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Yes! Haydn has really clicked for me this past year. I've always "enjoyed" Haydn's work, and then turned to Beethoven or whoever else, but now I'm seeing/hearing Haydn's quartet writing as foundational and absolutely critical to the form. I only have the Tokyo String Quartet's version of the op. 50, and really like it. I only know the Leipziger from their Schönberg, and haven't even heard the other string quartets you mention—Nomos, Zaide, and Auryn. Will have to investigate. The Mosaïques didn't record the op. 50, and neither did the Amadeus. From what I've read, this particular opus isn't considered as inventive as later opuses (76, etc.), but I like the opus 50 quartets for their structural simplicity (if I actually know what I'm talking about). Really nice! Thanks for the heads-up.

The 1964 Mingus material has long intrigued me--I've bought official and unofficial copies of every concert I could find, and really enjoy them. Johnathan Blake “My Live Matters” Blue Note cd “Where do we go from here? What other choices do we have?”

thank you, @Referentzhunterthank you to you too. Well I have not heard her music. I spotted the eyebrows, you know I have two passions: Music, and Beauty/Styling/Fashion, music my profession, the other stuff my "hobby" or my "necessity as a man" cause I scream over women who are beautifully styled and I also spend a lot money on clothes and cosmetica *oops*. Last night listening to Pharoah Sanders, my alltime favourite, my personal hero, and a guide to me to become a better human being. All my love to that man and his music ! "Harvest Time" soooooo beautiful, things like those let me fight with tears, anyway, complicate year, lotta emotions....... oh interesting. There must be telepathy because I also have not listened to Mingus for much time, he was very often listened by me in the past, and I had seen him live 3 times, but now I am more into stuff like more spiritual music like late Trane, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler and so on. But as you say it, yesterday I had listened to a Mingus album, I think an Impulse album, but not "Black Saint". I did not purchase the "Cornell" stuff, since I have too much from that 1964 band already, I have the Townhall, I have the 3 LP "Great Concert of Charles Mingus" and so that was enough for my tastes..... But I am sure it is as interesting as the others I already have.

As it turned out I will meet Ekkehart Fleischhammer of Sonorama Records in Berlin this upcoming Saturday. A mutual friend there recently made his acquaintance. Any questions that I might ask him? http://sonorama.de/

I suspect there were surplus cooies of all partials to replace defective material. Mosaic sold many of these.

How about suggesting a Soulful Strings box set to Mosaic?

Michel Portal, 90! Had a great experience interviewing him c. 2004, and saw him perform a few concerts around that time as well. This is a favorite: Also born today: Eddie South, Wilber Morris, Don Sleet, Lyle Mays, Joris Teepe, Jacky Terrasson, and Wessell Anderson.

November 27 Maria Schneider - 1960

I am a huge fan of the Haydn String Quartets Op.20 through Op.77. I have heard numerous (mainly) recorded performances of all of them. Rarely a day goes by when I have not listened to at least one Haydn String Quartet. Here are my recommendations for the Op.50 quartets: Nomos Quartet Zaide Quartet Tokyo Quartet Leipziger Quartet Auryn Quartet

Bobby Hutcherson “Sprial” TOCJ Blue Note cd. Bass – Reggie Johnson Drums – Joe Chambers Piano – Stanley Cowell Tenor Saxophone – Harold Land Vibraphone – Bobby Hutcherson

December 5, 2025: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth Mathias Lattin, Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas December 6, 2025: Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth Shelley Carrol, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas Stephanie, Rachel and Marlon Jordan and Music Alive Ensemble, El Dorado Ballroom, Houston 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 January 24, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's Austin Al Dimeola, Heights Theater, Houston January 31, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin February 20, 2026: Shemekia Copeland and Ally Venable, Granville Arts Center, Garland February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston March 5, 2026: Pat Metheny, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio March 6, 2026: Pat Metheny, Paramount Theater, Austin 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 20, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin March 21, 2026: Sunny War, Anne Harris, 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, 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, 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 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 May 17, 2026: Lucia, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston

Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans here. Hope everyone is where they want to be and safe. Going to have to do a little shoveling and clearing soon but just got some time to sit and listen and I’m going to take advantage of it. The system sounds so amazing. . . . Listening to “Somethin’ Else” the lone Blue Note title by Cannonball Adderley for Blue Note records, this time listening to the 85th Anniversary UHQCD from Japan. (It sounds GREAT). This is a fascinating release. Miles is sort of in charge, sort of not, Hank Jones is an amazing accompanist here and interesting soloist, and Art Blakey’s performance here is one of my favorites as far as taste and structural groove. I wonder who was responsible for the arrangements here. This time through I wonder if there was any Gil Evans input, a few points sound to me a little like his work. Anyway, a great album that is hard bop but also swings in a mainstream way, and just pulls one in and keeps one there all the way through. 1000×1000 186 KB On to another Blue Note, this time a 24 Bit by RVG Japanese LP facsimile release of Kenny Burrell’s “Blue Lights Vol. 2” from Blue Note Japan. I really like the sound of most 24 Bit by RVG discs. And the music here is excellent!

cool. It's not up on their bandcamp yet, nor have I received an email announcement. Maybe tomorrow.

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Music for Black Pigeons https://share.google/3BJ1fFQsp5Jf6DWO4 It's on Kanopy.

I noticed that as well; of the acts on my list to see, there are lots that are scheduled simultaneously or overlapping.

That I do not know.

Preorder now on Frederiksberg label (January 2026). https://jazz.pt/breves/voyage-from-jericho--do-charles-tyler--vai-ser-reeditado

A favorite!

It's a well-made movie ... I think people who tend to like movies like this much and need to see more and more have a problem; for sure.