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This is Phineas, Phineas Newborn (Atlantic, green label stereo), Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe (Columbia, six eyes mono), and Gene Krupa (Columbia six eyes mono)

I'm a sucker for Milt Jackson, so I like that one too, though I prefer the small group setting.

Both those Milt Jackson Impulses are nice records.

I've seen Ike Stubblefield in the MashUp, with Grant Green Jr. on guitar. The MashUp is an excellent group and the linked live concert (with Ron Holloway added on saxophone) is quite good. https://www.munck-music.com/collections/2013-jfl/products/2013-jfl-the_mashup

KUTX SUNDAY MORNING JAZZ PRESENTS Antone's B3 Summit: Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio + Ike Stubblefield Trio Fri, September 29, 2017 Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm Antone's Austin, TX $27.00 - $30.00 Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio Dr. Lonnie Smith is an unparalleled musician, composer, performer and recording artist. An authentic master and guru of the Hammond B-3 organ for over five decades, he has been featured on over seventy albums, and has recorded and performed with a virtual “Who’s Who” of the greatest jazz, blues and R&B giants in the industry. Consequently, he has often been hailed as a “Legend,” a “Living Musical Icon,” and as the most creative jazz organist by a slew of music publications. Jazz Times magazine describes him as “a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a turban!” Always ahead of the curve, it is no surprise Dr. Smith’s fan-base is truly worldwide. Born in Buffalo, New York, Lonnie was blessed with the gift of music. Through his mother, he was immersed in gospel, blues and jazz at an early age. In his teens, he sang in several vocal groups including his own–the Supremes–formed long before Motown’s eventual iconic act of the same name. Lonnie also played trumpet and other instruments at school and was a featured soloist. In the late ‘50s– with the encouragement of Art Kubera, who owned a local music store that he would visit daily–young Lonnie was given the opportunity to learn how to play a Hammond organ. By completely immersing himself in the records of organists such as Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett and Jimmy Smith, as well as paying rapt attention to the church organ, a young Lonnie began to find his musical voice. “Even though I didn’t know how, I was able to play right from the beginning,” Dr. Smith reflects. “I learned how to work the stops and that was it. It’s a passion for me, so everything else came naturally.” Because of Mr. Kubera’s kindness, Dr. Lonnie often refers to Art as his “angel.” The Doctor’s first gigs were at Buffalo’s hottest jazz club, the Pine Grill, where he rapidly garnered the attention of folks like Jack McDuff, Lou Donaldson, George Benson and the booking agent Jimmy Boyd. George Benson was looking for an organist for his quartet and enlisted Lonnie. The group soon relocated to New York City, where they quickly established a reputation as innovators in Harlem clubs and throughout the area. After appearing on several Benson albums, Lonnie went on to make his first recording as a leader—Finger Lickin’ Good–for Columbia Records in 1966. Shortly thereafter, Smith was scooped up to record by saxophonist Lou Donaldson, for whom Lonnie would appear on several epic Blue Note LPs, including the million-seller, Alligator Boogaloo. Blue Note clearly liked what they heard and inked the organist to his own recording contract, a deal which would produce the soul jazz classicsThink!, Turning Point, Move Your Hand, Drives and Live at Club Mozambique (released many years later). Since leaving the Blue Note stable in the ‘70s, Dr. Smith has recorded for a slew of record labels, including Kudu, Groove Merchant, T.K., Scufflin’, Criss Cross and Palmetto, ascending the charts many times. His unpredictable, insatiable musical taste illustrates that no genre is safe, as Lonnie has recorded everything from covers of the Beatles, the Stylistics and the Eurythmics, to tribute albums of Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane and Beck–all by employing ensembles ranging from a trio to a fifteen-piece big band. Moreover, many of Doc’s recent compositions reflect dramatic ethereal qualities and orchestration that elicit movie scores or soundtracks. Dr. Smith has been amused to find himself sampled in rap, dance and house grooves while being credited as a forefather of acid jazz. When questioned about his consistent interest in music some consider outside the jazz “mainstream,” Lonnie shrugs. “Jazz is American Classical,” he proclaims. “And this music is a reflection of what’s happening at the time… The organ is like the sunlight, rain and thunder…it’s all the worldly sounds to me!” In 2012, Dr. Smith launched his own record label Pilgrimage Inc., and in 2015, resigned with the iconic Blue Note Records label. Dr. Lonnie Smith’s latest CD has been released on Blue Note. (2016) Many awards have followed since 1969, when Downbeat magazine named Dr. Lonnie Smith “Top Organist” of the year. 2003-2014 he was awarded “Organist/Keyboardist of the Year” by the Jazz Journalist Association. The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame and Jazz Organ Fellowship have also inducted Dr. Lonnie, and in 2015 he received the Village Music Legends Award. He received the NEA Jazz Masters Award, the highest honor in jazz, on April 3, 2017. Ike Stubblefield B3 Trio Hammond B3 virtuoso Ike Stubblefield is a music industry legend. With almost 50 years in the business, you may think he’s seen and done it all, but he’s just getting started. He cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves, Stevie Wonder and Rare Earth. He lent his soulful R&B style to Al Green, Ike & Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, B.B. King, The Pointer Sisters and George Benson, and helped create the classic B3 sound that others would imitate for generations to come. In 2010, he collaborated with Grammy-winning Atlanta soul man Cee Lo Green, recording organ and keyboards on 9 tracks. These days, the B3 icon and mini-Moog master stays busy jamming with Papa Mali in New Orleans, rocking with Big Hat in Nashville and producing out of his Atlanta studio. Drawing from his recent time with the Derek Trucks Band and years on the road as a musician-for-hire, Stubblefield is finding his true passion collaborating with old friends and bringing the loose ends of an illustrious career together on his new project, The Ike Stubblefield Trio. “I’m combining all elements of my 46 years of playing,” said Stubblefield. “My style’s kind of all over the place so it’s not a jam band, or jazz or funk necessarily, but it has all those elements.” Venue Information: Antone's 305 E 5th Street Austin, TX, 78701

Stanley Turrentine, Salt Song (CTI) J.J. Johnson, First Place (Columbia)

Zaire 74: The African Artists (Wrasse)

AUSTIN, TX Friday, September 29, 2017 Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio Antone's 305 E. 5th Ave. Austin, TX 8 PM

Happy birthday! (He still frequents the Blindman's Blues Forum).

Listening to the first disc of Zaire 74 The African Artists, so far performances by Tabu Ley Rochereau, Abumba Masakini, and Abetti--CD is fantastic, and very well recorded Second disc has Franco, Miriam Makeba, and Orchestra Stukas. I can't wait to hear it. Produced by Hugh Masekela from Live Concerts recorded before the Rumble in the Jungle. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XNPWQLP/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 On Disc 2, the Franco performance (the majority of the dice) is quite fine, comparable to the quality of disc 1.

Comb and tissue paper, as well as kazoo, I can't connect. Anything else, and certainly electronics, is fine--it only matters who is playing.

Denardo is fine with me too.

Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve) Dizzy Gillespie, The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve)

Max Roach Quartet, Pictures in a Frame (Soul Note)

Keith Jarrett, Death and the Flower (Impulse)

Jean Luc Ponty, Imaginary Voyage (Atlantic)

Ornette at 12 and Crisis to be reissued by Real Gone Music. http://www.realgonemusic.com/news/2017/7/11/ornette-coleman-ornette-at-12crisis-cd.html

Fear the Walking Jazz.

The Roulette Years Tour.

Jean Luc Ponty, Aurora (Atlantic)

Per the Concord Tour Dates page, neither Sonny Stitt nor Maynard Ferguson have any upcoming concerts, though I can be notified if they are coming to my area. Please, I do want to know that well in advance.

This past weekend: George Benson, In Concert: Carnegie Hall (CTI). Three songs with prime Benson guitar, one turkey of a track journeying into crooner-land. Urbie Green, The Fox (CTI). Good first side. Sonny Criss, Joy of Sax (Impulse). Overproduced commercial effort, but Sonny Criss still sounds great. Keith Jarrett, Mysteries (Impulse). I wish Dewey Redman were still alive. Charlie Byrd, Mr. Guitar (Riverside).

Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)

Last night, E.J. Matthews at Texas Musicians Museum in Irving.

August 12, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin Bnois King, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving August 25, 2017: Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin E.J. Matthews, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving August 26, 2017: Bobby Rush, Uptown Theater, Grand Prairie August 29, 2017: Buddy Guy, Brady Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma August 31, 2017: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin September 1, 2017: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston September 2, 2017: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio September 2, 2017: Bnois King, Larry Lampkin, Ronnie Earl, Ally Venable, Bedford Blues Festival September 3, 2017: Buddy Guy, Bedford Blues Festival September 7, 2017: Theo Croker, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas September 8, 2017: Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin September 9, 2017: Rajhesh Vaidhya (veena) & Ronu Majumdar (Flute), Unity Church of Dallas September 15, 2017: Oz Noy, Guitar Sanctuary, McKinney September 16-17, 2017: Denton Blues Festival September 29, 2017: Lonnie Smith Trio, Ike Stubblefield Trio, Antone's, Austin October 1, 2017: William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas October 2, 2017: Vieux Farka Toure, Empire Control Room, Austin October 6, 2017: Lila Downs, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas October 8, 2017: Lila Downs, Tobin Center, San Antonio October 12, 2017: Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge, Kessler Theater, Dallas October 13, 2017: Herbie Hancock, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas October 14, 2017: Robert Cray, Guitar Lightning Lee, Louis Gearshifter Youngblood, King Edward, Grady Champion, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 15, 2017: Bobby Rush, Little Freddie King, Walter Wolfman Washington, Robert Finley, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 19, 2017: Robert Cray, Paramount Theater, Austin October 20, 2017: Robert Cray, Majestic Theater, Dallas October 25, 2017: Crosscurrents: Dave Holland and Zakir Hussain, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas October 28, 2017: Anupama Bhagwat (sitar), Durgabari Auditorium, Houston November 4, 2017: Sandip Chatterjee (santoor), Subhajyoti Guha (tabla), Allen Library November 9, 2017: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin November 10, 2017: Javier Limon, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin November 18, 2017: Eddie Palmieri, Laurie Auditorium, San Antonio November 19, 2017: Eddie Palmieri, One World Theater, Austin November 30, 2017: John McLaughlin, Paramount Theater, Austin December 7, 2017: Latin Jazz All Stars (Steve Turre, Elio Villafranca, Nestor Torres), South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas January 28, 2017: Billy Hart Quartet, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio February 2, 2018: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, Cullen Theater, Houston March 24, 2018: Mingus Big Band, Cullen Theater, Houston April 5, 2018: Melissa Aldana, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas April 13, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Cullen Theater, Houston Antonio Sanchez, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio