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Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (Resonance)

Pat Martino, Desperado (Prestige) Albert Wynn and His Gutbucket Seven (Riverside) Sammy Price in Concert (Jazztone) Duke Ellington, Ellington Encore (TOM)

I pre-ordered the CD, but it hasn't come yet.

This morning's (monthly) Brandee Younger/Dezron Douglas duet livestream, this time on bandcamp live from International Anthem, is just so beautiful.

Doug Carn, Jazz is Dead 5

From Keystone Korner Baltimore: Beginning Monday, December 7th, we are broadcasting Warren Wolf & Swing City, Bobby Watson & New Horizon, Lew Tabackin Magic Trio, Christian Sands Trio, Sean Jones & Co. and Freda Payne. These broadcasts are available to jazz lovers around the world until 2021! Click below to buy a streaming pass: WARREN WOLF CELEBRATES CHARLIE PARKER BOBBY WATSON & NEW HORIZON LEW TABACKIN MAGIC TRIO CHRISTIAN SANDS TRIO SEAN JONE'S & CO. FREDA PAYNE VIBES SUMMIT #2: JOE LOCKE/WARREN WOLF/JEFF REED

KENNY BARRON: QUARTETS "The pianist Kenny Barron has a brisk but unostentatious technique and a deceptively casual way with a phrase. He conveys a number of things clearly in his playing; what comes across over all is the quiet hum of effortless erudition. Within his playing you can hear a digest of mainstream jazz piano traditions, with bebop as the root. You can also hear the measured tension of an expert nudging himself toward a challenge." - The New York Times Pianist Kenny Barron will be streaming this weekend, starting Friday at 8 PM EST. Accompanying Kenny will be two different quartets each night; on Friday, Steve Nelson will be on vibraphone, Kiyoshi Kitagawa on bass, and Johnathan Blake on drums. On Saturday night, Immanuel Wilkins will join on saxophone, rounding out the quartet with Kiyoshi and Johnathan. Shows are available to stream for 24 hours; tickets are $10.

A fabulous recent livestream concert from Mokoomba in Zimbabwe. https://www.facebook.com/ngodatv/videos/1046611402517452 Another great African band in a recent livestream on KEXP--Jupiter and Okwess, live from an orphanage in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bombino, Live in Amersterdam (Partisan) Dennis Coffey, One Night at Morey's: 1968 (Omnivore) Makaya McCraven, Where We Come From (International Anthem)

Jason Moran and the Bandwagon, Thanksgiving at the Vanguard (Yes) McCoy Tyner, Tender Moments (Blue Note Tone Poet) Jacques Loussier Trio, Play Bach volume 4 (London)

Thanks.

I can't decide whether to buy volume 2. All the great guests sold volume 1; volume 2 seems to be more about Joe Castro than the guests. Am I wrong to hesitate?

On further thought, I would give the edge to Volume 1 because it devotes an entire side to Sam Morgan's Jazz Band.

The late Thomas Chapin would be my favorite jazz artist discovered in the 1990s.

The Jazz Oracle release, Papa Celestine and Sam Morgan, Recorded in New Orleans,1925-1928, states in the liner notes that only 35 sides of black jazz bands were recorded in New Orleans in the 1920s, and this CD collects 23 of those sides (plus two alternates). What were the other 12?

From Keystone Korner: Sean Jones & Co. LIVE RECORDING SESSIONS December 10-12 Thurs-Sat at 7pm Get Tickets or Streaming Pass From Village Vanguard: "A master bassist and bandleader, one of the most sophisticated composers and arrangers in the jazz world." - The Boston Globe Bassist Dave Holland will be performing on the Vanguard streams this Friday and Saturday night starting at 8 PM EST. Joining Dave will be Jaleel Shaw on saxophone, Steve Nelson on vibraphone, and Obed Calvaire on drums. Both sets will be available for 24 hours; tickets are $10. BUY TICKETS

Honestly, I loved them both and couldn't pick. Volume 2 has a lot of New Orleans music in it, just recorded in Chicago. There's also a volume 3, Sounds of Harlem, which I don't have.

Zoot Sims, Quietly There (Pablo test pressing)

Sobering survey of 700 epidemiologists here. Percentage attending a concert, play or sporting event in last 30 days: 2%. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/u...s-survey-.html

Duke Ellington, The Ellington Era, 1927-1940, Volume 1 (Columbia) Jazz Odyssey, Volume 2, The Sound of Chicago, 1923-1940 (Columbia)

Spike Wilner has said that Smalls has received significant donations to date that have kept it going so far (Billy Joel made a large donation). It is partially supported by a tax-exempt foundation. Jazz Standard appears to be operated strictly as a for profit business.

According to the latest Smalls email, their landlord has offered a 50% cut in rent.

Muddy Waters died in 1983. I believe there was a Muddy Waters tribute band consisting of former band members.

That is terrible news. It was always a pleasure to visit there. Good sound and a friendly atmosphere. And thinking back to some of the highlights of what I heard there: Lonnie Smith, Charles McPherson, Steve Kuhn, Geri Allen with Chico Freeman, Richard Davis and Andrew Cyrillle, Alvin Queen with Melvin Sparks and Leon Spencer, Frank Morgan, Greg Osby, Edmar Castaneda. The Mingus Big Band is homeless again.