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Max Roach Plus 4 (Mercury) John Graas (Mercury)

The Modern Jazz Quartet, Concorde (Prestige)

Pierre Bensusan at Poor David's Pub.

LUCIAN BAN & MAT MANERI “TRANSYLVANIAN CONCERT” LUCIAN BAN & MAT MANERI “Transylvanian Concert” Concert & Workshop Oct 30th Blackerby Stage and Studio Ticketing details will be announced sept 30th This event is presented with support from the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York Transylvanian born, NYC based pianist LUCIAN BAN and American violist and Grammy nominee MAT MANERI will be touring Fall 2017 the US south & southwest presenting material from their award winning 2013 ECM release “Transylvanian Concert” and premiering new music for a follow up album: Sun Ra & Paul Motian re-imagined pieces, Transylvanian doinas, re-constructed Enesco and Bartok pieces, original compositions, microtonal songs and more. Workshop : “The music of George Enescu and the traditional music of Romania in contemporary jazz and improvisation” When Romanian-born pianist Lucian Ban and Grammy-nominated violinist Mat Maneri joined up for a concert in an opera house in Targu Mures in the middle of Romania’s Transylvania region, the music was, as Jazz Times puts it, “as close as it gets to Goth jazz.” Released in 2013 by ECM Records, the Transylvanian Concert album features a program of self-penned ballads, blues, hymns and abstract improvisations, the whole informed by the twin traditions of jazz and European chamber music, and album has won critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, including several Best Album of 2013 awards, and has spawned continuous touring. The Guardian (UK) noted Transylvanian Concert’s “own kind of melancholy beauty and wayward exuberance”, The New York Times called it “a lovely and restive new album”, All About Jazz hailed its “moments of unanticipated beauty”, L.A. Weeklytalks about a performance that is “mesmerizing, evocative and sensually explicit” and The Village Voice calls it “is one of those records that whisk you away”. JAZZ WEEKLY talks about “A modern collection of sonatas that erase the lines between jazz and classical, a melding of sounds similar to a modern liturgy”.

Lightnin' Hopkins in New York (Candid)

Ron Carter, Parade (Milestone/OJC)

Have a very Happy Birthday.

23 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s, I'm Talking About You, Volume 14 (Blues Images). Really great sounding transfers.

Charlie Byrd, Latin Impressions (Riverside)

Duke Ellington, Ellington '59 (Fairmont)

Art Tatum Encores (Capitol ten inch) Dave Brubeck Octet (Fantasy ten inch), and Bix Beiderbecke Story, Volume 3, Whiteman Days (Columbia)

Last night, it was B3 heaven at Antone's in Austin, with the fabulous Ike Stubblefield Trio, followed by the otherworldly Lonnie Smith Trio (with Jonathan Kriesberg on guitar and Joe Dyson on drums).

It appeared to me he kept soloing with his hands after Hino took away his drumsticks.

Ron Carter, Etudes (Elektra Musician/Discovery)

And the other villain in the story is the numbskull holding his or her cellphone up in the air making the video, without the slightest consideration of the people sitting behind.

When are the massed camera flashes?

Your amp and your speakers are no longer in love.

Phineas Newborn, Here is Phineas (Atlantic/Koch Jazz)

Complete disagreement on Horn Culture. It's a wonderful album.

I don't think there are many blues/rock fans around these parts (rock is the devil that destroyed the blues). However, I've been harking back to that genre a bit lately, so thanks for the recommendation. I definitely like Eric Gales and Joe Louis Walker of the guests on the record. The closest I've been to Walter Trout was that he was playing in the Blues Tent at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival a couple of years ago while I was in the Jazz Tent listening to Geri Allen.

Yusef Lateef, The Gentle Giant (Atlantic)

October 25 at Annette Strauss Square A classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, Zakir Hussain is well-known for his constant explorations of music from around the world. His latest ensemble, CrossCurrents, attempts to portray all directions of inspiration between the idioms of jazz and Indian music. The great bassist Dave Holland, a player with one of the most distinguished careers in jazz, brings his singular vision to the group. The ensemble pays tribute to pioneering musicians and composers on opposite sides of the world who built a bridge which could be traversed in both directions. Hussain says of CrossCurrents: “The influence of Indian classical music on jazz is widely known. Less known, however, is the influence of jazz on the popular music of India. Jazz first came to India by way of the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s and’ 40s and quickly influenced the music of India’s burgeoning film industry. The improvisational nature of jazz was familiar to Indian composers and musicians, who found a way to incorporate jazz harmonies and chord progressions into their work. As a few decades passed, and as the West was enjoying the inspiration of Indian classical music, certain musicians came to influence popular music in India in a big way. Among these are jazz pianist Louiz Banks, jazz guitarist Sanjay Divecha, and superstar composer/vocalist Shankar Mahadevan.” CROSSCURRENTS IS: Zakir Hussain, tabla Dave Holland, bass Chris Potter, saxophone Ganesh Rajagopalan, violin/vocals Louiz Banks, keyboards Sanjay Divecha, guitar Gino Banks, drums FRIDAY OCTOBER 13 AT&T Performing Arts Center Dallas, TX Band: Herbie Hancock, Vinnie Colaiuta, James Genus, Terrace Martin

CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl, Volume 1 (CTI)

Mark Whitfield, Live & Uncut (Chesky)

Eberhard Weber, Silent Feet (ECM)