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Impressive initial lineup announcement for 2020. ART BLAKEY CENTENNIAL BECCA STEVENS BEN WILLIAMS “I AM A MAN” BLACK’S MYTHS BRANDEE YOUNGER BRIGHT DOG RED CHRIS LIGHTCAP’S SUPERBIGMOUTH CONNIE HAN TRIO DAEDELUS DONNY MCCASLIN GROUP EUBANKS EVANS EXPERIENCE FROM DETROIT TO THE WORLD - CELEBRATING THE JAZZ LEGACY OF DETROIT AND MARCUS BELGRAVE GEORGE BURTON BAND GILLES PETERSON GODWIN LOUIS GOLDEN VALLEY IS NOW GREGOIRE MARET AND ROMAIN COLLIN’S “AMERICANA” W/ MARVIN SEWELL HALVORSON & DIETERICH HARISH RAGHAVAN ‘CALLS FOR ACTION’ HEROES ARE GANG LEADERS’ FEATURING JAMES BRANDON LEWIS HYPNOTIC BRASS BAND IKEBE SHAKEDOWN ISSAC DELGADO JAMIE BAUM & SHORT STORIES “OF STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS” JESSICA JONES QUARTET JESSICA PAVONE QUARTET JOE RUSSO JOEY ALEXANDER JOSÉ JAMES “NO BEGINNING NO END 2” KALIA VANDEVER KASSA OVERALL KAT EDMONSON KNEEBODY + MARK GUILIANA KOKOROKO L’RAIN LAKECIA BENJAMIN’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LOUIS HAYES MAE.SUN MAKAYA MCCRAVEN MARK GUILIANA (ARTIST IN RESIDENCE) MARQUIS HILL: NEW GOSPEL REVISITED MARY LATTIMORE MATTHEW WHITAKER MICHAEL OLATUJA’S “LAGOS PEPPER SOUP” MOSES BOYD NATE WOOLEY’S COLUMBIA ICEFIELD NIKARA AND BLACK WALL STREET NIR FELDER TRIO NITE BJUTI FEAT. VAL JEANTY, CANDICE HOYES AND MIMI JONES PASQUALE GRASSO PEOPLE’S CHAMPS POPPY AJUDHA QUIANA LYNELL RENE MARIE REVIVE BIG BAND RON CARTER SALAMI ROSE JOE LOUIS SAMANTHA BOSHNACK’S SEISMIC BELT SARATHY KORWAR SASHA BERLINER SEU JORGE SHEILA JORDAN SHIGETO LIVE ENSEMBLE STEVE LEHMAN TRIO FEATURING CRAIG TABORN STEVEN BERNSTEIN’S MTO@20 SUNNY JAIN WILD WILD EAST SUSAN ALCORN QUINTET THE BOGIE BAND FEATURING JOE RUSSO THE COOKERS THE JAZZ GALLERY ALLSTARS THEO BLECKMANN’S MIXTAPE THEO CROKER’S STAR PEOPLE NATION TIM BERNE’S ABSINT W/ DAVID TORN AND AURORA NEALAND TINEKE POSTMA FOUR + MANY MORE ARTISTS TBA

This one (Southern Brothers) with James Newton is good. https://smile.amazon.com/Southern-Brothers-Srinivasan-Gopalnath-1999-05-03/dp/B01AXLX3KO/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Newton+gopalnath+southern+brothers&qid=1571146752&s=music&sr=1-1

Upcoming at the Arlington Music Hall: HIROMI Map Unavailable Date/Time Date(s) - Wednesday, 01/29/2020 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm BUY TICKETS Hiromi is a jazz composer and pianist born in Hamamatsu, Japan. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as stride, post-bop, progressive rock, classical and fusion in her compositions. JOEY DEFRANCESCO Map Unavailable Date/Time Date(s) - Saturday, 02/15/2020 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm STANLEY JORDAN TRIO Map Unavailable Date/Time Date(s) - Friday, 08/28/2020 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm BUY TICKETS In a career that took flight in 1985 with commercial and critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination, versatility and maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, to blazing straight ahead jazz forays and ultramodern improvisational works—solo or with a group—Jordan can always be counted on to take listeners on breathless journeys into the unexpected.

On Saturday night, Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider, plus Mathias Kunzli on percussion (augmented by Sean Conly on bass on two songs), in Houston at the Cullen Theater. Featuring songs by a variety of Latin American composers (Gilberto Gil. Caetano Veloso, Violetta Para, Joao Gilberto, Herrera, etc.).

Ira Sullivan (Flying Fish)

He played an excellent concert at a church on Forest Lane a couple of years ago.

Their website had a reference (now removed) to the "Brooklyn Marathon"--so perhaps the signature event of the festival is being moved out of Manhattan?

Attention! 2020 Lineup announcement and other revelations coming on October 16th, stay tuned.

DG wants $29.99--bargain prices here in Texas.

I just listened to this one myself... very nice.

Yes, it looks pretty interesting; and that is not even the complete lineup.

10.08.2019 2020 Lineup Announced! We’re excited to announce the first round of artists slated to join us for Big Ears 2020. A few of the many highlights include: • BRAXTON75. A celebration of composer/saxophonist and musical iconoclast Anthony Braxton’s 75th year featuring a rare solo performance, his Diamond Curtain Wall Trio, and the world premiere of the Thunder Music Ensemble. • TERRY RILEY at 85. A celebration of the minimalist guru’s 85th year on the planet, featuring a duo with Gyan Riley, a solo organ performance on the new St. John’s Cathedral pipe organ, and more. • MEREDITH MONK with BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS. The amazing Meredith Monk returns to Big Ears with BOAC for the full concert premiere of their collaborative work, Memory Game. JOHN PAUL JONES & ANSSI KARTTUNEN: Sons of Chipotle. The legendary Led Zeppelin bassist gathers no moss as he continues his musical explorations and collaborations. This finds him in the company of the renowned Finnish classical cellist in their North American concert debut. • KIM GORDON • STEVE GUNN • BILL NACE • JOHN TRUSCINSKI: Sound for Andy Warhol’s KISS. Rock icon Gordon returns to Big Ears with her Body/Head collaborator, joined by two other Big Ears alums to create the soundtrack to Warhol’s iconic film. • JOE HENRY’S 115th Dream, featuring Jason Moran and Marc Ribot, with Jay Bellerose, David Piltch, and Levon Henry. Big Ears asked the great singer/ songwriter / producer Joe Henry to put together a special “dream band” for the festival. This is it. • JASON MORAN & THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS: All around Renaissance man Jason Moran is bringing this large ensemble to pay tribute to the legendary ragtime innovator, James Reese Europe. • CAROLINE SHAW with SŌ PERCUSSION: The 2013 Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Shaw finally comes to Big Ears to present some of her extraordinary work, including this collaboration with the percussion wizards of SŌ. • NATHALIE JOACHIM with Spektral Quartet: Femn D’ayiti (Women of Haiti). Flutist / singer Joachim, who first appeared at Big Ears with eighth blackbird, returns with an extraordinary tribute to the women of her native Haiti, easily one of the most fabulous new works of this or any year. • Iceland’s alternative rock legends MÚM will make a rare US appearance, celebrating 20 years since Yesterday Was Dramatic—Today is OK. • TINDERSTICKS will perform their first US concert in many years in the wake of a long awaited, brand new recording. • Denmark’s Efterklang return to the US for the first time in many years, also with new music. • After his astonishing performances at last year’s Big Ears with both Sons of Kemet and the Comet Is Coming, saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings will return with a third group, The Ancestors. • German free-jazz titan Peter Brötzmann will make his Big Ears debut, playing solo in celebration of a new recording and revisiting his duo with the amazing drummer Andrew Cyrille, a highlight of this year’s Vision Festival in NYC. • There’s more adventurous new jazz from bands led by Joshua Abrams, Jaimie Branch, Myra Melford, Jeff Parker, and Dan Weiss. • Psychedelic desert rock from Mdou Moctar, Haitian voodoo blues from Moonlight Benjamin, new adventures in electronic music with Caterina Barbieri and Sarah Davachi; Can’s legendary singer Damo Suzuki, plus exciting new sounds from the Egyptian underground from Maurice Louca and Nadah El Shazly, the wild, uncategorizable, freewheeling rock of 75 Dollar Bill… And much much more…. Additional artists and performances will be announced in the coming weeks, along with information about the film and literary programs, talks and discussions, and other facets of the Big Ears experience.

Full lineup announced: Big Ears 2020 75 Dollar Bill Andrew Cyrille Annette Peacock Anthony Braxton Areni Agbabian Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses Bang on a Can All-Stars Caroline Shaw Caterina Barbieri Christian Scott Damo Suzuki Network with the Sound Carriers Dan Weiss Starebaby Daniel Pioro & Valgeir Sigurðsson Devandra Banhart Diamond Curtain Wall Trio Dos Santos Efterklang Electric Appalachia (William Tyler, Mary Lattimore, Eric Dawson of TAMIS) Gyan Riley Harriet Tubman Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die Jason Moran & the Harlem Hellfighters Jeff Parker and the New Breed Joe Henry’s 115th Dream Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society Kim Myhr Kronos Quartet Marc Ribot Maurice Louca Mdou Moctar Meredith Monk Moonlight Benjamin mssv (Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges, Mike Watt) Múm Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret MZM (Miya Masaoka, Zeena Parkins, Myra Melford) Nadah El Shazly Natalie Joachim nief norf Paul Lazar’s Cage Shuffle Peter Brötzmann Sarah Davachi Saul Williams Shabaka & the Ancestors So Percussion Sons of Chipotle (John Paul Jones & Anssi Karttunen) Sound for Andy Warhol’s KISS (Kim Gordon, Bill Nace, Steve Gunn, John Truscinski) Spektral Quartet Steve Coleman and Five Elements Sudan Archives Tamino Terry Riley The Haden Triplets The Necks Thunder Music Ensemble Thundercat Tindersticks Xylouris White

The initial lineup announcement looks good to me. The lineup includes: Andrew Cyrille Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses Anthony Braxton Christian Scott Harriet Tubman Jaimie Branch's Fly or Die Jason Moran: The Harlem Hellfighters Marc Ribot Mdou Moctar Moonlight Benjamin Myra Melford's Snowy Egret Peter Brotzmann Shabaka and the Ancestors Steve Coleman and Five Elements

I've never heard (nor seen) any of these Max Roach with Billy Harper records. The two main memories of my one time seeing Max Roach in person (with Odean Pope, Tyrone Brown and Cecil Bridgewater) are of Max playing a solo history of jazz drums piece, and a nearly hour long version of Scott Free that was devastating.

Dexter Gordon, Homecoming (Columbia) Joe Henderson, The State of the Tenor, volume 2 (Blue Note Tone Poet). This pressing sounds amazing.

In addition, I saw Gary Bartz multiple times in McCoy Tyner's band, with john Lee or Gerald Veasley on electric bass.

I heard two live sets of Alfredo Rodriguez/ Pedrito Martinez (augmented on some songs by two additional Cuban percussionists) earlier this year; that was some white hot music.

Also the performance.

Yes, all the tracks are newly issued. Blue World is a variant of Out of This World. It's a relaxed session from the Quartet; I'm enjoying it a lot.

Donald Byrd, Chant (Blue Note/Tone Poet Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter, Urbane Jazz (Verve)

In Dallas, there were only four members (bass plus three guitar/vocalists), with a guest drummer. It was explained that the drummer was unable to obtain a U.S. visa.

Hindustani Sitar Recital – Meditative Strings Saturday, November 02, 2019 4:00:00 PM Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013 Admission: ICMC Members: Free General: $30 Student: $20 Anjan Saha Sitar Pt Arup Chattopadhyay Tabla An empaneled artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Anjan Saha has learnt sitar under the yet caring apprenticeship of Pt Debiprosad Chatterjee since his childhood. He is a graded artist of Prasar Bharati. Anjan has been awarded with the National Scholarship from Dept of Culture, Government of India in the year 1992. He has achieved the rare feat of obtaining National Scholarship for the second time from Department of Culture, Government of India in 1998. Anjan has been performing extensively in India and abroad since 1998. He has given a number of performances in different cities in Germany, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium, Montenegro, Kuwait, Qatar, East Asia and United States of America. Besides his performances Anjan's Music compositions in different genre has got a great applause from the audience. Anjan has been teaching in Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata since 2004. Pt. Arup Chattopadhyay is recognized as one of the most outstanding and sought after Tabla artists of this generation. He has established himself as a top-notch accompanist as well as a formidable soloist. Arup's performances are admired for their exceptional tonal quality, clarity and deep compositional repertoire, all presented with an innate sense of rhythm and melody. Arup began learning Tabla at age six from his father, the eminent Tabla player, Pt. Pankaj Chattopadhyay. He then came under the tutelage of the world-renowned Tabla maestro Pt. Shankar Ghosh and is one of his premier disciples. He was awarded Top-Grade by All India Radio and Television. Arup has accompanied many of the leading musicians of India such as Pt. Ravi Shankar, Ustad Rais Khan, Ustad Aashish Khan, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Pt. Nayan Ghosh, Pt. Ajay Chakarbarti, Lakhsmi Shankar, Pt. Rajan and Sajan Mishra, Ustad Rashid Khan, the late V.G. Jog, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Pt. Kushal Das, among others. Since 1998, Arup has been honored to accompany the legend Bharat Ratna Pt. Ravi Shankar in tours throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and India, Including performances in Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, in US, and Barbican hall in London. Arup is also a highly sought after teacher and since 1999 has been a visiting lecturer with University of California, San Diego; and previously a professor of Tabla at Baratiya Vidya Bhavan in London (Institute of Indian Culture).

According to the Big Ears website, the 2020 lineup will be announced on October 8.

On Friday I traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico for the Fifteenth annual Globalquerque. This diverse World Music festival has three stages and ten acts per night at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. On Friday night, I heard: Nohe y Sus Santos: A mixture of Latin Pop and Cumbias, featuring Honduran vocalist Nohelia Sosa. Not my usual fare, but a fine group. Mdou Moctar: Niger's guitarist extraordinaire presents shattering Saharan Desert blues. Natu Camara: Vocalist from Guinea is not bad. Finally for the evening, the wondrous Garifuna Collective from Belize present the music of the Garifuna people. And a new CD! On Saturday night: Sahba Motallebi: A revelatory concert for me, as the Iranian tar virtuoso presents Persian classical music with percussion accompaniment on tonbak. With music of some similarity to Indian classical music, including improvisation, she was utterly masterful. Finally, closing out with Vivalda Dula, from Angola, and the sound of East Africa. This was another welcome discovery. An excellent vocalist and performer with a fine band.