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John Coltrane on West 42nd Street (Realm) (English reissue of Wilbur Harden Savoy session) The Best of Kenny Burrell (Prestige)

Count Basie, 1944 and 1945 (Circle)

Paramount Blues, Hometown Skiffle (Black Swan)

Also added to the lineup: Charles Lloyd Sangam with Zakir Hussain & Eric Harland

Dusko Goykovich, Swinging Macedonia (Enja)

December 31, 2024: Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas January 4, 2025: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 11, 2025: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 18, 2025: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 23, 2025: Bill Frisell Trio, Arlington Music Hall January 24, 2025: Bill Frisell Trio, Brauntex Theater, New Braunfels Al De Meola, Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas January 25, 2025: Lakecia Benjamin, Cullen Theater, Houston Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Al Di Meola, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio Bill Frisell Trio, Continental Club, Austin January 26, 2025: Bill Frisell Trio, Continental Club, Austin Al Di Meola, Heights Theater, Houston January 28-29, 2025: Al Di Meola, State Theater, Austin February 6, 2025: Davy Mooney, UNT Music Building, Denton February 8, 2025: Tray Wellington Band, Sundown at Granada, Dallas February 10, 2025: Tray Wellington Band, Radio Coffee and Beer, Austin February 11, 2025: Helen Sung February 14, 2025: Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, Zika Hall, Houston February 15, 2025: Christian Scott/Chief Adjuah, Carver Center, San Antonio Derek Gripper, Unity of Dallas February 16, 2025: Derek Gripper, North Crowley High School Theater, Fort Worth February 19, 2025, Derek Gripper, Bates Recital Hall, Austin February 20, 2025: Derek Gripper, Stafford Civic Center February 22, 2025: Emmet Cohen Trio, University of Texas at Dallas Vanessa Collier, Tulips FTW, Fort Worth February 23, 2025: Emmet Cohen, State Theater, Austin February 28, 2025, Andrew Griffin Quintet, Music of Duke Ellington, Uptown Theater, Grand Prairie Robert Cray, Paramount Theater, Austin March 1, 2025: Vijay Iyer Trio, Cullen Theater, Houston Robert Cray, Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas March 2, 2024: Robert Cray, Heights Theater, Houston March 3-6, 2025: Matt Wilson's Good Trouble with Ben Allison, Voertman Hall, UNT, Denton March 8, 2025: Matt Wilson, Starr Theater, Fayetteville March 15, 2025: Yasmin Williams, Reverend Robert B. Jones, Sr. Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band,, Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival March 18, 2025: Anoushka Shankar, Eisemann Center, Richardson March 19, 2025: Anoushka Shankar, Wortham Center, Houston March 27, 2025: Charles Lloyd, Bela Fleck/Edmar Castaneda/Antonio Sanchez Trio, Ambrose Akinmusire, Barry Altschul's Axiom 5, Tigran Hamasyan, Ganavya, Sunny War, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville March 28, 2025: Ahmed, Tyshawn Sorey, Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Frisell, Alabaster DePlume, Ambrose Akinmusire, Barry Altschul 3Dom Factor, Jeff Parker, Immanuel Wilkins, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Frank Rosaly, Mike Reed's Separatist Party, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville Jason Moran's Duke Ellington Project, Cullen Theater, Houston March 29, 2025: Joe Lovano Paramount Quartet, Wadada Leo Smith + Vijay Iyer, Sun Ra Arkestra, Vernon Reid, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Calvin Weston, Ahmed, Kris Davis Trio, Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville March 30, 2025: Anoushka Shankar, Wadada Leo Smith, Vijay Iyer Fieldwork, Amaro Freitas, Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Kris Davis Trio, Steve Lehman Trio + Vijay Iyer, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville April 4-6, 2025: Chris Thomas King, Cedric Burnside, Kenny Neal, Baton Rouge Blues Festival April 10, 2025: Jacke Venson, Main Street Arts Festival, Fort Worth April 11, 2025: Brad Mehldau Trio with Christian McBride, Cullen Theater, Houston April 12, 2025: Hiromi's SonicWonder, University of Texas at Dallas April 24-27, May 1-4, 2025: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2025: Branford Marsalis, Carver Center, San Antonio May 1, 2025: Ebo Taylor, Radio/East, Austin May 2-3, 2025: African Vibrations Music Festival, Dallas May 28, 2025: Samara Joy, Majestic Theater, Dallas May 29, 2025: Samara Joy, Moody Theater, Austin June 2, 2025: Samara Joy, Jones Hall, Houston June 6, 2025: Jackie Venson, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio

Junior Mance Trio, Milestones (Sackville)

Kenny Burrell, Tin Tin Deo (Concord) Stan Getz, Greatest Hits (Prestige)

Last night, Marvin Stamm at the Kitchen Cafe. At 85, he was seated and it took a couple of songs to get warmed up. After that, beautiful flugelhorn playing for the rest of the evening.

Last Sunday evening, 2 sets with the Melissa Aldana Quintet at the Village Vanguard. I believe I read the claim on the board somewhere that the Village Vanguard has had its seating realigned and Blue Noteified (made crowded and uncomfortable), but this proved to be incorrect. They do have a new awning, but otherwise the seating is the same as it ever was. Monday evening, a set of the Todd Marcus Quintet with Don Byron at Blues Alley in D.C.. Actually the first time I had ever been there. Very good set featuring bass clarinet/clarinet front line.

There is also a sequel, Shakill's II.

The Fabulous George Lewis Band, Kentucky 1955 (American Music)

Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris (Prestige)

Definitely missed. I learned a lot from his posts and point of view.

September 6, 1959. It is post-stroke for trumpeter Charlie Love, so sometimes he is a bit shaky. https://www.jazzology.com/item_detail.php?id=AMCD-118

The liner notes describe the session as a "party" in the "large shack" where Emile Barnes repaired mattresses. In the New Orleans heat, all band members removed their shirts. The band sounds different from traditional New Orleans jazz, in fact like a ragtime orchestra. Some great clarinet from Paul Barnes.

Love/Jiles Ragtime Orchestra, Rehearsal (American Music)

Kid Ory at the Green Room, volume 1 (American Music)

Wadada Leo Smith at Big Ears Festival 2025 Full details will be revealed in the coming weeks, but programs will include: Reflections and Meditations on Monk Wadada Leo Smith (Solo Trumpet & Piano) Masnavi: A Sonic Meditation and Reflections on Light Wadada Leo Smith (Solo Trumpet & Piano) String Quartet No. 19, Central Parks: Sunset, Seneca Village, A Nature Sanctuary, Women’s Rights Statue, and The Obelisk (World Premier) Wadada Leo Smith & RedKoral Quartet Wadada Leo Smith (Trumpet), Shalini Vijayan (Violin), Mona Thian (Violin), Andrew McIntosh (Viola), and Ashley Walters (Cello) Gardens of Peace, in Five Parts Wadada Leo Smith’s Revolutionary Love Wadada Leo Smith (Trumpet), Yosvany Terry (Alto Saxophone, Chekere), Ashley Walters (Cello), Vijay Iyer (Piano, Fender Rhodes, Electronics), Erika Dohi (Piano), Seiyoung Jang (Electronics), and Andrew Cyrille (Drums) Symphony No. 1, Fall (Ankhrasmation Music) Wadada Leo Smith’s Radio Light Wadada Leo Smith (Trumpet), Min Xiao-Fen (Pipa), Andrew Cyrille (Drums), and Ra Kalam Bob Moses (Drums) Fire Illumination / Obama at the Bridge Wadada Leo Smith and Orange Wave Electric Wadada Leo Smith (Trumpet), Brandon Ross (Electric Guitar), Lamar Smith (Electric Guitar), Melvin Gibbs (Electric Bass), Greg Saunier (Drums), and Hardedge (Electronics)

Roy Brooks, Beat Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany

Roy Hargrove, Grande-Terre (Verve)

Ballake Sissoko and Derek Gripper Jaki Byard,There'll Be Some Changes Made (Muse)

It is pretty great.

Charlie Parker, Bird in Kansas City (Verve)