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The sound is not awful--not great (better for Butterfield than for Bloomfield), but it is acceptable. If you've heard the two studio albums countless times, you have to get it, but I would get it on CD.

Red Rodney Returns (Argo) and Bola Sete and His New Brazilian Trio, Autentico! (Fantasy)

Gene Ammons, Goodbye (Prestige/Fantasy)

Last night, Bnois King at Texas Musicians Museum in Irving, Texas. The sweet-voiced blues singer and elegant guitarist performed a very fine two hour set.

December 24, 2016: Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas December 31, 2016: Lucky Peterson, Poor David's Pub, Dallas January 7, 2017: Ran Blake, Live Oak Friends Meeting House, Houston January 7, 2017: Terence Blanchard, Wylie Theater, Dallas January 13, 2017: Ike Stubblefield B3 Trio, Antone's, Austin January 21, 2017: Eddie Turner, Luckenbach Blues Festival, Fredericksburg January 27, 2017: Ally Venable, Poor David's Pub, Dallas February 3, 2017: Dejohnette Coltrane Garrison, McCullough Theater, Austin February 17, 2017: Al Di Meola, One World Theater, Austin February 17, 2017: Rotem Sivan Trio, Cezanne, Houston February 18, 2017: Al Di Meola, Majestic Theater, Dallas February 18, 2017: Joey Alexander, McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College February 23, 2017: MVP Jazz Quartet (Bobby Watson, Donald Brown, Marvin Smitty Smith, Ray Drummond), Starlight Club, Walton Center, Fayetteville Arkansas February 24, 2017: Joshua Redman, Cullen Theater, Houston February 25, 2017: MVP Jazz Quartet (Bobby Watson, Donald Brown, Marvin Smitty Smith, Ray Drummond), South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas February 25, 2017: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University, San Antonio March 11, 2017: Marquis Hill Blacktet, Cullen Theater, Houston March 24, 2017: Cedric Burnside, White Water Tavern, Little Rock, Arkansas April 8, 2017: Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar) and Satyahit Talwalkar (tabla), Allen Public Library April 14, 2017: Stanley Clarke, One World Theater, Austin April 18, 2017: Cyrus Chestnut, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 20, 2017: Terence Blanchard, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas April 21, 2017: Terence Blanchard, University of Texas at Dallas April 22, 2017: Terence Blanchard, Cullen Theater, Houston April 23, 2017: Terence Blanchard, Liberty Hall, Tyler April 28, 2017: Ravi Coltrane, UNT Recital Hall, Denton May 5, 2017: Vijay Iyer, Cullen Theater, Houston May 5, 2017: Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Octet, Carver Center, San Antonio May 6, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Antone's, Austin June 23, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas

The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Atlantic, black label mono), and Elmer Snowden, Harlem Banjo (Riverside, black label stereo)

Buddy DeFranco, The Progressive Mr. DeFranco (Norgran), and Leroy Vinnegar, Leroy Walks (Contemporary Stereo)

AARON GOLDBERG & LEON PARKER: Aaron Goldberg - piano / Leon Parker - drums / Yasushi Nakamura - bass ADAM O'FARRILL'S STRANGER DAYS: Adam O'Farrill - trumpet / Chad Lefkowitz-Brown - tenor sax / Walter Stinson - bass / Zack O'Farrill - drums ADAM RUDOLPH'S MOVING PICTURES OCTET: Adam Rudolph - percussion, electronics / Hamid Drake - drums, vocal, frame drum, congas, bata / Graham Haynes - cornet, flugelhorn, percussion, electronics / Ralph M. Jones - flute, reeds / Kenny Wessel - guitar, electronics / James Hurt - percussion, bata, keyboards / Alexis Marcelo - fender rhodes, piano, percussion / Damon Banks - electric bass AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS: Amina Claudine Myers - piano AMIRTHA KIDAMBI'S ELDER ONES: Amirtha Kidambi - voice, harmonium / Matt Nelson - soprano sax / Brandon Lopez - bass / Max Jaffe - drums, percussion ANDREW CYRILLE & HAITIAN FASCINATION: "Andrew Cyrille - drums & percussion / Alix ""Tit"" Pascal - guitar / Alix Ambroise - tenor saxophone / Jean Guy Rene - Haitian drums / Lisle Atkinson - bass" ANDREW CYRILLE & BILL MCHENRY DUO: Andrew Cyrille - drums / Bill McHenry - tenor saxophone ANDY MILNE & SEASONS OF BEING: Andy Milne - piano / Aaron Kruziki - reeds / John Moon - vocal poetics / Chris Tordini - bass / Kenny Grohowski - drums / Ralph Alessi - trumpet / Ben Monder - guitar / La Tanya Hall - vocals/narration / Chris Hoffman - cello / Michael Attias - alto/bari BATTLE TRANCE: Travis Laplante - tenor sax / Matt Nelson - tenor sax / Jeremy Viner - tenor sax / Patrick Breiner - tenor sax BECCA STEVENS TRIO: Becca Stevens - vocals / Jordan Perlson - drums, cajon / Chris Tordini - bass BEN ALLISON & THINK FREE: Ben Allison - bass / Jeremy Pelt - trumpet / Steve Cardenas - guitar / Allan Mednard - drums BEN GOLDBERG'S INVISIBLE GUY: Ben Goldberg- clarinet / Hamir Atwal - drums / Michael Coleman - piano/keyboards BEN WENDEL'S SEASONS BAND: Ben Wendel - saxophone / Aaron Parks - piano / Gilad Hekselman - guitar / Matt Brewer - bass / Eric Harland - drums BILL FRISELL & THOMAS MORGAN DUO: Bill Frisell - guitar / Thomas Morgan - bass BLACK ROCK COALITION'S GET DOWN REVUE: Luqman Brown - musical dir. vocals / Shelley Nicole - Vocals / Keith Fluiett - vocals / Lisala - vocals / Wayne Cobham - trumpet / V Jeffrey Smith - tenor sax / J.S. Williams - trombone / Ben Tyree - guitar / Leon Gruenbaum - piano & organ / Ramsey Jones - drums / Jared Michael Nickerson - bass BLACKSTRING: Yoon Jeong Heo - geomun-go, six-string zither / Jean Oh - electric guitar / Aram Lee - daegeum, yanggeum / Min Wang Hwang - vocal, percussion BIZINGAS FEATURING HANK ROBERTS: Brian Drye - trombone and keyboards / Shane Endsley - Trumpet / Jonathan Goldberger - guitar / Ches Smith - drums + conga / Hank Roberts - cello BRM COLTRANE RAGA TRIBUTE: Sameer Gupta - drums, tabla / Marc Cary - piano, keyboards / Brandee Younger - harp / Jay Gandhi - bansuri / Arun Ramamurthy - violin / Pawan Benjamin - sax / Neel Murgai - sitar / Trina Basu - violin / Rashaan Carter - bass / Michael Gam - bass CHICO FREEMAN PLUS+TET Chico Freeman - saxophones / Luis Perdomo - piano / Kenny Davis - bass / Rudy Royston - drums / Gretchen Parlato - vocals CHRIS LIGHTCAP'S SUPERETTE: Chris Lightcap - electric bass / Curtis Hasselbring - guitar / Jonathan Goldberger - guitar / Dan Rieser - drums CLAUDIA ACUÑA'S CHILEAN CONNECTION: Claudia Acuna- vocals / Pablo Vergara - piano / Pablo Menares - bass / Yayo Serka - drums / TBA - guitar COLIN STETSON: Greg Fox - drums / Colin Stetson - saxophones / Trevor Dunn - bass CRISS CROSS: THE MUSIC OF THELONIOUS MONK & BILL EVANS: Florian Weber - piano / Donny McCaslin - tenor sax / Dan Weiss - drums DANIEL FREEDMAN QUARTET: Daniel Freedman - drums / Gilad Hekselman - guitar / Gadi Lehavi - piano / Wurly Tal Maschiach - bass DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY: Dave Pietro flutes, soprano sax, alto sax / Rob Wilkerson flute, clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax / Sam Sadigursky clarinets, tenor sax / John Ellis clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor sax / Carl Maraghi clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone sax / Seneca Black trumpet, fluegelhorn / Jonathan Powell trumpet, fluegelhorn / Matt Holman trumpet, fluegelhorn / Nadje Noordhuis trumpet, fluegelhorn / Ingrid Jensen trumpet, fluegelhorn / Mike Fahie trombone / Ryan Keberle trombone / Jacob Garchik / Jennifer Wharton bass trombone trombone / Sebastian Noelle acoustic & electric / Adam Birnbaum acoustic & electric piano, FM synth guitar / Matt Clohesy contrabass & electric bass, bass synth / Jon Wikan drum set, cajón, percussion / Darcy James Argue composer, conductor, iPad audio DAVE DOUGLAS HIGH RISK WITH SHIGETO: Dave Douglas - trumpet / Shigeto - electronics / Jonathan Maron - electric bass and keyboard bass / Mark Guiliana - acoustic and electronic drums --Geoff Countryman - sound engineer DAYMÉ AROCENA: Dayme Arocena -vocals / Rafael Aldama - bass / Jorge Luis Lagarza Perez - piano / Raul Herrera Martinez - drums DONNY MCCASLIN: Donny McCaslin - saxophones / Jason Lindner - keyboards / Mark Guiliana - drums / Nate Wood - bass / Jeff Taylor - vocals EARTH WIND & BROWN FEATURING BUTCHER BROWN & NIGEL HALL: Devonne Harris ( DJ Harrison) - keyboards / Andrew Randazzo - bass / Corey Fonville - drums / Marcus Tenney - trumpet/ horns / Morgan Burrs - guitar / Nigel Hall - vocals FLEURINE & THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL: Fleurine - vocals / Vitor Gonçalves - piano-accordion / Eduardo Belo - bass OR Ian Faquini - guitar / Maybe percussionist (depending on time & date). HAROLD LOPEZ NUSSA: Harold Lopez-Nussa - piano / Ruy Lopez-Nussa - drums / Julio Cesar Gonzalez - bass HAZMAT MODINE & ALASH ENSEMBLE: Hazmat Modine: Wade Schuman - lead vocals, harmonica, lute guitar, zamponias, fippleflute / Erik Della Penna - vocals, guitar, banjo / Joseph Daley - sousaphone / Pam Fleming - trumpet / Steve Elson - sax, clarinet, piccolo / Reut Regev - trombone / Kevin Garcia - drums / Micheala Gomez - guitar & steel guitar. Also potentially depending on the time and date: Mazz Swift - vocals & violin / Tim Keiper - percussion. Alash Ensemble: Bady-Dorzhu Ondar - vocals, igil, doshpuluur, guitar / Ayan-ool Sam - vocals, igil, doshpuluur, guitar / Ayan Shirizhik - vocals, kengirge, shynggyrash, shoor, murgu, xomus HOUSE OF WATERS: Max ZT - hammer dulcimer / Moto Fukushima - bass / TBD - percussion JACOB GARCHIK'S YE OLDE: Jacob Garchik - trombone / Ava Mendoza - guitar / Mary Halvorson - guitar / Jonathan Goldberger - guitar / Vinnie Sperrazza - drums JAKOB BRO / THOMAS MORGAN / JOEY BARON Jakob Bro - guitar / Thomas Morgan - double bass / Joey Baron - drums JAIMEO BROWN TRANSCENDENCE: Jaimeo Brown - drums / Chris Sholar - guitar / Jaleel Shaw - saxophone. Perhaps a special guest JASON MORAN & THE BANDWAGON: Jason Moran - piano / Tarus Mateen - bass / Nasheet Waits - drums JIM BLACK'S MALAMUTE: Jim Black - drums / Loftur Gudmundsson - tenor saxophone / Elias Stemeseder - keys / Chris Tordini - electric bass JOHN HEBERT'S RAMBLING CONFESSIONS: John Hebert - bass / Jen Shyu - vocals / Andy Milne - piano / Satoshi Takeishi - electronics, percussion JONATHAN FINLAYSON'S SICILIAN DEFENSE: Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet / Miles Okazaki - guitar / Matt Mitchell - piano / John Hébert -bass / Craig Weinrib - drums JUSTIN BROWN NYEUSI: Justin Brown - drums / Jason Moran - rhodes / Burniss Travis - bass / Mark Shim - wind controller KANDACE SPRINGS: Kandace Springs - grand piano and vocals / Jesse Bielenberg - upright bass / Dillon Treacy - drums KENDRICK SCOTT ORACLE: Kendrick Scott - drums / Taylor Eigsti - piano / John Ellis - sax / Mike Moreno - guitar / Joe Sanders - bass KNEEBODY: Adam Benjamin - keyboards / Shane Endsley - trumpet / Ben Wendel - tenor sax / Kaveh Rastegar - bass / Nate Wood - drums KRIS DAVIS' DUOPOLY: Kris Davis - piano / Tim Berne - sax / Angelica Sanchez - keys / Billy Drummond - drums MARC RIBOT & THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS: Marc Ribot - guitar / Mary Halvorson - guitar / Jamaaladeen Tacuma - bass / G. Calvin Weston - drums / Joanna Mattrey - viola / Amy Bateman - violin / Jeremy Harmon - cello MARY HALVORSON OCTET: Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet / Jon Irabagon - alto sax / Ingrid Laubrock - tenor sax / Jacob Garchik - trombone / Susan Alcorn - pedal steel guitar / Mary Halvorson - guitar / Chris Lightcap - bass / Ches Smith - drums MELISSA ALDANA: Melissa Aldana - tenor sax / Glenn Zaleski - piano / Pablo Menares - bass / Craig Weinrib - drums / Joel Ross - vibraphone / Godwin Louis - alto sax MICHAEL LEONHART ORCHESTRA: Will Holshauer OR Ron Oswanski - accordion / Jason Marshall - bari sax / Danton Boller OR Joe Martin - bass / Ara Budde OR Sam Sadigursky OR Morgan Price - bass clarinet / Alden Banta - bassoon / Christine Kim OR Erik Freidlander - cello / Daniel Freedman - drums / Robbie Mangano - guitar / Mauro Refosco - percussion / Donny McCaslin - tenor sax / John Ellis - tenor sax / Ray Mason AND/OR Ryan Keberle - trombone / Philip Dizack - trumpet 1 / Dave Guy - trumpet 2 / Jordan McClean - trumpet 3 / Frank Greene - trumpet 4 / Christine Kim - violin / Kenny Wollesen - vibes/marimba MIKE REED'S FLESH & BONE: Greg Ward - alto sax / Ben Lamar Gay - cornet / Tim Haldeman - tenor sax / Jason Stein - bass clarinet / Jason Roebke - bass / Mike Reed - drums / Marvin Tate - vocals NATE SMITH + KINFOLK: Nate Smith - Drums / Fima Ephron - bass / Jeremy Most - guitar / Amma Whatt - vocals / Aaron Parks OR Jon Cowherd- piano, keys / Jaleel Shaw - alto/soprano sax (available before January 8 or 9th according to most recent convos; lineup could change depending on when scheduled to play). NIK BÄRTSCH'S MOBILE: Nik Bärtsch - piano / Sha - bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet / Kaspar Rast - drums, percussion / Nicolas Stocker - drums, tuned percussion -- Daneil Eaton - light NIR FELDER TRIO: Nir Felder - guitar / Jimmy MacBride - drums / Matt Penman - bass OMER AVITAL: Omer Avital - bass / Asaf Yuria- saxophones / Alexander Levin - saxophone / Eden Ladin - piano and keyboards / Ofri Nehemya - drums PETER BERNSTEIN'S MONK TRIO: Peter Bernstein – guitars / Doug Weiss - bass / Billy Drummond - drums PETER EVANS QUINTET: Peter Evans- trumpets / Sam Pluta- live electronics / Ron Stabinsky- piano, synth / Tom Blancarte- bass / Jim Black- drums, percussion, electronics PHAROAH SANDERS: Pharaoh Sanders - tenor sax / William Henderson - piano / Dezron Douglas - bass / Johnathan Blake - drums RACHEL Z & OMAR HAKIM: Rachel Z - keyboards/piano: purple moog, Kurzweil PC3K7, computer, acoustic piano / Omar Hakim -drums / Sandro Albert: guitar / Jonathan Toscano - electric bass RALPH PETERSON'S AGGREGATE PRIME Ralph Peterson - drums / Gary Thomas - tenor, flute / Mark Whitfield - guitar / Kenny Davis - bass / Zaccai Curtis - piano RAVI COLTRANE / DAVID VIRELLES DUO: Ravi Coltrane - saxophone / David Virelles - piano ROY NATHANSON / ARTURO O'FARRILL: Roy Nathanson - alto saxophone / Arturo O'Farrill - piano SAM AMIDON & FRIENDS: Sam Amidon - strings, vocals, piano / Shahzad Ismaily - bass / Jeremy Gustin - bass / Ben Goldberg - clarinet / Curtis Fowlkes - trombone / Sam Marc Ribot - guitar / Linda Oh - bass SAMORA PINDERHUGHES: THE TRANSFORMATIONS SUITE Samora Pinderhughes - piano, vocals / Elena Pinderhughes - flute, vocals /Jeremie Harris - spoken word / Jules Latimer - spoken word / Vuyo Sotashe - vocals / Riley Mulherkar - trumpet / Lucas Pino - tenor sax / Braxton Cook - alto sax / Tony Lustig - baritone sax / Clovis Nicolas - bass / Mark Whitfield Jr. - drums SCOTT TIXIER WITH SPECIAL GUEST TONY TIXIER Scott Tixier - violin / Glenn Zaleski - piano / Luques Curtis - bass / Justin Brown - drums / Tony Tixier - guest pianist SHABAKA & THE ANCESTORS: Shabaka Hutchings - tenor sax / thunzi Mvubu - alto sax / Siyabonga Mthembu - vocals / Ariel Zomonsky - bass / Tumi Mogorosi - drums SOMI: Somi - vocals / Michael Attias - alto/bari / Liberty Ellman - guitar / Ben Williams - bass / Nate Smith - drums SONGS OF FREEDOM: Dee Bridgewater - vocals / Theo Bleckmann - vocals / Alicia Olatuja - vocals / Allyn Johnson - piano / David Rosenthal - guitar / Reuben Rogers - bass / Ulysses Owens Jr. - drums TALIBAM! HARD VIBE Matt Mottel - keytar synthesizer / Kevin Shea - drums / Ron Stabinsky - keyboard / Matt Nelson - tenor saxophone, effects (ESP-Disk' 2017) TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON & SOCIAL SCIENCE: Terri Lyne Carrington - drums / Aaron Parks - keys / Matt Stevens - guitar / Morgan Guerin - sax, bass / Nadia Washington - vocals / DJ Val - turntables TIGUE Matt Evans - percussion, keyboards / Amy Garapic - percussion, vibraphone / Carson Moody - drumkit, percussion / Tristan Kasten-Krause - bass / Ben Seretan - guitar TOMASZ STANKO NY QUARTET: Tomasz Stanko - trumpet /David Virelles - piano / Reuben Rogers - bass / Gerald Cleaver - drums TOMEIKA REID: Tomeka Reid - cello / Jason Roebke - bass / Tomas Fujiwara - drums / Mary Halvorson - guitar URI CAINE TRIO Uri Caine - piano / Mark Helias - bass / Clarence Penn - drums VINICIUS CANTUARIA Vinicius Cantuaria - guitar, vocals / Helio Alves - piano / Paul Sokolow - bass / Adriano Santos - drums / Dende - percussion WILLIAM PARKER / COOPER-MOORE / HAMID DRAKE / ROB BROWN William Parker - bass / Cooper Moore - piano / Hamid Drake - drums / Rob Brown - sax ZIGZAG TRIO Will Calhoun - drums, percussion / Vernon Reid - guitar / Melvin Gibbs - electric bass

Chuz Alfred, Jazz Young Bloods (Savoy).

Calgary 65

Horace Silver, Silver's Serenede (Blue Note, NY USA stereo), and Al Cohn, Cohn on Saxophone (Dawn)

Where did you go, alocispepraluger102? Tonight, listening to Mike DiRubbo Quartet.

ECM Artists at 2017 Winter Jazzfest: January 07 NIK BÄRTSCH'S MOBILE Winter Jazz Fest, The New School,Tishman Auditorium New York City USA January 07 BILL FRISELL Winter Jazz Fest, The New School,Tishman Auditorium New York City USA January 07 DAVID VIRELLES Winter Jazz Fest, The New School,Tishman Auditorium New York City USA January 07 TOMASZ STANKO NEW YORK QUARTET Winter Jazz Fest, The New School,Tishman Auditorium New York City USA January 07 JAKOB BRO / THOMAS MORGAN / JOEY BARON Winter Jazz Fest, The New School,Tishman Auditorium New York City USA

Last night, Rhoda Scott, Take a Ladder (RSB), and Cal Tjader, Demasiado Caliente (Fantasy blue vinyl). Today, Billy Taylor Trio, Warming Up (Riverside stereo).

Yes, there is a West Texas Jazz Society. Tonight in Midland, Bria Skonberg... Bria Skonberg will be at the Petroleum Club of Midland on Thursday, November 17, 2016. The Canadian singer, trumpeter, and songwriter Bria Skonberg is described by The Wall Street Journal as one of the “most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation.” Noted as a Millennial “Shaking Up the Jazz World,” according to Vanity Fair, Skonberg is a self-described “small town girl” from Chilliwack, British Columbia. The board of the West Texas Jazz Society has elected to have the 51st Collaboration in May 2017 – more details to follow! Any performances on the horizon?

Updated line-up, with a number of additions including Ben Allison, Melissa Aldana, and Somi. Aaron Goldberg and Leon Parker Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures Octet Amina Claudine Myers Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones Andrew Cyrille (Artist-in-residence) Andy Milne & The Seasons of Being Arturo O’Farrill Octet Battle Trance Becca Stevens Trio Ben Allison & Think Free Ben Goldberg's Invisible Guy Ben Wendel Seasons Band Bill Frisell / Thomas Morgan Duo Black Rock Coalition's Get Down Revue BRM Coltrane Raga Tribute Claudia Acuna's The Chilean Connection Craig Harris’ Breathe Criss Cross - The Music of Monk and Bill Evans w/ Florian Weber, Donny McCaslin, and Dan Weiss Daniel Freedman Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Dave Douglas High Risk with Shigeto David Murray Big Band Daymé Arocena Deva Mahal Donny McCaslin Group Earth Wind and Brown featuring Butcher Brown and Nigel Hall Edmar Castaneda World Ensemble Fleurine and the Boys From Brazil Harold López-Nussa Hazmat Modine & Alash Ensemble Jaimeo Brown Transcendence Jakob Bro / Thomas Morgan / Joey Baron Jason Moran & The Bandwagon Plays Monk Jim Black’s MALAMUTE John Hébert’s Rambling Confessions Justin Brown NYEUSI Kandace Springs Kendrick Scott Oracle Killiam Shakespeare Kneebody Kris Davis’ Duopoly Madison McFerrin Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians Mary Halvorson Octet Melissa Aldana Michael Leonhart Orchestra Nate Smith +kinfolk Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Ensemble Nik Bärtsch's Mobile Nir Felder Trio Omer Avital Peter Bernstein's Monk Trio Pharoah Sanders Quantic Live Ralph Peterson and Aggregate Prime Ravi Coltrane / David Virelles Duo Roy Nathanson & Arturo O’Farrill Russell Gunn's Ethnomusicology Sam Amidon Samora Pinderhughes: The Transformations Suite Scott Tixier with special guest Tony Tixier Shabaka & The Ancestors Somi Songs of Freedom w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater, Theo Bleckmann, Alicia Olatuja and Music Director Ulysses Owens Jr Spanish Harlem Orchestra Steven Bernstein's Universal Melody Brass Band TALIBAM! HARD VIBE featuring Matt Nelson & Ron Stabinsky Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science The Chico Freeman Plus+tet Tigue Tomasz Stanko NY Quartet (w/ David Virelles, Reuben Rogers, Gerald Cleaver) Tomeka Reid Uri Caine Trio Vinicius Cantuaria Quintet William Parker / Cooper Moore / Hamid Drake / Rob Brown Quartet Zig-Zag Trio with Will Calhoun, Vernon Reid, and Melvin Gibbs

Sure. East Texas is an exotic and largely unexplored landscape filled with danger and intrigue. This trip, I had a warning light for low coolant on the way back. I was living on the edge.

That is too sad. He's been a favorite ever since seeing him perform in a folk club in Austin in 1983. I recollect seeing him another three times during the 1980s in Dallas, Fort Worth, and New Orleans.

A new realm for my cloistered world only!

The church was downtown in Big Sandy--most of the way there on 80, then maybe up to ten miles off the freeway traveling on a very dark road with a 70 mph speed limit to arrive there. The owners of the venue were not present this particular evening. I would go back for sure if they ever again have anyone there I was interested in hearing. The upcoming Stratoblasters concert in this intimate venue would be my idea of hell on earth. http://bigsandymusichall.com/ I think this may be the luxury end of the East Texas music venues. Otherwise, her itinerary opens up a new realm of East Texas dive venues with music.

Last Saturday, an East Texas field trip to the Big Sandy Music Hall in Big Sandy, Texas (population 1370). The destination is an inexplicable music venue--someone's folly--a restored 98 year old church. The venue is quite comfortable, with a capacity of about 180 and great sound. Normally I'm indifferent to prodigies, and I like blues, less so when it is blues/rock. In this case, the artist, a 17 year old girl, creates her own exception with her amazing facility on guitar, pleasing singing ability, and fine original material (one song introduced as written when she was 12). For the admission charge of $5, the Ally Venable Band played for nearly two hours before a tiny audience--it was well worth the trip.

Jack Dejohnette New Directions, Cosmic Chicken (Prestige)

http://kanaga.systemkrush.com/documentary.php A fifteen minute excerpt from an in progress documentary on the music of Mali--with great performance footage of artists, including Zani Diabate, Lobi Traore, Madou Diabate, Djelimadi Tounkara.

Bernard Purdue, Shaft (Prestige) Shelley Manne and His Men (Contemporary ten inch). With Art Salt on alto sax. Strangely familiar. Terry Gibbs Quartet, Straight Ahead (Verve), Except it is a quintet.

November 26, 2016: Bnois King, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving December 3, 2016: R.L. Boyce and Lightnin' Malcolm, Antone's, Austin December 10, 2016: Tim Warfield's All-Star Jazzy Christmas, Starlight Club, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas December 24, 2016: Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas December 31, 2016: Lucky Peterson, Poor David's Pub, Dallas January 7, 2017: Ran Blake, Live Oak Friends Meeting House, Houston January 7, 2017: Terence Blanchard, Wylie Theater, Dallas January 21, 2017: Eddie Turner, Luckenbach Blues Festival, Fredericksburg February 3, 2017: Dejohnette Coltrane Garrison, McCullough Theater, Austin February 17, 2017: Al Di Meola, One World Theater, Austin February 17, 2017: Rotem Sivan Trio, Cezanne, Houston February 18, 2017: Al Di Meola, Majestic Theater, Dallas February 18, 2017: Joey Alexander, McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College February 23, 2017: MVP Jazz Quartet (Bobby Watson, Donald Brown, Marvin Smitty Smith, Ray Drummond), Starlight Club, Walton Center, Fayetteville Arkansas February 24, 2017: Joshua Redman, Cullen Theater, Houston February 25, 2017: MVP Jazz Quartet (Bobby Watson, Donald Brown, Marvin Smitty Smith, Ray Drummond), South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas February 25, 2017: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University, San Antonio March 11, 2017: Marquis Hill Blacktet, Cullen Theater, Houston March 24, 2017: Cedric Burnside, White Water Tavern, Little Rock, Arkansas April 14, 2017: Stanley Clarke, One World Theater, Austin April 18, 2017: Cyrus Chestnut, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 20, 2017: Terence Blanchard, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas April 21, 2017: Terence Blanchard, University of Texas at Dallas April 22, 2017: Terence Blanchard, Cullen Theater, Houston April 23, 2017: Terence Blanchard, Liberty Hall, Tyler April 28, 2017: Ravi Coltrane, UNT Recital Hall, Denton May 5, 2017: Vijay Iyer, Cullen Theater, Houston May 5, 2017: Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Octet, Carver Center, San Antonio