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Kenny Garrett, Standard of Language (Warner)

Sam Rivers, Crystals (Impulse)

Gene Ammons with Amina Meyers and George Freeman, that sounds like my kind of group. What is the origin of this material?

That was quite an episode. The day when TV series are much better and more creative than films was not one I anticipated.

Dave Burrell and Bob Stewart, The Crave (No Business) Johnny Dodds, New Orleans Clarinet (Riverside)

Friday night, Lucky Peterson at the Granada Theater. Sunday evening, Larry Lampkin at Poor David's Pub.

Unfortunately, I probably will not be able to go to Austin on that date.

July 14, 2017: EJ Matthews, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving July 15, 2017: Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas July 21, 2017: Little Freddie King, Antone's, Austin July 22, 2017: Little Freddie King, Eddie Shaw, Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin July 28, 2017: Rotem Sivan, Cezanne, Houston July 30, 2017: Lazy Lester, Poor David's Pub, Dallas August 4, 2017: Calvin Johnson, Antone's, Austin Nicholas Payton, Sachmo Summerfest, U.S. Mint, New Orleans August 5, 2017: Jamil Sharif, Leroy Jones, Bill Summers, Shannon Powell, Satchmo Summerfest, New Orleans August 6, 2017: Calvin Johnson, Ashlin Parker Trumpet Mafia, Jeremy Davenport, Palm Court Jazz Band, Ellis Marsalis, Satchmo Summerfest, U.S. Mint, New Orleans August 12, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin 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 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 October 1, 2017: William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas October 6, 2017: Lila Downs, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas October 8, 2017: Lila Downs, Tobin Center, San Antonio 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 November 4, 2017: Sandip Chatterjee (santoor), Subhajyoti Guha (tabla), Allen Library November 9, 2017: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin 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

Larry Coryell and Kenny Drew, Jr., Duality (Random Act Records)

Theolonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (disc 2)

Last night, Eric Gales at the Oak Point Amphitheater in Plano. Really good set, it appeared that virtually the entire audience lined up to buy his newest CD after the set.

Don Patterson, Soul Happening (Prestige) Billy Strayhorn, The Peaceful Side (United Artists)

June 23, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin June 24, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Fitzgerald's, Houston Marvin Stamm/Bill Mays, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas June 25, 2017: Marvin Stamm/Bill Mays, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton Larry Lampkin, Poor David's Pub, Dallas July 1, 2017: Bnois King, Babb Bros, Dallas July 7, 2017: David Gerald, Levitt Amp, Denison Lazy Lester, Antone's, Austin Julyy 8, 2017: Carl Weathersby, Benny Turner, Lazy Lester, Antone's, Austin July 9-10, 2017: Lazy Lester, Ike Stubblefield, Benny Turner, Antone's, Austin July 14, 2017: EJ Matthews, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving July 15, 2017: Rahul Sharma, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston July 21, 2017: Little Freddie King, Antone's, Austin July 22, 2017: Little Freddie King, Eddie Shaw, Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin July 28, 2017: Rotem Sivan, Cezanne, Houston August 4, 2017: Calvin Johnson, Antone's, Austin August 12, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin 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 3, 2017: Buddy Guy, Bedford Blues Festival September 7, 2017: Theo Croker, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas October 1, 2017: William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas October 6, 2017: Lila Downs, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas October 8, 2017: Lila Downs, Tobin Center, San Antonio October 13, 2017: Herbie Hancock, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas 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 November 4, 2017: Sandip Chatterjee (santoor), Subhajyoti Guha (tabla), Allen Library November 9, 2017: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin 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, Arksnasa 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

Art Farmer Quartet, Perception (Argo) Don Patterson, Four Dimensions (Prestige)

Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Last Friday, Ally Venable Band in Denison, Texas, blues/rock downtown in the birthplace of Booker Ervin. Monday night, Giovanni Rodriguez Band at Rudy's Jazz Room in Nashville. Good band (four Cubans, one Venezuelan and an American) in a pleasing new jazz club. Tonight, Jean Luc Ponty at the Granada Theater in Dallas. Never paid much attention to Ponty except for some of his early work, but it seems my tastes have changed over the years and the fusion that I disdained in the 70s and 80s I now enjoy. Highlights were a trio piece (Violin/acoustic guitar/keyboards) and a duo piece (solo violin joined by the keyboards), but I also liked much of the full band's higher volume repertoire, mostly derived from his Atlantic recordings in the 1970s and 1980s. The theater (one of the best live music venues in Dallas) was sold out and the crowd was very enthusiastic for an all instrumental band.

Ben Allison, Layers of the City

Out of the blue, interesting concerts in Annette Strauss Square in October: PRESENTED BY AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND AEG PRESENTS HERBIE HANCOCK 8:00PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 STRAUSS SQUARE 2389 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201 CENTER PRESENTS LILA DOWNS 7:30PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2017 STRAUSS SQUARE 2389 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201 CENTER PRESENTS CROSSCURRENTS: ZAKIR HUSSAIN AND DAVE HOLLAND 7:30PM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017 STRAUSS SQUARE 2389 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201 CROSSCURRENTS IS: Zakir Hussain, tabla Dave Holland, bass Chris Potter, saxophone Ganesh Rajagopalan, violin/vocals Louiz Banks, keyboards Sanjay Divecha, guitar Gino Banks, drums

The Three Sounds, It Just Got to Be (Blue Note) James Moody's Moods (Prestige), and Jam Session No. 5 (Clef).

Onzy Matthews, Blues with a Touch of Elegance (Capitol mono), Bill Evans and Jim Hall, Intermodulation (Verve mono), and Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (Verve mono)

David Gerald, Hell and Back

Chucho Valdes, Tribute to Irakere (Live in Marciac) (Jazz Village)

Teddy Charles, Word from Bird (Atlantic/Oldies)

Nicola Stilo and Toninho Horta, Duets (Adventure Music)

Paul Barbarin and His New Orleans Jazz (Atlantic/Oldies)