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A lot of great pictures are showing up on Facebook. I liked this one:

That's the only one. Everything is with Aebi; I know she wants it to go to an institution but nothing has happened as far as I am aware.

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 Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Poor David's Pub, Dallas 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 8, 2026: Guitar Prasanna, Windmills, The Colony May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston Guitar Prasanna, Windmills, The Colony May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin Sandip Chatterjee (Violin) & Subhajyoti Guha (Tabla), Kathak Rhythm Studios, Plano May 17, 2026: Lucia, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston May 21, 2026, Stockton Helbing, Bank of America Theater, Richardson May 30, 2026: Jackie Venson, Beer City Music Hall, Oklahoma City 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 June 11, 2026: Shelley Carrol, Bank of America Theater, Richardson June 19, 2026: Mohini Dey, Windmills, The Colony June 20, 2026: Mohini Dey, Windmills, The Colony June 26, 2026: Oz Noy, Windmills, the Colony June 27, 2026: Oz Noy, Windmills, The Colony 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, Riverfront Jazz Festival, 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

We had him over for dinner once. He was a big man, and he ate robustly but never gluttonishly. Similarly, his comportment was musicianly but always respectful, especially around my wife. The evening seemed to have been a delight for all!!!

Disc 2

R.I.P.

$#@! Another fine man to be missed.

Both the performance and the sound quality far exceeded my expectations. I think this is a fantastic live recording. “Giant Steps” is great, but “Satellite” is this good (including McCoy) —I wonder why it never made it into their live repertoire. I definitely want to hear the rest of the recordings.

This now 20 year old release was supposed to be the first volume in a Lacy Archives series that never materialized: https://www.discogs.com/release/2345655-Steve-Lacy-Quintet-Esteem-Live-In-Paris-1975

Wow, great sound. Miles Davis 'Round About Midnight, Sony 2 SACD set in 7" packaging 2026 release, disc 1

Love this set. I find it interesting that Pepper here sounds much closer to ‘late Pepper’ than I was expecting. I can’t think of much live Art from this earlier phase of his extraordinary career.

From a recent batch of LPs at a very nice price … John Tchicai——Timo’s message—-( Black Saint) this was more in the tradition than I was expecting with some inside/outside playing that I love.

Have any recordings been issued from Lacy's tape archive? I have not seen or heard of any. If so, one wonders why not? Presumably, his estate and the archive are with Irene Aebi.

Buy any recording of La Venexiana with confidence.

Interesting to hear Trane playing Giant Steps on a live recording. In comparison the well known studio version now sounds to me like he was on speed or something.

Sad news .....

I didn't know he was sick. I've seen several Facebook posts from his numerous students. He was a well-respected teacher, with stints at University of Colorado, DePaul University, Youngstown State University, Northern Illinois University, the University of Missouri at Kansas City and Florida State University.

Damn I read this as Mitch Miller and expected an ode to singalongs.

Starting off a cool morning with disc 2 of Yusef Lateef “Alight Upon The Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase” Resonance Records 3 cd set This is so far my favorite of the new Resonance releases. Kenny Barron really delivers on this one.

Evolution Ensemble Unity – Concrete Voices

Mtume - In Search of the Rainbow Seekers

Philip Catherine & Martin Wind - New Folks (ACT)

Very sorry to hear of this. I thought of him from time to time. RIP Free For All!

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