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Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)

There seems to have been a fair amount of rejiggering of the schedule. Now contemplating: Thursday: Nels Cline; Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel Friday: Roscoe Mitchell; Rova; Milford Graves; Jenny Scheinman; Evan Parker; TAL National; Jason Moran Saturday: John Medeski; Cyro Baptista; Jason Moran & Milford Graves; Roscoe Mitchell; Marc Ribot; Rova. Sunday: Tyshawn Sorey

Art Blakey, Roots & Herbs (Blue Note)

The Perennial George Lewis (Verve}

March 1, 2018: Jimmy Heath with One O'Clock Jazz Band, Murchison Performing Arts Center, Denton March 2, 2018: Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin March 14, 2018: Leni Stern, Russian House, SXSW Mokoomba, Russian House, SXSW March 15, 2018: Mokoomba, Flaminco Cantina, SXSW March 16,2018: Chris Thomas King, Lava Cantina, The Colony March 17, 2018: Lil Buck Senegal, Antone's, SXSW March 22, 2018: Bria Skonberg, Tobin Center, San Antonio March 23, 2018: Victor Wooten Trio, Paramount Theater, Austin Bria Skonberg, Jesse H. Jones Hall, Houston March 24, 2018: Mingus Big Band, Cullen Theater, Houston Victor Wooten Trio, Granada Theater, Dallas March 25, 2018: Zakir Hussain and Rakesh Chaurasia, AISD Performing Arts Center, Austin Victor Wooten Trio, The Ballroom at Warehouse Live, Houston April 5, 2018: Melissa Aldana, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas April 12, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Paramount Theater, Austin April 13, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Cullen Theater, Houston Antonio Sanchez, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio April 14, 2018: Brad Mehldau, University of Texas at Dallas April 14-15, 2018: Kenny Neal, Chris Thomas King, Lazy Lester, Jimmy Duck Holmes, Baton Rouge Blues Festival April 22, 2018: Rahul Sharma (santoor) and Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Austin April 25-29, 2018: Sona Jobarteh, Sidi Toure, Jupiter & Okwess International, Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette April 26, 2018: Joe Louis Walker, Antone's, Austin April 27, 2018: Ron Carter Trio, Christian Scott, Sidi Toure, Calvin Johnson, Bobby Rush, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Joe Louis Walker, Big Beat Dallas, Irving April 28, 2018: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, Delfeayo Marsalis Presents the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Butler Bernstein and the Hot 9, Trumpet Mafia, Sona Jobarteh and Band (Gambia), Aurora Nealand, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Conrad Herwig, Starr Theater, Fayetteville, Arkansas Rahul Sharma (santoor) and Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Houston Otis Taylor, Big Beat Dallas, Irving April 29, 2018: Kidd Jordan and the Improvisational Arts Quintet, Henry Butler Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, Nicholas Payton, Kenny Neal with Henry Gray and Lazy Lester, Panorama Jazz Band, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 3, 2018: Archie Shepp Quartet, Jamil Sharif, Terrace Martin, Toronzo Cannon, Jeremy Davenport, Wendell Brunious, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 4, 2018: Marcus Miller, Wessel Anderson, Jupiter and Okwess International (Congo), Little Freddie King, Lil Buck Sinegal, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Brian Seeger's Organic Trio, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 5, 2018: Sean Jones, Lurrie Bell, Jupiter and Okwess International, Louis Ford and His New Orleans Flairs, Astral Project, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 6, 2018: Terence Blanchard featuring the E Collective, Leroy Jones, Buddy Guy, Mr. Sipp, Joe Dyson, Ellis Marsalis, Walter Wolfman Washington, Lakou Mizak (Haiti), New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Ganesh and Kumaresh (violins), Bates Recital Hall, Austin May 13, 2018: Vid. Sashank, Unity Church of Dallas Buddy Guy, Verizon Theater, Grand Prairie May 16, 2018: Buddy Guy, Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center, Midland May 17, 2018: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin May 18, 2018: Buddy Guy, Majestic Theater, San Antonio June 20, 2018: Broken Shadows (Tim Berne, Dave King, Chris Speed, Reid Anderson), The North Door, Austin July 6, 2018: Eddie Turner, Tall City Blues Festival, Midland July 7, 2018: Kenny Neal, Tall City Blues Festival, Midland July 16, 2018: Ronu Majhumdar (flute), Tony Bose (sarod), Jones Hall, Houston September 28, 2018: Stanley Clarke, One World Theater, Austin October 6, 2018: Sweekar Etawah, Imdad Khani Harana (sitars), Houston

Same tonight!

The JATP All Stars at the Opera House (Verve)

The Lineup to the Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette, Louisiana has been released. The African bands are the same as those appearing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival: to wit, Jupiter & Okwess, Sidi Toure, and Sona Jorbarteh. https://festivalinternational.org/2018-artists/

Sonny Stitt Swings the Most (Verve) A Hawkins/Coltrane collaboration--too bad it didn't happen on record.

Imarhan, Temet (City Slang)

Norman Granz Jazz at the Philharmonic No. 2 (Verve) Coleman Hawkins, Alive at the Village Gate (Verve)

I think there are a few probable attendees of the festival (including me); I've ordered the CD and will consider it.

Not sure about the source of the cokes at Dizzys, but they definitely don't give it away for free.

Not yet, if all goes well I'll see Archie Shepp for the first time in New Orleans on May 3.

Vision Festival 2018 Lineup (subject to change; schedule + more TBA) BUY TICKETS Dave Burrell - piano Darius Jones - alto sax Steve Swell - trombone Harrison Bankhead - bass Andrew Cyrille - drums Dave Burrell - piano Archie Shepp - sax Hamid Drake - drums William Parker - bass photo: Geert Vandepoele Dave Burrell - piano James Brandon Lewis - tenor sax Kidd Jordan - tenor sax William Parker - bass Andrew Cyrille - drums Arts for Art's improvising youth ensemble! photo: Frank Rubolino Mary Halvorson - guitar Adam O'Farrill - trumpet Amirtha Kidambi - voice Michael Formanek - bass Tomas Fujiwara - drums Whit Dickey - drums Michael Bisio - bass Rob Brown - alto sax Patricia Nicholson - dance Joëlle Léandre - bass Nicole Mitchell - flute Melanie Dyer - viola photo: Dave Kaufman Thomas Buckner - baritone Roscoe Mitchell - woodwinds Scott Robinson - multi-instrumentalist photo: Keir Neuringer Camae Ayewa - voice Keir Neruinger - alto sax Aquilles Navarro - trumpet Luke Stewart - bass Tcheser Holmes - drums Nasheet Waits - drums Mark Helias - bass Darius Jones - alto sax Aruán Ortiz - piano photo: Frank Rubolino Matthew Shipp - piano, composition Michael Bisio - bass Newman Taylor Baker - drums Mat Maneri - viola Mateusz Walerian - clarinet Nate Wooley - trumpet composer commission funded by New York State Council on the Arts Fay Victor - voice, compositions Jaimie Branch - trumpet Luke Stewart - bass Michael Vatcher - drums photo: Clara Pereira Francisco Mora Catlett - drums Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet, flugelhorn Bob Stewart - tuba Sam Newsome - soprano sax Aruan Ortiz - piano Rashaan Carter – bass Roman Diaz – percussion Mixashawn Rozie - sax Rick Rozie - bass Pheeroan akLaff - drums Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet Kris Davis - piano Tyshawn Sorey - drums Frode Gjerstad - sax Paal Nilssen-Love - drums Jon Rune Strøm - bass w/ Steve Swell - trombone Craig Harris - trombone, direction Personnel TBA photo: Frank Rubolino Gerald Cleaver - drums Chris Potter - tenor sax Brandon Lopez - bass David Virelles - piano photo: Luciano Rossetti Muhammad Ali - drums Charles Gayle - sax William Parker - bass photo: Peter Gannushkin Jaimie Branch - trumpet Jason Ajemian - bass Lester St. Louis - cello Chad Taylor - drums Julie Ezelle Patton - poetry photo: Dave Kaufman Jemeel Moondoc - alto sax Hamid Drake - drums William Parker - bass Saxophones: Oliver Lake, Bruce Williams, James Stewart, Alex Harding, Darius Jones and Mike Lee Trumpets: Josh Evans, Freddie Hendrix, Nabate Isles, Greg Glassman Trombones: Aaron Johnson, Al Patterson, Terry Greene II, Stafford Hunter Piano: Yoichi Uzeki Bass: Robert Sabin Drums: Chris Beck photo: Eva Kapanadze Cooper-Moore - solo piano

That music is being performed at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, on March 22, that is, News Cline: Lovers with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra and guests.

I was not able to attend, but when I was in NYC last October, Lou Donaldson was playing at an unfamiliar lower Manhattan venue.

Donald Harrison, Nouveau Swing (Impulse)

Lineup for the French Quarter Fest in New Orleans. Each April, French Quarter Festival returns to provide the world’s largest showcase of Louisiana music, food and culture. This year, the festival will run from Thursday, April 12 to Sunday, April 15 and feature over 300 free performances. A record-breaking 33 of these acts, including Alfred Banks, Chocolate Milk, Rechell Cook & the Regeneration Band, and Zachary Richard, will be making their French Quarter Fest debuts this year, joining returning favorites like Cyril Neville, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Irma Thomas, Jon Cleary, Little Freddie King and the Grammy-winning Lost Bayou Ramblers. The festival is free and open to the public. Check out the full lineup below (* = debut performance) and visit frenchquarterfest.org for more information. Thursday, April 12 Alex McMurray Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory Bag of Donuts Banu Gibson and the New Orleans Hot Jazz Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band Deltaphonic featuring Khris Royal * Dirty Dozen Brass Band Fredy Omar con su Banda Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Irma Thomas, Soul Queen of New Orleans Juju Child *Lisa Amos * Lost Bayou Ramblers Nathan Williams & the Zydeco Cha Chas New Breed Brass Band New Orleans Suspects Panorama Jazz Band Partners N Crime & The Big Easy Band featuring DJ Jubilee Preservation All-Stars Rechell Cook and the Regeneration Band* Robin Barnes & The Fiyabirds Sweet Crude”Terrance “”Hollywood”” Taplin leads the Uptown Jazz Orchestra The Irene Sage Band The Pentones The Quickening * T’Monde Tuba Skinny Waylon Thibodeaux Band Friday, April 13 Ashlin Parker Quartet * Audacity Brass Band Babineaux Sisters Band Benny Grunch and the Bunch Big Frank & Lil Frank and the Dirty Old Men Bill Summers & Jazalsa Bon Bon Vivant Bonerama Burlesuqe Cha Wa Charlie Halloran and the Quality 6 Chocolate Milk* Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers Ellis Marsalis Quintet Jamal Batiste Band James Andrews Joe Krown Joe Lastie’s New Orleans Sound featuring Kid Merv John Boutté Jon Cleary Leroy Jones & New Orleans’ Finest Luther Kent Quartet Lynn Drury Band Magnetic EarMainLine Marc Stone Mario Abney Marshland Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns Mia Borders Naughty Professor New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings New Orleans Nightcrawlers Red Hot Brass Band Rory Danger & the Danger Dangers Sean Ardoin Shamarr Allen and the Underdawgs Smoke N Bones Stooges Brass Band Thais Clark & her JAZZsters The Catahoulas * The Crooked Vines * The Revealers Walter “Wolfman” Washington and the Roadmasters Water Seed Yung Vul Zachary Richard* Zena Moses & Rue Fiya Saturday, April 14 A2D2 Experience with Antoine Diel & Arséne DeLay * Al “Lil’ Fats” Jackson * Alexandra Scott Alfred Banks w/Cool Nasty * Amanda Ducorbier Amanda Shaw Anaïs St. JohnBig Chief Bo Dollis, Jr. & the Wild Magnolias Big Sam’s Funky Nation Brass-A-Holics Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band Charmaine Neville Christian Serpas & Ghost Town Cole Williams Band Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble * Dash Rip Rock Debbie Davis and Josh Paxton Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders Edna Karr * Egg Yolk Jubilee Erica Falls Funk Monkey G and The Swingin’ Gypsies George and Gerald French Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras Harpist Rachel Van Voorhees Heigher Heights Reggae Band Helen Gillet’s Wazozo Zorchestra Homer A. Plessy Community School * Hot Rod Lincoln Jamil Sharif John “Papa” Gros John Rankin Kettle Black * Kid Simmons Jazz Band Leroy Jones’ Original Hurricane Brass Band Linnzi Zaorski Little Freddie King Louis Ford and His New Orleans Flairs Luke Spurr AllenLulu and the Broadsides (feat. Dayna Kurtz) * Luna Mora * Mark Brooks Mason Ruffner Mike Harvey’s Hot Club Miss Sophie Lee Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles Naydja CoJoe New Birth Brass Band New Orleans Classic Jazz Orchestra New Orleans Swamp Donkeys New Orleans Wildlife Band On The Levee Band Opera on Tap Orange Kellin’s New Orleans Deluxe Orchestra Original Dixieland Jazz Band Otra Papa Mali Patrice Fisher and Arpa Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show Paulin Brothers Jazz Band Professor Craig Adams band Rebirth Brass Band Richard “Piano” Scott and Friends Shannon Powell Traditional All-Star Band Some Like it Hot Traditional Jazz Band Soul Brass Band Steve Pistorius & the Southern Syncopators Storyville Stompers Brass Band Sullivan Dabney’s Muzik Jazz Band Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots Sweet Olive String Band TBC Brass BandThe DayWalkers * The Iguanas The Last Straws The Nayo Jones Experience The New Orleans Jazz Vipers The Ronnie Kole Show featuring John Perkins The Zion Harmonizers Tim Laughlin Tom McDermott and His Jazz Hellions Tricentennial High School Band * Turnaround Arts Program/ReNew: Delores T. Aaron Middle School Brass Band * Valerie Sassyfras Washboard Chaz Blues Trio Wendell Brunious Zydefunk * Sunday, April 15 Adam Crochet Andre Bohren Andrew Hall’s Society Brass Band Andy J Forest Treeaux Astral Project Bamboula 2000 Barbara Shorts and Blue Jazz Beth Patterson Blato Zlato * Bonsoir Catin * Bucktown All-Stars Calvin Johnson and Native Son Carl LeBlanc Chance Bushman & The Ibervillianaires Christien Bold & SoulSwing * Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet Creole String Beans Cullen Landry and the Midnight Streetcar Band featuring Al “Carnival Time” Johnson Cyril Neville & Swamp Funk Dancing at Dusk with Tom Saunders and the Tomcats Darcy Malone and The Tangle Don Jamison Heritage School of Music Dr. Jee Yeoun Ko and Friends Ecirb Müller’s Twisted Dixie Evan Christopher’s Clarinet Road Garden District Band Germaine Bazzle Gina Brown & Anutha Level Gregory Agid Quartet Harmonouche Honey Island Swamp Band Hot Club of New Orleans Hot Stuff featuring Becky Allen James Martin Band * James Williams * Jeremy Davenport John Royen’s New Orleans Rhythm Band Johnny Sansone Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes Kelcy Mae King James & The Special Men KIPP Believe College Prep * Landry Walker H.S. * Lars Edegran and the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra Lawrence Cotton Legendary Experience Lena PrimaMahogany Brass Band Mayumi Shara & New Orleans Jazz Letters Mikhala “Jazz Muffin” Iversen * Michael Watson NOCCA Jazz Ensemble * Ovi-G Froggies Palmetto Bug Stompers Papo y Son Mandao * Raw Oyster Cult Red Wolf Brass Band Rhodes Spedale & Live Jazz Group Ricardo Pascal Orchestra Rockin’ Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys Russell Batiste and the Uptown Indians featuring Jason Neville Sam Price & the True Believers Sarah Quintana & The Miss River Band Shotgun Jazz Band Sierra Green & The Soul Machine Stephanie Jordan Symphony Chorus of New Orleans Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires The Albinas Prizgintas Quartet The Dixie Cups The Dukes of Dixieland The Joe Cabral Thrio The Jones Sisters * The Mid-City Aces The Original Pinettes Brass Band The Pfister Sisters The Smoking Time Jazz Club The Tin Men The Vettes Tommy Sancton’s New Orleans Legacy Band Topsy Chapman and Solid Harmony Treme Brass Band Vivaz Wanda Rouzan and A Taste of New Orleans

"Soul-stirring" Mingus Big Band celebrates the great composer for one night only, March 24 Houston-native pianist Helen Sung in a homecoming performance Saturday, March 24, 8:00 PM Cullen Performance Hall, University of Houston “Decades after his death, the richly-detailed, soul-stirring oeuvre of Charles Mingus still packs a wallop. Thankfully, the beat goes on in the form of the Mingus Big Band.” – National Public Radio The Grammy Award-winning Mingus Big Band celebrates the music of legendary composer/bassist Charles Mingus. This 14-piece band performs weekly in New York, currently at the Jazz Standard. Mingus Big Band tours extensively in the United States and abroad, and has 10 recordings to its credit, winning the Grammy in 2010 for Best Large Ensemble Jazz Album. Pianist Helen Sung, a Houston native and graduate of HSPVA, has long been associated with the band and visits Houston for a homecoming residency. Brad Mehldau's first Houston appearance! Pianist comes to Houston April 13 with his trio Friday, April 13, 8:00 PM Culen Performance Hall, University of Houston Over the last two decades, pianist Brad Mehldau has forged a unique path which embodies the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism and pop allure. Now, he makes his long awaited first appearance on Da Camera’s jazz series with his trio featuring with Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums. “Universally admired as one of the most adventurous pianists to arrive on the jazz scene in years” — The Los Angeles Times

TAL National, Tantabara (Fat Cat)

One would expect so, given that he sells big band arrangements on his website... http://jimmyheath.com/arrangements.html

I think I will try to attend this, as I have only seen Jimmy Heath live one time long ago (circa 1983 or 1984) with the Heath Brothers. Presumably the program will be Jimmy Heath compositions? A ticket is only $10 if you are willing to accept status as a "senior citizen"--which is absurdly defined as beginning at 55.

Other I.M. Terrell graduates were Charles Moffett Sr., William Prince Lasha, and Ronald Shannon Jackson. I once sat at a table at a concert with Charles Moffett's brother and naively asked him why all the jazz greats from Fort Worth were from the same high school, the answer being that there was only one black high school in Fort Worth at the time.