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The Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet (Argo) Norman Granz Jam Session No. 1 (Verve)

Montana Taylor/Cripple Clarence Lofton, Low Down Piano (Riverside) Johnny Hammond (Smith), Higher Ground (Kudu) Shelley Manne and His Men at the Blackhawk, Volume 3 (Contemporary)

Happy birthday!

I stop at Half Priced Books a couple of times a week, and Josey Records once a week usually; I only listen to LPs on the weekend (CDs during the week); this often results in finding more interesting LPs in a given week than I have time to listen to; couple that with persistence over a long period of time and it leads to a substantial backlog.

Morgenland All Star Band, Dastan (Dreyer Gaido)

I've gone the last four years and have only had good experiences, other than some rather cold weather and some snow. So far I've been lucky in terms of snow not affecting any flights. I haven't had any problems accessing venues, but I think some of the smaller venues (like the Zinc Bar) do get full. My approach is to mostly stick to the larger venues and not move around a lot. Some take the opposite approach of going from venue to venue after each set. The largest number of venues the past three years has been at the New School, so I've mostly been in that vicinity. The venues tend to be in clusters, some in short walking distance, others a bit further. Nublu (in the West Village) was the furthest from the action. One difference from Big Ears is they don't turn the audience after every show, so you can find a good seat and have a sequence of concerts in one venue if you like. Also, the ticket prices for the Marathon are quite reasonable. Soundwise, it has been pretty consistently good.

Keith Jarrett, Treasure Island (Impulse)

I should have mentioned him except I went to see him Saturday night and he didn't show up.

With a closed mind, the odds are zero.

This question got me to thinking: which tenor saxophonists have I seen in person at least once over the last ten years that I quite enjoyed hearing? Younger Generation: James Brandon Lewis Jimmy Greene Mark Shim Noah Preminger Meiissa Aldana Stacy Dillard Calvin Johnson Wayne Escoffrey Ravi Coltrane Tivon Pennicott David Sanchez Abraham Burton Older Generation: Chico Freeman Billy Harper David Murray Pharoah Sanders Charles Lloyd Houston Person David Schnitter Wayne Shorter Kidd Jordan Ron Holloway Pete Christlieb Charlie Gabriel Chris Potter Ernest Dawkins James Carter Hakan Kornstad

Grasella Oliphant, The Grass is Greener (Atlantic) Duke Ellington, A Date with the Duke, volume 5 (Fairmont) Jimmie Lunceford, Rhythm is our Business, volume 1 (Decca)

First Lineup announcement: MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO (ARTIST IN RESIDENCE) - AKENYA - ALEXIS CUADRADO GROUP PERFORMS SHOES (LIVE SILENT FILM SCORE) - ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ & PEDRITO MARTINEZ DUO - ALLISON MILLER AND CARMEN STAAF SCIENCE FAIR - AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS - AMIR ELSAFFAR'S RIVERS OF SOUND - ANGEL BAT DAWID & THE BROTHAHOOD - ARTIFACTS TRIO (TOMEKA REID, NICOLE MITCHELL, MIKE REED) - BEN LAMAR GAY - BEN WENDEL “HIGH HEART” - BILLY HART QUARTET - BLAKE MILLS & PINO PALLADINO - BRIA SKONBERG - BUTCHER BROWN - CLEAVER, CLINE & OCHS - DAVID VIRELLES SOLO - DONNY MCCASLIN GROUP - EDMAR CASTANEDA - EMMA-JEAN THACKERAY - EXPANSIONS: THE DAVE LIEBMAN GROUP - EZRA COLLECTIVE - GARY BARTZ PLAYS ANOTHER PLANET WITH PHAROAH SANDERS - GHOST TRAIN ORCHESTRA PLAYS MOONDOG - GILLES PETERSON - JASON LINDNER’S NOW VS NOW - JD ALLEN ENCOUNTERS DAVID MURRAY - JENNY SCHEINMAN & ALLISON MILLER’S PARLOUR GAME - JEREMY CUNNINGHAM - JOEL ROSS - KANDACE SPRINGS - KASSA OVERALL BLUE SWAMINI - KASSA OVERALL TRIO FEATURING MARK SHIM - LARRY GRENADIER - LEYLA MCCALA - LIEBMAN, RUDOLPH & DRAKE - MAKAYA MCCRAVEN - MARIA GRAND - MARY HALVORSON CODE GIRL - MATHIAS EICK - MATTHEW STEVENS TRIO - MELISSA ALDANA - MICHAEL FORMANEK, MARY HALVORSON, TIM BERNE - MIKEL PATRICK AVERY'S PLAY - NATE WOOD: FOUR - NUBYA GARCIA - PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP - POCKET SCIENCE W/ GARY BARTZ, KAHIL EL ZABAR, JAMAALADEEN TACUMA, ROBERT IRVING III - RALPH ALESSI QUINTET FEATURING RAVI COLTRANE - RALPH PETERSON AND THE MESSENGER LEGACY - ROXY COSS QUINTET - SAMORA PINDERHUGHES TRANSFORMATIONS SUITE - SARAH ELIZABETH CHARLES AND SCOPE - SEUN KUTI - SHAI MAESTRO TRIO - SISTERHOOD OF SWING (LED BY BRIA SKONBERG) - SPENCER ZAHN - SUBTLE DEGREES: TRAVIS LAPLANTE & GERALD CLEAVER - TAKUYA KURODA - TAWIAH - TERENCE BLANCHARD FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE - TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON AND SOCIAL SCIENCE - THE JUJU EXCHANGE - THEO BLECKMANN AND THE WESTERLIES - TIA FULLER - UNFOLD ORDINARY MIND - VIJAY IYER & CRAIG TABORN DUO - WILL MILLER'S RESAVOIR - YAZMIN LACEY - YUSSEF DAYES - + MANY MORE ARTISTS TBA

Dur Dur Band, Volumes 1 and 2 (Analog Africa) Stan Getz, Live in Paris 1959 (Fremeaux)

THU, NOVEMBER 8 Three Baritone Saxophone Band Tribute featuring Ronnie Cuber $ Ticketed Event cover Ronnie Cuber at Scat Jazz Lounge. This tribute will feature music arranged by the great Ronnie Cuber. Cuber has been the the most sought after baritone saxophonist for both jazz and pop artists for the last 50 years. He has played and recorded with legends such as Frank Sinatra, Maynard Furgeson, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Horace Silver George Benson, Paul Simon, Lonnie Smith and the Saturday Night Live Band. Come hear this living legend. Tickets on sale now. Purchase Tickets Here

November 2, 2018: Shelley Carrol, Chocolate Secrets, Dallas November 3, 2018: DeJohnette Coltrane Garrison, Wortham, Houston November 7, 2018: Rachella Parks, Sammons Center, Dallas November 8, 2018: Ronnie Cuber, Scat Jazz Lounge, Fort Worth November 10, 2018: Charlie Hunter, Duet, Tulsa, Oklahoma November 11, 2018: Charlie Hunter, Guitar Sanctuary, McKinney November 13, 2018: Charlie Hunter, The Townsend, Austin November 16, 2018: Tutu Jones, Babb Bros, Dallas November 17, 2018: Bnois King, Babb Bros., Dallas November 23, 2018: Roseanna Vitro, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas November 24, 2018: Ally Venable, Six Springs, Dallas December 1, 2018: Pedrito Martinez, Wortham, Houston December 3, 2018: Wynton Marsalis, Tobin Center, San Antonio December 4, 2018: Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan, San Antonio Randy Brecker, Cezanne, Houston December 5, 2018: Wynton Marsalis with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Meyerson, Dallas December 7, 2018: Robert Cray, The Heights Theater, Houston December 8, 2018: Robert Cray, University of Texas at Tyler February 1, 2019: Joey DeFrancesco Trio, University of Texas at Dallas February 2, 2019: Stefon Harris and Blackout, Carver Center, San Antonio February 8, 2018: Chucho Valdes, Wortham, Houston February 9, 2019, Chucho Valdes, Laurie Auditorium, San Antonio February 23, 2019: Susana Baca, Carver Center, San Antonio March 23, 2019: Tom Harrell Quintet, Empire Theater, San Antonio March 31, 2019: Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour (Melissa Aldana, Bria Skonberg, Christian Sands), Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 11, 2019: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin Terence Blanchard and Rennie Harris, Bass Concert Hall, Austin April 12, 2019: Dave Douglas, Wortham, Houston April 13, 2019: University of Texas Jazz Orchestra with Joe Lovano, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 26-28, May 2-5, 2019: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

For anyone who shops Half Priced Books, they have discount new copies of the Verve book, in both the English and German (?) editions.

Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan, Small Town (ECM)

Billie Holiday, Lady Day (Columbia) Norman Granz Jam Session No. 8 (Clef) Jimmy Smith, Bashin' (Verve)

Doug and Jean Carn, Higher Ground (Ovation) Roland Kirk, Slightly Latin (Limelight)

Stan Getz, Early Stan (Prestige) Johnny Hammond Smith, The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush (Prestige) Don Sebesky, Giant Box (CTI)

Snake Hip Waltz.

Harold Mabern, piano Eric Alexander, saxophone Guest Artist Small Group Recital MU 282 (Kenton Hall). Free admission. Free parking spaces will be available in Lot 26 (Highland Street, between Bain Hall and Music Practice South) for patrons attending performances at the College of Music on weekends and after 5:00pm on weekdays. Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 8 PM – 9:30 PM pin UNT College of Music 415 Avenue C, Denton, Texas 76201

I wanted to see the venue (newest in the Arts District), and it is beautiful, perfect for acoustic jazz. The set was not great or anything, but it was modestly enjoyable, particularly the quieter pieces where he played soprano. I quite like his bassist Eric Revis. The amusing point was when he announced he was playing an Andrew Hill song, and like two people cheered. So probably not too many Andrew Hill records in the audience's collections. Basically, I'm not feeling an irresistible urge to order Branford CD's today, but I probably would go see him again in the right circumstance.

Last night, Branford Marsalis Quartet at Moody Performance Hall in the Dallas Arts District.

I really liked one song; the rest was sort of okay.