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I was wondering about the appearance at Jazz Fest of The Jazz Epistles with Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya and Hugh Masekela. The group performs two days prior at Town Hall in New York, described as: Legends of South African music reunite for a historic concert to tell the story of The Jazz Epistles, arguably the most important jazz album ever recorded in its country’s history. Abdullah Ibrahim welcomes special guest musicians from his youth, and from the original Jazz Epistles band — superstar trumpeter Hugh Masekela, and the original trombonist from that session, Jonas Gwangwa — to reimagine music for his Ekaya Chamber Ensemble. This music was almost lost forever — only 500 copies were made in 1959, buried, and rediscovered decades later after the tyranny of apartheid. These giants of South African jazz tell their story at this extremely rare concert at The Town Hall in New York City. So it is Ekaya (my favorite Ibrahim formulation), with guests Hugh Masekela and Jonas Gwangawa.

An East Texas blues weekend for me, with two sets of genuine vintage blues/rock from the Ally Venable Band at Poor David's Pub on Friday, and a set of the raw blues of E.J. Matthews at Poor David's Pub on Saturday. E.J. Matthews, a very large man who plays acoustic guitar, sings in a raspy unrefined voice, and has written hundreds of original songs, plays a hybrid country/electric blues that has a very fierce drive. He was said to be gearing up for three SXSW showcase performances; I wish him luck.

Paul Quinchette, Moods (Emarcy), South Side Blues (Riverside), Jelly Roll Morton, Hot Jazz, Pop Jazz, Hokum and Hilarity (RCA Vintage), and Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto, Getz-Gilberto #2 (Verve).

It is a good record and worth seeking, but only on LP as far as I know.

Henry Threadgill in Austin on a Saturday night... I have my ticket already.

Cuban music at the 2017 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival: An historical celebration of Cuban culture at Jazz Fest in 2017! In 2017, Jazz Fest honors New Orleans’ deep historical connections with Cuba by hosting the largest celebration of Cuban culture in the U.S. since the 1950’s. Over 150 Cuban artists are invited to participate in the 2017 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell, most of whom will be in the U.S. for the first time! With Cuban rhythms as the heartbeat, the 2017 Festival showcases Cuba’s extraordinary musical vitality with performances by pop stars Gente de Zona, Grammy winner Septeto Santiaguero, jazz legend Chucho Valdés, timba kings Los Van Van and much more! On the field, the heart-jumping and rousing rhythm of Santiago’s Conga parade will take the dancing crowds around the Fair Grounds and to the Cultural Exchange Pavilion, the hub of the Cuban celebration. Inside the Pavilion, The Cuba Stage will showcase a wide variety of Cuban performances between 11:30 AM and 5:30 PM every day, ranging from Adonis y Osain del Monte’s explosive mix of rumba and Afro-Cuban rhythms to the soulful hip-hop of street poet Telmary y Habana Sana.

Presented by Epistrophy Arts and Liminal Sound seriesHenry Threadgill’s Zooid April 8th 2017 8:00 pmScottish Rite Theater Austin, TxComposition workshop with Henry ThreadgillApril 7th 8:00 pmUT campus: MRH (Music Recital Hall) https://threadgillatx.ticketleap.com/henry-threadgill/

This is attributable to the laryngitis plague which enveloped the jazz world in 1987. No cure has ever been found.

The right choice.

Victor Wooten Trio at Granada Theater on March 31. Victor Wooten announces tour dates with an all-star lineup in the 2016-2017 season. Featuring legendary drummer, Dennis Chambers; and renowned saxophonist Bob Franceschini.

Or are you talking about the allaboutjazz.com forum? I don't know but I noticed the same thing.

Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, At Salle Pleyel 1948 (Prestige), Jimmy Smith, I'm Moving' On (Blue Note), and Johnny Hodges, Blue Notes (Verve).

It is available in CD form here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/artpepper26

North Texas Jazz | UNT Division of Jazz Studies January 10 at 11:46am · The 2017 Jazz Lecture Series is a class that meets 9:30-10:50 a.m. and 2-3:20 p.m. in the Recital Hall, room 301 in the College of Music building. Lecture series sessions are open to the public. This list shows only the dates when there is a guest artist. The class will meet on additional days. Jan. 31 Ignacio Berroa (drums) Feb. 7 Marcus Printup (trumpet) Feb. 21 Stefon Harris (afternoon session only, vibraphone) Feb. 28 Steve Cotter (guitar) Mar. 7 Ben Patterson (trombone) Mar. 21 Charles McPherson (saxophone) Mar. 28 Steve Bailey (bass) Apr. 11 Andy LaVerne (piano) Apr. 18 Phil Kelly (composer) Apr. 25 Charenee Wade (vocalist)

I used to be a member but let it lapse. The orientation of the membership is primarily early jazz. There is a journal periodically if somewhat irregularly published. It is okay to read, somewhat amateurish, but not often of any great interest. There is also an annual convention somewhere in the U.S. or England. Really the only thing of value I got out of membership was to buy a bunch of their excellent CDs in a members only sale--but they had stopped putting out the CDs any more and were liquidating them. You can still buy them--perhaps worth a year of membership for access (I like most of them). http://iajrc.org/index.php/items-for-sale/cd-listing

Basie Reunion (Status/Swingville), Fats Navarro with the Tadd Dameron Quintet (Jazzland), and Eddie Bert, Let's Dig Bert (Trans-World).

Eric Dolphy Memorial Album (Exodus). The second side (Alone Together and Love Me) is so great.

Richard Davis and Elvin Jones, Heavy Sounds (Impulse), and Ben Allison, Quiet Revolution (Newvelle)

Johnny Coles, Little Johnny C (Blue Note), and Willis Jackson, The Good Life (Prestige)

FRI - Apr 28, 2017 DeJohnette · Coltrane · Garrison Denton Arts & Jazz Festival / Denton, TX / USA

Carnatic saxophone just a couple of miles from my home... I wasn't expecting that. Kadri Gopalnath :: Sunday Mar 19th, 2017 @ 4:00 PM SAXOPHONE - KADRI GOPALNATH & PARTY Unity Church Of Dallas , Address: 6525 Forest Ln, Dallas, TX 75230 : youtube link

February 16, 2017: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 17, 2017: Al Di Meola, One World Theater, Austin 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 23, 2017: Tutu Jones, Tolberts, Grapevine 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 11, 2017: Bnois King, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving March 19, 2017: Kadri Gopalnath (Indian classical saxophonist), Unity Church of Dallas March 24, 2017: Cedric Burnside, White Water Tavern, Little Rock, Arkansas March 31, 2017: Victor Wooten Trio, Granada Theater, Dallas April 1, 2017: Walter Wolfman Washington, Antone's, Austin 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 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 26-27, 2017: Bill Frisell, Continental Club, Austin April 28, 2017: Dejohnette Coltrane Garrison, Denton Arts and Jazz Festival April 28, 2017: Makoomba (Zimbabwe), Joey Alexander Trio, Pedrito Martinez, Astral Project, Trumpet Mafia, Leroy Jones, Jamil Sharif, David L. Harris, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro, 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, Blodie's Jazz Jam, 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: Lee Konitz Quartet, Cedric Burnside Project, A Salute to Louis Armstrong featuring Hugh Masekela, Pedrito Martinez Rumba Project with Roman Diaz, 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: 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 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 17, 2017: Jean Luc Ponty, One World Theater, Austin June 23, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin

It is a blast. Over the two night marathon, there were 135 performer choices available. And a two day pass was only $80.

The Jimmy Giuffre Complete Capitol/Atlantic recordings on Mosaic (CD version) in perfect condition for $50.

This past Friday, I flew to New York to attend the Winter Jazzfest Marathon. On Friday, I spent the evening at the New School's Auditorium on 12th Street and Sixth Avenue. First, Amina Claudine Myers on piano and vocals, performing a program of her favorite spirituals. Her set was beautiful. As Steinway was a sponsor of the festival, both venues I attended featured great sounding Steinway grand pianos. Next, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. Not exactly to my tastes (I'm not a salsa fan), they appealed a bit more when they were more in the Latin jazz band vein. Thirdly, my favorite young tenor saxophonist, leading a sextet (with trumpet, vibes, piano, bass and drums), Melissa Aldana sounded fantastic--I love her gorgeous tenor sound. The most notable other soloist of the group was Joel Ross on vibes. A terrific set. Next on the program was David Murray, performing with Lafayette Gilchrist on piano, Mingus Murray on guitar, Rahsaan Carter on bass, and (?) Carter on drums. Another terrific set--I was very happy to get to see Lafayette Gilchrist in person for the first time. And Mingus Murray (David Murray's son) proved to be a talented guitar player in the jazz/rock vein--taking the group in some unexpected directions. That was it for the first evening for me. On Saturday it snowed all day, so I decided to stay in one place again, this time for the ECM showcase at the New School's Tishman Auditorium (Fifth Avenue and 13th Street). First up, the Michael Formanek Quartet (Tim Berne, Craig Taborn, and Gerald Cleaver). I had not heard this group, but their performance was very strong and the compositions very appealing. Next, Danish guitarist Jakob Bro in a trio with Thomas Morgan and Joey Baron. The first part of this set was rather intricate and delicate sounding (a visual of time lapse photography of plants growing/flowers blooming would have fit perfectly). I preferred the latter half of the set when the intensity and the volume were cranked up. The next set was a duo of Cuban pianist David Virelles and Ravi Coltrane. This set was great, one of the best sets I heard at the festival. This was followed by a duo of Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan. I haven't really followed Frisell in many years, but found the set to be surprisingly enjoyable--mostly quiet and unadorned performances of standards. Except for the last piece (an original I assume), where Frisell employed the types of pedal effects I associate with him on a piece that was magnificent. Finally, closing the evening was Nik Bartsch's Mobile. There was only piano, bass clarinet, and two percussionists, and the set was unamplified. Is this jazz? I'm not sure but I sure enjoyed their set. That was it for the 2017 Winter Jazzfest for me. I missed lots of groups I wanted to hear (Mary Halvorson, Edmar Castaneda, Chico Freeman, AfroHorn, etc.). Definitely worth the trip. But I wasn't going home until Monday, so Sunday evening can be spent with the Billy Harper Quintet /Sextet at Smoke (including Franchesca Tanksley on piano, Freddie Hendrix on trumpet and Aaron Scott on drums). I had never seen Billy Harper in person as a leader before, only as a sideman, so it was a thrill to spend the evening with him and hear three sets of his music. Lots of highlights, but my favorite was the duet performance of Thoughts and Slow Actions by Mr. Harper and Franchesca Tanksley.