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September 30, 2016: Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas September 30, 2016: Bombino, Austin City Limits Festival October 1, 2016: Niladri Kumar and Zakir Hussain, Bates Recital Hall, Austin October 1, 2016: Rakesh Chaurasia and Aditya Kalyanpur, University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall, Houston October 1, 2016: Charlie Hunter, UtopiaFest, Utopia, Texas October 2, 2016: Rakesh Chaurasia and Aditya Kalyanpur, Allen Public Library October 7, 2016: Jason Moran, Monk at Town Hall, Cullen Theater, Houston October 7, 2016: Bombino, Austin City Limits Festival October 7, 2016: Benny Golson, Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University, San Antonio October 14, 2016: Ronnie Baker Brooks, Mud Morganfield, Billy Branch (The Songs of Willie Dixon), Granada Theater, Dallas October 15-16, 2016: Cedric Burnside Project, Walter Wolfman Washington, Little Freddie King, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Benny Turner, Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival, New Orleans October 19, 2016: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston October 20, 2016: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin October 21, 2016: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio October 22, 2016: Vivilda Dula, World African Music and Arts Festival, Kenny Dorham's Backyard, Austin October 22, 2016: Danish String Quartet, Wolfe Recital Hall, Corpus Christi October 23, 2016: Danish String Quartet, Temple Beth-El, San Antonio October 23, 2016: Cedric Burnside, Shreveport House Concerts October 26, 2016: Noh Band (Tim Berne, David Torn, Dave King), Austin November 10, 2016: Helen Sung Quartet, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas November 19, 2016: Terence Blanchard, Carver Center, San Antonio November 22, 2016: Sean Jones and One O'Clock Lab Band, Winspear, Denton December 10, 2016: Tim Warfield's All-Star Jazzy Christmas, Starlight Club, Walton Center, Fayetteville Arkansas December 16, 2016: Stanley Clarke, One World Theater, Austin January 7, 2017: Ran Blake, Live Oak Friends Meeting House, Houston February 3, 2017: Dejohnette Coltrane Garrison, McCullough Theater, Austin 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 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 May 5, 2017: Vijay Iyer, Cullen Theater, Houston May 5, 2017: Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Octet, Carver Center, San Antonio

Count Basie and His Orchestra (Mercury ten inch), and Duke Ellington, Ellington Indigoes (Columbia)

Miles Davis, Seven Steps to Heaven (Columbia), and Miles Davis in Europe (Columbia)

I've never seen Stanley Cowell either and would love to. His tour schedule as posted on facebook was as follows: Here is my upcoming tour schedule! Detroit, MI – Detroit Jazz Festival, Hart Plaza, Sept. 3rd, 5:30 pm Seattle, WA – Town Hall Downstairs, Sept. 15th, 8:00p...m Portland, OR – The Old Church, Sept. 16th, 8:00pm Monterey, CA – Monterey Jazz Festival Coffee House Gallery, Sept. 17th, 7:30pm, 9:00pm & 10:30pm Edmonton, AB, Canada – Yardbird Suite, Sept. 18th, 8:00pm Edmonton – Strathcona High School Workshop, Sept. 19th, 9:30am -11:00am Edmonton – MacEwan University Workshops, Sept. 19th, 12:30pm – 2:00pm

Jason Moran: Houston premiere of In My Mind: Monk at Town Hall, 1959 Friday, October 7, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Pre-concert conversation with Jason Moran at 7:15 PM “Stunning project.” -- The New York Times Jason Moran, piano; Tarus Mateen, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums; Ralph Alessi, trumpet; Logan Richardson, alto saxophone; Walter Smith III, tenor saxophone; Frank Lacy, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba As a child in Houston studying classical piano, Jason Moran heard a recording of Thelonious Monk and it changed his life. This multimedia tribute focuses on the seminal recording of Monk's 1959 performance at Town Hall. Rather than “replay” the event, Moran creates a highly personal and innovative tribute to the pianist he considers part of his “musical DNA.”

Charlie Ventura, Jumpin' with Ventura (Emarcy)

Saturday night, a pleasant evening in Quakertown Park in Denton for part of the Denton Blues Festival. The first headliner was Toronzo Cannon, bringing his working blues band down from Chicago, who played a fiery set. Next up, Selwyn Birchwood, a guitarist from Florida. A younger musician, his set was not as consistently excellent as Toronzo Cannon's, but it was a fine set, featuring a guitar/baritone saxophone pairing with the rhythm section. The highlight was the final song, when Mr. Birchwood played steel guitar very effectively in the idiom.

Date/Time Sat, Sep 24, 2016 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Location The Kitchen Café Jimmy Cobb Trio

John Handy Quintet, The 2nd John Handy Album (Columbia), Wild Bill Davis, Free, Frantic and Funky (RCA), and Gerry Mulligan Sextet, Mainstream of Jazz (Emarcy)

I think he means OJC.

Bill Smith and Johnny Eaton, The American Jazz Ensemble in Rome (RCA mono), and Reuben Wilson, A Groovy Situation (Blue Note/United Artists)

Last night, Eddie Gomez Trio at the Kitchen Cafe. A small acoustic venue with very clear sound. Eddie Gomez sounds, of course, like Eddie Gomez, a fantastic bassist. His trio included a couple of UNT professors, Stefan Karlssan on piano and Ed Soph on drums. The piano was rather firmly in the Bill Evans vein--mixed emotions about the pianist, who didn't really grab me most of the time. Still it sounded pretty good overall, and Eddie Gomez sounded great. And the sound at the club was quite pleasing, so a nice experience.

Monday night, at Tobin Center in San Antonio.

September 24, 2016: Jimmy Cobb Trio, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas September 25, 2016: John Pizzarelli, Eisemann Center, Richardson September 30, 2016: Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas September 30, 2016: Bombino, Austin City Limits Festival October 1, 2016: Niladri Kumar and Zakir Hussain, Bates Recital Hall, Austin October 1, 2016: Rakesh Chaurasia and Aditya Kalyanpur, University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall, Houston October 2, 2016: Rakesh Chaurasia and Aditya Kalyanpur, Allen Public Library October 7, 2016: Jason Moran, Monk at Town Hall, Cullen Theater, Houston October 7, 2016: Bombino, Austin City Limits Festival October 7, 2016: Benny Golson, Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University, San Antonio October 14, 2016: Ronnie Baker Brooks, Mud Morganfield, Billy Branch (The Songs of Willie Dixon), Granada Theater, Dallas October 15-16, 2016: Cedric Burnside Project, Walter Wolfman Washington, Little Freddie King, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Benny Turner, Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival, New Orleans October 19, 2016: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston October 20, 2016: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin October 21, 2016: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio October 22, 2016: Vivilda Dula, World African Music and Arts Festival, Kenny Dorham's Backyard, Austin October 22, 2016: Danish String Quartet, Wolfe Recital Hall, Corpus Christi October 23, 2016: Danish String Quartet, Temple Beth-El, San Antonio October 23, 2016: Cedric Burnside, Shreveport House Concerts October 26, 2016: Noh Band (Tim Berne, David Torn, Dave King), Austin November 10, 2016: Helen Sung Quartet, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas November 19, 2016: Terence Blanchard, Carver Center, San Antonio November 22, 2016: Sean Jones and One O'Clock Lab Band, Winspear, Denton December 10, 2016: Tim Warfield's All-Star Jazzy Christmas, Starlight Club, Walton Center, Fayetteville Arkansas December 16, 2016: Stanley Clarke, One World Theater, Austin February 3, 2017: Dejohnette Coltrane Garrison, McCullough Theater, Austin 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 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 May 5, 2017: Vijay Iyer, Cullen Theater, Houston May 5, 2017: Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Octet, Carver Center, San Antonio

Dave Brubeck Trio, Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals (Fantasy ten inch), and Illinois Jacquet, Bosses of the Ballad (Argo)

I have it; it is good, but it is only partly a duo recording. Each pianist plays several solo pieces as well.

He plays in Dallas regularly; I assume he lives here.

This coming Saturday at the Kitchen Café: Saturday, Sep 10 from 7:30 'til 10:30 Eddie Gomez Trio ($20 cover)

I don't know what original 78s of this material sound like, but I find the two Off the Record early jazz releases--this one and King Oliver--to be very listenable, and to lift a veil that inhibited connecting with jazz recorded up to 1925. I was hoping they would do more early jazz releases. At any rate, this one and the King Oliver set are both essential Early Jazz releases.

This weekend at the Bedford Blues Festival, which features a Main Stage and a small stage, which alternate sets. On the Main Stage, I failed to locate any happy musical experiences, as the performance ranged from the decent (Janiva Magness, you really need your organ player back) to the appalling (Stratoblasters, are you really a blues-rock version of Spinal Tap?). Tommy Castro, you sounded pretty good compared to the Stratoblasters. I'm not sure why Trombone Shorty and Dr. John were headliners at a blues festival, but I gave them both a try. I'm afraid I failed to make it through any complete sets of the main stage acts. The small KNON Stage was a bit of a different story. There I found three top notch bands, far superior to the name acts. On Saturday, Tutu Jones and His Twisted Soul Band put on a blistering, if too brief, set. Sunday, there was the unique East Texas blues of E.J. Matthews, on acoustic guitar and vocals, playing all original material and sounding like Howlin' Wolf's illegitimate grandson, and featuring a brilliant lead guitarist who made me momentarily forget the main stage tiresome guitar wankery. Finally, a fine set from Bnois King made the experience worth the trouble of driving to Bedford.

September 10, 2016: Eddie Gomez, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas September 11, 2016: Eddie Gomez, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton September 17, 2016: Debojyoti Bose and Hindole Majumdar, University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall, Houston September 17, 2016: Selwyn Birchwood, Toronzo Cannon, Denton Blues Festival September 17, 2016: Joe Lovano, Travis Park, San Antonio September 22, 2016: Cedric Burnside, Antone's, Austin September 25, 2016: John Pizzarelli, Eisemann Center, Richardson September 30, 2016: Bombino, Austin City Limits Festival October 1, 2016: Niladri Kumar and Zakir Hussain, Bates Recital Hall, Austin October 1, 2016: Rakesh Chaurasia and Aditya Kalyanpur, University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall, Houston October, 2 2016: Rakesh Chaurasia and Aditya Kalyanpur, Allen Public Library October 7, 2016: Jason Moran, Monk at Town Hall, Cullen Theater, Houston October 7, 2016: Bombino, Austin City Limits Festival October 7, 2016: Benny Golson, Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University, San Antonio October 14, 2016: Ronnie Baker Brooks, Mud Morganfield, Billy Branch (The Songs of Willie Dixon), Granada Theater, Dallas October 15-16, 2016: Cedric Burnside Project, Walter Wolfman Washington, Little Freddie King, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Benny Turner, Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival, New Orleans October 19, 2016: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston October 20, 2016: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin October 21, 2016: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio October 22, 2016: Danish String Quartet, Wolfe Recital Hall, Corpus Christi October 23, 2016: Danish String Quartet, Temple Beth-El, San Antonio October 23, 2016: Cedric Burnside, Shreveport House Concerts October 26, 2016: Noh Band (Tim Berne, David Torn, Dave King), Austin November 19, 2016: Terence Blanchard, Carver Center, San Antonio December 16, 2016: Stanley Clarke, One World Theater, Austin February 3, 2017: Dejohnette Coltrane Garrison, McCullough Theater, Austin February 18, 2017: Joey Alexander, McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College February 24, 2017: Joshua Redman, Cullen Theater, Houston February 25, 2017: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University, San Antonio March 11, 2017: Marquis Hill Blacktet, Cullen Theater, Houston 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 May 5, 2017: Vijay Iyer, Cullen Theater, Houston May 5, 2017: Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Octet, Carver Center, San Antonio

The Twelve Tone Compositions and Arrangements of Lyle Murphy (Contemporary)

Sun Ra, Pathways to Unknown Worlds (impulse), and Sam Rivers, Hues (Impulse)

True... Zika virus...packs of wild dogs... Donald Trump...

Cool enough that I am contemplating actually going outside before fall.