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Taking a brief listen tonight--the Emmett Cohen trio is playing, with 88 years old Jimmy Cobb on drums.

I'm mailing a contribution this morning.

Saturday night at the University of Texas at Dallas: Saturday, March 04, 2017, 8:00 pm Venue: TH - University Theatre Ticket: $25 Season: 2016-17 Eliot Fisk Concert University Theatre, 8:00 PM, $25 UTD students, staff and faculty get in free with their Comet Card. Eliot Fisk is currently director of guitar studies at the New England Conservatory and artistic director for the annual Boston Guitar Fest. He will perform part of his program on a Stephan Connor guitar donated to the Guitar Studies program by Russell Cleveland.

Yes indeed, Thoughts (Past and Present) is also a worthy entry in the scant Harry Whitaker discography.

You must have missed the Gary Burton is retiring thread.

I did see him one time--at the Blue Note in New York in 2010--a quartet including Julian Lage and Antonio Sanchez--it was quite good.

TOWN HALL AND (LE) POISSON ROUGE PRESENT ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING JAZZ EVENTS OF THE YEAR! THE JAZZ EPISTLES: ABDULLAH IBRAHIM & EKAYA AND HUGH MASEKELA IN CONCERT SOUTH AFRICAN JAZZ PIONEERS REUNITE IN FREEDOM TO TELL THE ALMOST FORGOTTEN STORY OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST IMPORTANT JAZZ COLLECTIVE PERFORMING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 56 YEARS, THIS TRIUMPHANT PROJECT MAKES ITS NORTH AMERICAN DEBUT AT TOWN HALL ON SOUTH AFRICAN FREEDOM DAY, APRIL 27, 2017 New York, NY (February 23, 2017) – Town Hall and (Le) Poisson Rouge are proud to present the Jazz Epistles, featuring Abdullah Ibrahim and Hugh Masekela live in New York City for the first time on South African Freedom Day, April 27th. Half a century after recording South Africa's landmark jazz album, Jazz Epistle, Verse 1, these original bebop legends reunite for a rare performance at Town Hall at 123 W 43rd Street. The Jazz Epistles album is the “Holy Grail” recording in South African jazz history, yet the world was not aware of its pivotal importance, until now. In 1959, South Africa’s top musicians —Hugh Masekela on trumpet, Abdullah Ibrahim on piano, Jonas Gwangwa on trombone, Kippie Moeketsi on alto saxophone, Johnny Gertze on bass, and Makaya Ntshoko on drums — created “the first all-black modern South African jazz recording.” (Gwen Ansell, author of Soweto Blues). It was revolutionary for the time period, yet its modern sounds and controversial nature made it a commercial flop — only 500 LPs were originally printed. The apartheid government, which viewed jazz as an inherent threat to authority, forced its brilliant musicians into exile. Thus, the Jazz Epistles disbanded and the music was buried and almost lost. For decades, due to the hostile circumstances of the time period, very little of this rich cultural history has been documented. Remarkably, Ibrahim and Masekela achieved massive success on their own terms overseas in exile. Ibrahim settled in Europe and Masekela in the States. They became symbols of the Pan- African movement, each writing popular anti-apartheid freedom songs and creating formidable discographies. Now, half a century later, these two giants reunite for the first time in concert. They not only revisit a critical chapter from their youth, but also pay tribute to one of the most important jazz sessions to occur on South African soil. This unique performance will be captured by WBGO for Jazz Night in America, carried on NPR stations nationwide, and The Checkout hosted by Simon Rentner. This concert is produced by The Town Hall and (Le) Poisson Rouge, in partnership with WBGO, South African Tourism, and South African Airways. Tickets for this event are from $37 to $127 (VIP, includes reception with the artists) and are available for sale via The Town Hall or (Le) Poisson Rouge box offices. Please visit TheTownHall.org or LPR.com for additional information. Lineup: Abdullah Ibrahim – piano Hugh Masekela – flugelhorn, trumpet, vocals Noah Jackson – bass, cello Will Terrill – drums Cleave Guyton Jr. – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, piccolo Lance Bryant– tenor saxophone Andrae Murchison – trombone, trumpet Marshall McDonald – baritone saxophone

Richard Groove Holmes, Get Up & Get It (Prestige). Very nicely recorded by RVG, with stellar line-up of Teddy Edwards, Pat Martino, Paul Chambers and Billy Higgins. John Klemmer, Constant Throb (Impulse).

My copy arrived Friday--I like it--good record.

Charlie Parker, All Star Sextet (Royal Roost). 12 songs of Dial material from 1947. I've never heard a Dial 78 or Dial ten inch or LP, but this Roost late 1950s reissue is the best sounding version of this material that I have heard.

Kenny Burrell, A Night at the Village Vanguard (Argo stereo), and Benson and Farrell (CTI).

A six hour string quartet is long? Cool venue, I can attest.

There is also the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival at the same time as the jazz festival. For example: Feldman by Flux Friday, July 28, 2017 2:00PM St. Francis Aud—NM Mus of Art Online sales begin February 21, 2017. Please contact the ticket office for more information 505-982-1890 Juho Pohjonen Piano Recital Saturday, July 29, 2017 5:00PM St. Francis Aud—NM Mus of Art Transfigured Night Sunday, July 30, 2017 6:00PM St. Francis Aud—NM Mus of Art Choose from the list below to jump directly to another offering of Transfigured Night Mon 7/31/17 6:00PM BEETHOVEN String Trio in D Major, Op. 9, No. 2 BRETT DEAN Rooms of Elsinore (2017 Festival co-commission) SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 One of the most transcendent works ever written for string sextet: Schoenberg’s passionate Transfigured Night. Enjoy the first of our commissioned pieces by Brett Dean, in which the composer/violist partners with Juho Pohjonen, piano. Dean, Huang, Johannes String Quartet, Pohjonen, Smith, Variation Trio Program to be announced A rousing recital by Finnish piano virtuoso Juho Pohjonen—the subject of critical raves like this: “This young man is a beast, a daunting player... an impressive and fearless performance” (~ San Jose Mercury News). Juho Pohjonen FELDMAN String Quartet No. 2 FLUX Quartet Probably the most astonishing work at this year's festival is the ultimate magnum opus: Feldman's String Quartet No. 2, clocking in at six plus continuous hours. Admission is free. Come and go as you please.

March 16, 2017: Shelley Carroll, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 19, 2017: Kadri Gopalnath (Indian classical saxophonist), Unity Church of Dallas March 19, 2017: Cedric Burnside, Justine's, Austin March 24, 2017: Cedric Burnside, White Water Tavern, Little Rock, Arkansas March 30, 2017: Victor Wooten Trio, George's Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville, Arkansas March 30, 2017: Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Antone's, Austin March 31, 2017: Victor Wooten Trio, Granada Theater, Dallas April 1, 2017: Victor Wooten Trio, Empire Control Room, Austin April 1, 2017: Walter Wolfman Washington, Antone's, Austin April 1, 2017: Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Keys Lounge, Fort Worth April 2, 2017: Victor Wooten Trio, Whatever Fest, Houston April 3, 2017: Victor Wooten Trio, Will Rogers Theater, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma April 5, 2017: Shelley Carroll, Sammons Center, Dallas April 8, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin April 8, 2017: Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar) and Satyahit Talwalkar (tabla), Allen Public Library April 9, 2017: Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Subhen Chatterjee, AISD Performing Arts Center, Austin April 8-9, 2017: Kenny Neal, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lil Jimmy Reed, Lazy Lester, James Chicken Scratch Johnson, Larry Garner, Baton Rouge Blues Festival 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: Jason Moran, Chris Walker, Denardo Coleman, Discovery Green, Houston 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 23, 2017: Rachella Parks, Main Street Arts Festival, Fort Worth April 26-27, 2017: Bill Frisell, Continental Club, Austin April 28, 2017: Dejohnette Coltrane Garrison, Denton Arts and Jazz Festival April 28, 2017: Mokoomba (Zimbabwe), Joey Alexander Trio, Pedrito Martinez, Astral Project, Trumpet Mafia, Leroy Jones, Jamil Sharif, David L. Harris, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro, Mr. Sipp, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 29, 2017: Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya and Hugh Masekela, Kenny Neal, Pedrito Martinez, Delfeayo Marsalis with Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30, 2017: Wessell Warmdaddy Anderson Quartet, Joe Louis Walker, Little Freddie King, Lil Buck Sinegal with Barbara Lynn, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 4, 2017: Eric Gales, Antone's, Austin May 4, 2017: Lee Konitz Quartet, Cedric Burnside Project, A Salute to Louis Armstrong featuring Hugh Masekela, Pedrito Martinez Rumba Project with Roman Diaz, Charlie Gabriel, Irwin Mayfield, Donald Harrison, Changui Guantanamo, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 5,, 2017: Terence Blanchard E-Collective, Jason Marsalis, Louis Ford, Pedrito Martinez Rumba Project with Roman Diaz, Alvin Youngblood Hart, William Bell, Changui Guantanamo,New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 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 May 6, 2017: Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Indrayuddh Majumdar, Gourisankar Karmaker (Sarod Jugalbandi), University Theater, University of Texas at Dallas May 6, 2017: Kenny Barron Trio, SF Jazz Collective Plays the Music of Miles Davis, Henry Butler, New Orleans Groove Masters (featuring Herlin Riley, Jason Marsalis, and Shannon Powell), Cynthia Sayer, Pedrito Martinez Rumba Project with Roman Diaz, Septeto Santiaguero, Changui Guantanamo, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 7, 2017: Chucho Valdes Quintet, Ellis Marsalis, Buddy Guy, Nicholas Payton, Walter Wolfman Washington, Bill Summers, Dayme Arocena, Septeto Santiaguero, Changui Guantanamo, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 10, 2017: Branford Marsalis, Dallas City Performance Hall May 14, 2017: Shri. P Unnikrishnan, Bates Recital Hall, Austin May 20, 2017: Duwayne Burnside, Antone's, Austin May 23, 2017: Buddy Guy, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas June 7, 2017: Helen Sung, Cezanne, Houston June 10, 2017: Nishat Khan and Gourisankar, Bates Recital Hall, Austin June 16, 2017: Jean Luc Ponty, Granada Theater, Dallas June 16, 2017: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Norman, Oklahoma June 17, 2017: Jean Luc Ponty, One World Theater, Austin June 23, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas June 24, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Fitzgerald's, Houston August 12, 2017: Anupama Bhagwat (sitar), Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin November 30, 2017: John McLaughlin, Paramount Theater, Austin

Madrid, the small town between Albuquerque and Santa Fe?

12TH ANNUAL NEW MEXICO JAZZ FESTIVAL, JULY 13-AUGUST 5, 2017 FESTIVAL LINE UP: TICKETS ON SALE SOON! July 13 | Thursday | Pat Martino (Outpost) July 14 | Friday | Pat Martino (Outpost) July 15 | Saturday | Dexter Gordon Tribute Project: Doug Lawrence & George Cables Trio (Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater) July 16 | Sunday | Inpost Artspace Opening (Outpost) July 16 | Sunday | Dexter Gordon Tribute Project: Film Screening Round Midnight 30 year Anniversary w. Maxine Gordon & Steve Feld (Outpost) July 19 | Wednesday | Jane Bunnett & Maqueuque (Music on Hill/St John's College/Santa Fe) July 20 | Thursday | Jane Bunnett & Maqueuque (Outpost) July 21 | Friday | Jane Bunnett & Maqueuque (Outpost) July 22 | Saturday | Route 66 Summerfest (Rt 66 Nob Hill) July 25 | Tuesday | Davina & the Vagabonds (Santa Fe Bandstand: Santa Fe Plaza) July 27 | Thursday | Ambrose Akinmusire (John Lewis Celebration at South Broadway Cultural Center) July 29 | Saturday | Pharoah Sanders & Ravi Coltrane (Lensic/Santa Fe) July 30 | Sunday | Ravi Coltrane (Outpost) August 5 | Saturday TBA | (AAPAC 10th Anniversary Celebration at African American Performing Arts Center) ALL ACTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Also the composer of Slow Dance on Traning In.

His LP with Brubeck's sons is pretty good. It is direct to disc and has a strong Larry Coryell is in the room with you sound. I recollect when I heard him with Five Guitars Play Mingus, at one point he played a solo that was outrageous--the other four guitarists were standing off to the side of the stage with expressions of awe on their faces.

He is 89, I believe. Is he the last performing Tristanoite?

According to an online review, his "warbly" vocals are on one song. It will be okay. I ordered one too. "“Darn That Dream” features a warbly Konitz vocal"

Depressing news. I recollect seeming him live four times, in very different circumstances. Once in Arlington, Texas, at a bar/club where he played a solo concert on acoustic and electric guitar. It was an impressive performance. Then at the Time Cafe in New York, in a five guitar group playing Mingus compositions. Next playing with a quartet, in the vein of his Muse recordings, at the Blue Note. The last time, at the Granada Theater in Dallas, playing in a trio in the jazz-rock style, but for some reason this evening the music just wasn't working. Unfortunately, no more chances.

For awhile in the mid-1980s, he was the pianist who was part of the unofficial rhythm section at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth--with Walter Booker or Bob Cranshaw on bass and Idris Mohammed on drums--they would back up the likes of, for example, Freddie Hubbard or David Newman at the club--some definite highly fond memories of seeing Larry Willis perform. After a long drought, I saw him last year with Head of State at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and he sounds as good as ever.

Sonny Stitt, Only the Blues (Verve), Mose Allison Sings (Prestige), and Chet Baker Big Band (Pacific Jazz)

Da Camera has announced the schedule for its series of free events at downtown’s Discovery Green park in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month. This year’s series includes master drummer Joel Fulgham’s Big Band, brass party band Red Baraat and the trio of pianist Jason Moran, bass player Chris Walker and drummer Denardo Coleman. The Moran-Walker-Coleman Trio made its debut at the recent DocFest fundraiser at Hobby Center. The concert with Jason Moran is part of Da Camera’s Jason Moran Homecoming Residency. The media sponsor is KTSU 90.9 FM.

Perhaps, Fairyland.