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Eric Reed perhaps? I haven't listened to Eric Wyatt in a while, but I recall he plays one of Sonny Rollins' saxophones, given to him by Mr. Rollins (said to be his godfather?). I recollect Borough of Kings as being an album I liked; I haven't followed up with anything further. He plays a late night set at Smalls about every month; there are lots of his sets in the Smalls archive.

Marshall Allen is 96 and still leading the Arkestra.

Lionet Hampton Presents Earl Fatha Hines (Who's Who in Jazz) Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (Pacific Jazz)

Lamine Konte, The Kora Of Senegal Jazz at the Philharmonic in Europe (Dizzy Gillespie, Leo Wright, Stan Getz, J.J. Johnson, Lalo Schifrin) (Verve) Atilla Zoller Quartet, The Horizon Beyond (Emarcy) Swingin' with Terry Gibbs and his Orchestra (Emarcy)

I did see Doug Carn at the Zinc Bar in NYC in 2014. The crowd was sparse for the first couple of sets and by the third set, rather late on a week night, the place was nearly empty. Over the course of three sets, he performed most of the repertoire on his Black Jazz records. It was Duane Eubanks on trumpet, Stacy Dillard on tenor and soprano saxes, Lonnie Plaxico on bass. The drummer was unfamiliar and there were a couple of guest vocalists and a guest flute player over the course of the evening. Doug Carn stuck to piano.

I ordered a copy. Hopefully the content will be of interest beyond the photos.

Shirley Scott, One for Me (ARC)

This new book about the clubs on 52nd Street just came out. Swing Street: The Rise and Fall of New York's 52nd Street Jazz Scene: An Illustrated Tribute, 1930–1950Hardcover – Illustrated, June 28, 2020 by Leo T. Sullivan (Author)

$6 for mine. And it's a promo/original/first pressing, so it should go for thousands!

Hot Lips Page, Feeling High and Happy (RCA Vintage) Jazz Wave, Ltd. on Tour, volume 1 (Blue Note)

Arbee Stidham also has a Prestige/ Bluesville album, Tired of Wandering, which has King Curtis and John Wright in the band.

Michael Olatuja, Lagos Pepper Soup (Whirlwind)

Milt Jackson at the Kosei Nenkin (Pablo Live) Blue Mitchell, Blue's Blues (Mainstream) Gary Bartz, Ju Ju Man (Catalyst)

Real Gone Music put out the recent Alice Coltrane Warner compilation Spiritual Eternal, which was well done. They also jointly released the Cannonball Adderley albums, The Price You Pay to Be Free and Music You All, with Dusty Groove. And they put out Herbie Mann, Live at the Whiskey, 1969. All are high quality releases.

Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)

Count Basie, Li'l Ol' Groovemaker (Verve) Jazz at the Philharmonic in Europe (Stan Getz, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge) (Verve). This is one of a series of four LPs that includes some of my favorite JATP. On this set, you get to hear Cannonball and Benny Carter together. George Shearing Trio, Jazz Moments (Capitol). George Shearing with Ahmad Jamal's great rhythm section (Israel Crosby and Vernel Fournier). Boogie Woogie Revisited (RCA) Bud Powell, Bud in Paris (Xanadu) Hampton Hawes/Paul Chambers, The East/West Controversy (Xanadu)

Bobby Watson, Keepin' It Real (Smoke Sessions)

It seems like a remote prospect at this point. A longer festival is fine, even if I can only attend a part.

Optimistically thinking about the future. TWO WEEKENDS: March 18 - 21 and 25 - 28 It’s been a while since we were last in touch. We hope this message finds all of our Big Ears family healthy and managing to find some joy and peace in these strange, tumultuous, and transformative times. We want to thank all of you for your encouragement and support during this difficult time. Your patience during the process of refunding your ticket purchases for 2020 — and the extraordinary generosity that so many of you showed in donating to Big Ears — has helped us to weather the storm and was deeply appreciated. We’d hoped to share our plans for Big Ears 2021 several weeks ago. We’ve been planning and strategizing the festival’s future since early April, waiting for clarity on the pandemic and its impact on our ability to turn those plans into action. Unfortunately, this that timeline remains uncertain. Our primary goal has been to offer TWO Big Ears weekends in 2021 — each with a unique line up and program of its own — combining as much of the programming scheduled for 2020 as possible with many new programs that were already in the works. We’ve discussed this with many of the artists who were scheduled for the 2020 festival — as well as with others who were planning to play Big Ears 2021 — with very positive response. We are hopeful and optimistic. The two weekends we have in mind are March 18 – 21 and March 25 – 28; however, it will still be several weeks — perhaps until late-August or early-September — before we know for certain if those weekends are actually feasible. The health and safety of everyone who attends Big Ears — and of our community — is our #1 concern. If these dates don’t allow for that, we’ll pivot to weekends later in the year. In the meantime, we’re exploring new ideas and opportunities to support the work of artists we love and share it with you. We’ll stay in touch as these plans evolve., and we eagerly look forward to the time when we can all come together for another unforgettable Big Ears weekend.

Earl Hines, Quintessential Continued (Chiaroscuro) Mary Lou Williams, From the Heart (Chiaroscuro) Bobby Hackett Quartet Plus Vic Dickenson, This is My Bag (Project 3)

Kidd Jordan, A Tribute to Alvin Fielder (Mahakala)

Pat Martino, Exit (Muse) Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall (Columbia)

If I never went back to the office again (except one time to pick up some books), that would be okay. Working from home has been perfectly fine.

Fats Waller in London (Capitol) June Christy, The Misty Miss Christy (Capitol)

The Texas governor has actively worked to impede Dallas County authorities from doing the right thing.