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Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Crescent City Jewels

Big Ears Festival 2025: Initial selected lineup. Anoushka Shankar Bela Fleck, Edmar Castaneda, Antonio Sanchez Trio Bill Frisell Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, Tyshawn Sorey) Joe Lovano's Paramount Quartet Meshell Ndegeocello Sun Ra Arkestra & Yo La Tengo Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith Zakir Hussain Wadada Leo Smith Quartet Adam Rudolph and Tyshawn Sorey Alabaster DePlume Ambrose Akinmusire Barry Altschul's 3 Dom Factor Fay Victor: Herbie Nichols Sung Jamaaladeen Tacuma/Vernon Reid/Calvin Weston Immanuel Wilkins Blues Blood Jeff Parker Joel Harrison Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Kris Davis Trio Mike Reed's Separatist Party Steve Coleman and Five Elements Steve Lehman Trio and Mark Turner Tigran Hamasyan The Nels Cline Singers Dan Weiss Even Odds Trio https://bigearsfestival.org

Years ago, I heard Tim Green as a sideman in a Dennis Gonzales concert at a church in downtown Dallas which used to have a free jazz concert series. He made a strong impression, and finding something new in his relatively scant recorded discography is always a thrill.. Here's a newly released recording, Shringar, Tribute to Tim Green, the Soul of Shringar. This is a jazz/ Indian classical fusion group. The CD was recorded live at Snug Harbor and Columbia Street Landing in 2003. Tim Green: Saxophone Assisi Khan: Sarode Andrew MdLean: Tabla Gregory Boyd: Steel Pan. https://www.louisianamusicfactory.com/product/shringar-tribute-to-tim-green-cd/

He spoke at the University of Texas at Dallas once, and enlightened me about the Alphonso Trent band. His enthusiasm was infectious.

Vid. Mysore Brothers Violin Concert Sunday ,September 15th, 2024- 3:00 PM Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple, Frisco

Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet Plays Gershwin (Concord)

Rajeswari Parisi Presents Carnatic Veena Recital

Sounds great. Mimi Fox by the way has played multiple times at the Guitar Sanctuary in McKinney. I like her best playing solo. Christian Scott is fantastic in my opinion. This live performance is a favorite: https://www.munck-music.com/collections/2016-new-orleans-jazz-heritage-festival/products/christian-scott-live-at-2016-new-orleans-jazz-heritage-festival

An Evening With Joe Henderson (Red)

The incidence of problems on Bandcamp is low in my experience. I can only think of two problems I have had. One time a label in the U.K. sent the wrong CD (after a long delay) and did not respond to my message. It was too late for a paypal dispute so I just resolved never to order from that label again and dropped it. Another time the order did not arrive for a long period so I messaged the artist. After another delay, he eventually answered and apologized, sending me the CD I ordered plus one other.

The United Records Story (Delmark)

Any highlights to report?

Yesterday, the Riverfront Jazz Festival in the Dallas Convention Center, presented by the Dallas Black Academy of Arts and Letters.. As usual, it was primarily a smooth jazz/soul festival so I skipped most of it. However, Sunday afternoon featured Stanley Jordan and Cassandra Wilson playing consecutive sets in the Bruton Theater within the Convention Center (nice venue). Previously, I had only heard Stanley Jordan solo. This time he appeared with a trio with Kenwood Denard on drums. His set was excellent. Cassandra Wilson appeared next, backed by two guitars, piano, bass and drums. This included guitarist Kelvyn Bell (I last saw him live in the 1980s with Arthur Blythe), bassist Lonnie Plaxico and drummer extraordinaire Herlin Riley. Her group was fantastic. And in addition, I believe I read some claim that Cassandra's voice was substantially diminished. This proved to be totally false; she still sounds very good. Her Repertoire included Blue Skies, Throw it Away, You Go to My Head, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Caravan, Saint James Infirmary and a few others that I did not recognize. So notwithstanding that most of the festival does not appeal to me, I have to thank TBAAL for the oportunity to hear these two excellent sets of live music in a pleasing setting with good sound.

Emile Barnes, The Louisiana Joymakers (American Music)

Stuff Smith (Verve)

L. Subramaniam, Spanish Wave (Milestone)

Gerald Clayton, Bells on Sand (Blue Note)

Nameless Sound presents two concerts from the cutting-edge of New Jazz Mayan Space Station September 21, 2024 William Parker’s Mayan Space Station Presented in partnership with The DeLuxe Theater William Parker - double bass Gerald Cleaver - drums Ava Mendoza - guitar Doors open at 7:30. Music at 8pm. Free of charge. at The DeLuxe Theater Tarbaby September 26, 2024 Tarbaby Orrin Evans - piano Eric Revis - double bass Nasheet Waits - drums 8pm at MATCH The Creative Concert Series is funded in part by the City of Houston Through The Houston Arts Alliance & The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts   Tarbaby September 26, 2024

I got to hear him just once at Sweet Basil. I recall he had Jerome Richardson on tenor sax.

It sure was!

Yesterday, a rare morning concert from Dr. L. Subramaniam at Windmills in The Colony (far North Dallas). The nature of the group/performance was unclear in the advertisements (Indian classical? Jazz?). It turned out to be a jazz group. L Subramaniam was amazing on violin. The musicians in the group (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums and two percussionists) were unfamiliar to me, except the guitarist I heard with Christian McBride at the Big Ears festival this year. The group was terrific, as were the compositions performed, including John Handy's Spanish Lady. Great sound in the club as well. The concert was thrilling. Afterwards in the afternoon, to the Lewisville Grand Theater for some Indian Classical Music from Carnatic veena master Vid. Rajeswari Pariti. Accompanied by a second veena player (her son) and a percussionist, she was pretty awesome on the veena. Another winner.

I really like Herlin Riley but that appears to be a rather short set. Looks like the place to be to see the Alice Coltrane dedicated set that follows.

Wayne Shorter, Celebration volume 1 (Blue Note)

The great New Orleans drummer Shannon Powell is in dire straits. https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/new-orleans-drummer-shannon-powell-recovering-from-stroke/article_efce1b2a-6163-11ef-a7f0-6b40617d443d.html#tncms-source=the-latest