3, 2026: Herbie Hancock; Terence Blanchard with Ravi Coltrane; Dianne Reeves; Isaiah Collier, Uptown Jazz Orchestra; Charlie Gabriel; Jason Marsalis, Victor Campbell, Alexey Marti, Steve Masakowski Family Band, Doreen, Sasha Masakowsti as Trash Magnolia, Trumpet Mafia featuring Keyon Harold, Leroy Jones, Stephen Walker, Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers feat. Dr. Michael White and Shaye Cohn, Jackie Venson, Larry McCray, D.K. Harrell, Leyla McCalla, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, Lila Ike (Jamaica), New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin May 17, 2026: Lucia, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston

PM coming

“The Music of Bob Haggart under the direction of Randy Sandke, featuring his Classic Porgy and Bess Arrangements and Other Greatest Hits” Arbors cd A long title for a fantastic cd. Especially for Gershwin lovers like me. 300×251 9.9 KB Randy Sandke - leader and trumpet Jon-Erik Kellso - Puje Byron Stripling - trumpet John Allred - trombone George Masso - trombone Wycliffe Gordon - trombone Scott Robinson - tenor and baritone saxophone Jack Stuckey - baritone saxophone Ken Peplowski - clarinet Howard Alden - guitar Derek Smith - piano Ed Metz Sr. - piano Greg Cohen - bass Joe Ascione - drums Bob Haggart - bass (final track only) Tony DeNicola - drums

Yeah! Two of my favorites!

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Hania Rani - Esja

I have Rumproller, Judgement Day and Out To Lunch Uniqlo album cover shirts and a Dizzy jazzheadz shirt and Louis Hayes album release shirt. All XL. Free to anyone in the US. I only wore the Dizzy shirt that I remember.