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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 Duke Ellington Orchestra, Nelson University at Schaeffer Center, Waxahatchie 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 13, 2025: Clarence Johnson III, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth October 17, 2025: Walter Smith III Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston October 21, 2025: Lila Downs, Jones Hall, Houston October 24, 2025: Jackie Venson, Tulips FTW, Fort Worth Camille Thurman Quartet, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth Joe McPhee, Alienated Majesty, No Idea Festival, Austin October 25, 2025: Joe McPhee, Scottish Rite Theater, No Idea Festival, Austin October 29, 2025: Chuck Redd, Parker Jazz Club, Austin Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth November 5, 2025: Cory Weeds, 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 Mike Stern, Guitar Sanctuary, McKinney 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: Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet, John Scofield Trio, Marc Ribot, Shabaka, Mary Halvorson, Julian Lage Quartet, John Zorn (Various), Chicago Underground Duo, Marquis Hill Blacktet, Brandon Woody, Brian Marsella, Chad Taylor Quintet, Ches Smith Clone Row, Darius Jones Trio, Dave Douglas Gifts Quartet, Either/Orchestra, Harriet Tubman & Georgia Ann Muldrow, Marilyn Crispell & Harvey Sorgen, Matt Mitchelll's Zealous Angles, Miles Okazaki: The Compete Monk, Miles Okazaki Trickster, Nate Smith, Nik Bartsch, Nik Bartsch Ronin, Openness Trio, Orchestre Baobab, Patricia Brennan Septet, Sullivan Fortner Trio, Tim Berne, Tom Skinner, William Hooker Quartet, 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

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This set lands right where I live: Yank Lawson and Billy Butterfield (both of whom made nice contributions to the V-Disc set) are superlative in the Crosby organization.

No but I’ll ad that to my ‘to play’ list thanks Mark!

September 22 David Krakauer - 1956

Folks here might find this interesting: https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2025/09/15/richard-dickie-landry-by-clifford-allen/ Dickie is, in my mind, a national treasure.

awesome!

Linus & Lucy-The Music of Vince Guaraldi https://www.discogs.com/release/7032654-George-Winston-Linus-Lucy-The-Music-Of-Vince-Guaraldi CDs, Booklet and Jewel Case Mint Night Divides The Day • The Music Of The Doors https://www.discogs.com/release/2883932-George-Winston-Night-Divides-The-Day-The-Music-Of-The-Doors Sealed (Mint) $9 each shipped U.S $16 for both

Sahib Shihab, Sahib's Jazz Party

A good one!

Very nice. Do you have Tsabropoulos's solo disc 'Akroasis' on ECM? My favourite of his I think

Sara Serpa, Greg Ward, Fabian Almazan, Mark Whitfield, Jr.

https://www.nomadmusic.fr/en/album/un-hiver-a-majorque She plays on the exact type of pianino that was sent to Chopin while staying in Mallorca with George Sand, although it arrived only days before they left. The stay there was unpleasant for various reasons, but still he finished the Préludes heard on this recording.

wow! because the lack of copies in the european stores, I ordered it directly, and arrived in Italy in two working days!

September 22 Ken Vandermark - 1964

For those wondering about the Bob Crosby band, here's a partial discussion (focusing on the Bob Cats): Personally, I have quite a bit of Bob Crosby on vinyl, but the reissues (of the band's commercially released 78s) in the vinyl era were a huge mess. You tended to get almost the same things over and over again, while others continually fell by the compliers' wayside (though some of these "misses" I've heard elsewhere are worth exploring. ) So my LPs have lots of overlaps AND gaps. OTOH I've never come across the Halcyon CD series mentioned in the above thread, but i dont think I'd have invested in a "complete" series anyway.

enjoying this recent JIB release (#4 from the contemporary Jazz Now series) The Dark Days Quartet (named after a James Baldwin text of essays) perform James Baldwin inspired improv & composed material Pat Thomas from the group "Ahmed" on ivories with Cleveland Watkiss on loops & recitation/vocals (extracts from the Baldwin essays). Neil Charles (b) leads the quartet & also has composer credits plus Mark Sanders on drums Recorded live at Cafe Oto last October (2024) https://jazzviews.net/neil-charles-dark-days-quartet/

Saw Flo & Eddie with FZ when this album was recorded at Pauley Pavilion, UCLA

Just stumbled on this when looking up Ricky Ford albums. Interesting because Mark Soskin was also the piano player with Sonny and Jerome at that Montreux gig. I'm a big fan of hers. Have seen her with Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey a number of times. Who's in the Quintet?