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Willis Jackson, Grease "N" Gravy (Prestige mono), and Don Patterson, Hip Cake Walk (Prestige mono).

Two box sets for Christmas, Joe Castro, Lush Life and the Kenny Wheeler Black Saint/Soul Note set.

Thanks. I'm planning to attend and quite looking forward to the event.

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Gerry Mulligan, Concert Jazz Band (Verve), Herbie Mann Nonet, Flute, Brass, Vibes, and Percussion (Verve), and Dave Brubeck, Jazz Goes to College, volume 2 (Columbia ten inch). ,

Another club date in New York, at Richard Bona's Club Bona Fide on 52nd Street: Monday Michiru December 26 | Set Times: 8pm Cover: $25/$35 | Doors: 6pm

Stanley Turrentine, , Don't Mess with Mr. T (CTI)

You also are not eligible for the Organissimo Jazz Curmudgeon Club, which requires the pledge, "Jazz ended in [insert date 20-50 years before current date]."

I also heard some very fine non-jazz concerts this year. Vieux Farka Toure (Mali)--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Wobeon Festival, Austin. The Austin performance was unbelievably hot, just a power trio in a small room. Mamadou Diabate (Mali)--Northwest Hills Church, Austin. Truly beautiful. Kinobe (Uganda)--Wobeon Festival, Austin. Gentle and lyrical music from multi-instrumentalist. Xufei Yang (China)--University of Texas at Dallas. Solo Classical guitar and adaptations of Chinese songs. Nishat Khan (indian Classical)--Allen Public Library Debojyoti Bose (Indian Classical)--Allen Public Library Tutu Jones (blues/soul)--The Balcony Club, Dallas. Powerful performance from resident, little known blues master. Guitar Shorty (blues)--Keys Lounge, Fort Worth. No more acrobatics, but guitar mastery remains. Chris Thomas King (blues)--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Kenny Neal (blues)--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Little Freddie King (blues)--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Not much of a singer, but love his guitar groove. Buddy Guy (blues)--Bedford Blues Festival.

Bud Shank and Bob Cooper, Blowin' Country (World Pacific), and Chico Hamilton Quintet (World Pacific).

Anthony Braxton has two upcoming appearances at the Big Ears Festival i(March 31-April 2, 2016), in Knoxville, Tennessee. http://lineup.bigearsfestival.com/?sort=day

I heard lots of great live jazz and other music this year, but I mostly had to work for it (travel). These all made highly favorable impressions: Charles Lloyd Quartet--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Last 2 songs, about 45 minutes or so of the concert, were mesmerizing. Kenny Garrett Quintet--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. That was one intense set. By the end, most of the Jazz Tent crowd was actually dancing in the aisles. Amazing. Cassandra Wilson--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. A fine band including Charlie Burnham, Lonnie Plaxico and Kevin Breit, songs from the Billie Holiday repertoire and one terrific original to close (Last Song). Randy Weston and His African Rhythms--Trinity University, San Antonio. He may be 89, but he has not slowed down. Great group including Billy Harper, Alex Blake and T.K. Blue. Amina Claudine Myers Trio--Winter Jazzfest. With Jerome Harris on guitar. Donald Harrison with Lonnie Smith--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. It was a jam session set, led by Donald Harrison, but when they started setting up the B3 I knew it would be more than that. Rudresh Mahanthappa Bird Calls--Winter Jazziest. Marcus Miller--Granada Theater, Dallas. Mike Stern Trio (Francois Moutin and Kim Thompson)--55 Bar, New York. One of the best performances I've heard at the 55 Bar. David Murray/Geri Allen/Terri Lynn Carrington--Winter Jazziest. Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman) with Vijay Iyer--Winter Jazziest. Kent Jordan--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Interesting sounding group with flute, clarinet and tenor sax (Calvin Johnson) front line. John Handy--Dizzys, New York. It was a true thrill to hear Spanish Lady live, and strongly performed. George Lewis--Community Church, New York. A compelling percussion work, with Thurman Barker, Tyshawn Sorey, and Eli Fountain. Charles McPherson Quintet--Jazz Standard. Also still sounding great. Nels Cline and Julian Lage--Kessler Theater, Dallas. Guitar duet. Calvin Johnson Quintet--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Impressive young New Orleans tenor saxophonist. Terence Blanchard E Collective--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Leni Stern--55 Bar. Jazz/African music fusion. Petros Klampanis with Gilad Hekselman--Cornelia Street Cafe, New York.

Teddy Wilson/Gerry Mulligan, At Newport (Verve), and Les McCann in New York (Pacific Jazz)

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Happy Monday Michiru Day to You!

Kenny Dorham, Trompeta Toccata (Blue Note, NY USA), and Cannonball Adderley, Them Dirty Blues (Riverside).

Charles Lloyd Quartet (Gabor Szabo, Ron Carter, Tony Williams), Of Course, Of Course (Columbia), and Johnny Hodges, Blue Rabbit (Verve).

His best record in my opinion is Live in Chicago, which is so intense he practically sets the whole city ablaze. Other good ones are: Serious, Reckless, and Songs from the Road.

The schedule for Winterjazzfest 2016 has been announced. I. MARATHON - FRIDAY Jan 15 2016 SCHEDULE The New School Tishman Auditorium - 63 Fifth Avenue (ECM Records Stage) 6:00pm David Torn solo 7:00pm Mark Turner Quartet 8:00pm Craig Taborn solo 9:00pm Avishai Cohen Quartet 10:00pm Ches Smith / Craig Taborn / Mat Maneri 11:20pm Vijay Iyer Trio 12:40am David Virelles Mboko The New School Auditorium on 12th Street - 66 W. 12th Street 6:20pm Roberta Gambarini 7:40pm Roy Hargrove 9:00pm James "Blood" Ulmer 10:20pm Christian McBride 11:40pm Forro in The Dark plays John Zorn 1:00am Nublu Orchestra "We play for you, Butch Morris" The New School Jazz Building Glass Box Theater - 55 West 13th Street 6:40pm James Carney Sextet 8:00pm James Francies’ Kinetic 9:20pm Naytronix 10:40pm Dave King Trucking Company 12:00am Oscar Noriega Quartet New School Jazz Building 5th Floor Theater - 55 West 13th Street 7:00pm Chris Morrissey's Standard Candle (w/ Mike Lewis) 8:20pm Chris Speed Trio 9:40pm Charenee Wade Group: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson 11:00pm Marc Cary's Indigenous People 12:20am Sharel Cassity & Elektra Le Poisson Rouge - 158 Bleecker Street 6:20pm Joey Arias: Basic Black 7:40pm Sexmob @ 20 9:00pm Red Baraat Judson Memorial Church - 55 Washington Square South 6:40pm Quarktet Burnt plays Ornette, Sunny, and Wayne 8:00pm Dayna Stephens: 3wi featuring Sam Yahel 9:20pm Dr. Lonnie Smith’s Evolution 10:40pm Sarah Neufeld & Colin Stetson 12:00am TBA Subculture - 45 Bleecker St 6:00pm Matana Roberts solo 7:00pm Tierney Sutton 8:20pm Yellowjackets 9:40pm Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet 11:00pm Keyon Harrold (Revive Music Presents) 12:20am Jeff Lederer's Brooklyn Blowhard The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR - 44 Charlton Street 7:00pm Alicia Hall Moran with Brandon Ross 8:20pm Dither 9:40pm Chargaux 11:00pm The Ex The Bitter End - 147 Bleecker Street (Revive Music Stage) 7:00pm Makaya McCraven 8:20pm Terrace Martin 9:40pm Slingbaum's Ravel Reimagined 11:00pm Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown Reimagined 12:20am KING 1:40am Mark de Clive Lowe's CHURCH DJ Raydar Ellis spins all night Greenwich House School - 46 Barrow Street (NY Hot Jazz Festival Stage) 6:20pm Tom McDermott 7:20pm Bumper Jacksons 8:40pm Evan Christopher's Clarinet Road featuring Hilary Gardner 10:00pm Jon-Erik Kellso & The EarRegulars 11:20pm Mike Davis' New Wonders The Django at Roxy Hotel - 2 6th Ave 6:20pm TBA 7:40pm Nicole Henry 9:00pm TBA 10:20pm Marika Hughes 11:40pm Eli Degibri Zinc Bar - 82 West 3rd Street 6:20pm Cyro Baptista Banquet of Spirits 7:40pm James Brandon Lewis 9:00pm Yosvany Terry Quintet 10:20pm Rene Marie 11:40pm Gregorio Uribe Big Band 1:00am Pedrito Martinez I. MARATHON - SaturDAY Jan 16 2016 SCHEDULE The New School Tishman Auditorium - 63 Fifth Avenue (ECM Records Stage) 6:00pm Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus 7:20pm Theo Bleckmann Elegy 8:40pm Chris Potter Quartet 10:00pm Tim Berne's Sideshow 11:20pm Ralph Alessi Quartet 12:40am Ethan Iverson / Mark Turner The New School Auditorium on 12th Street - 66 W. 12th Street 6:20pm Don Byron Quartet 7:40pm Ibrahim Maalouf 9:00pm Butler, Bernstein and The Hot 9 10:20pm OGJB Quartet w/ Oliver Lake, Graham Haynes, Joe Fonda, Barry Altschul 11:40pm Monty Alexander and The Harlem Kingston Express The New School Jazz Building Glass Box Theater - 55 West 13th Street 6:40pm TBA 8:00pm Sofia Rei 9:20pm Dave King Vector Families 10:40pm Rez Abbasi's Junction 12:00am Brandon Seabrook Power Plant New School Jazz Building 5th Floor Theater - 55 West 13th Street 7:00pm Reid Anderson with Andrew D'Angelo & Bill McHenry 8:20pm Jim Black Trio 9:40pm Will Calhoun Celebrating Elvin Jones 11:00pm Shai Maestro Trio 12:20am Ohad Talmor Large Ensemble Le Poisson Rouge - 158 Bleecker Street 6:20pm Jose James 7:40pm Takuya Kuroda 9:00pm GoGo Penguin Judson Memorial Church - 55 Washington Square South 6:40pm Gregoire Maret and The Inner Voices with guest Jean Baylor 8:00pm No BS! Brass Band 9:20pm Kris Bowers 10:40pm Cory Henry... The Revival 12:00am Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen Subculture - 45 Bleecker St 7:00pm TBA 8:20pm Frank Catalano 9:40pm Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers 11:00pm Holler and Bam with Toshi Reagon & Allison Miller 12:20am Julian Lage Trio The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR - 44 Charlton Street 7:00pm Kaki King 8:20pm Cyrus Chestnut's African Reflections 9:40pm Fabian Almazan w/ Rhizome 11:00pm Dawn of Midi The Bitter End - 147 Bleecker Street (Revive Music Stage) 7:00pm Freelance 8:20pm Maurice Brown 9:40pm Lakecia Benjamin 11:00pm Al Strong 12:20am Ben Williams & Sound Effect 1:40am Theo Croker DJ Mark de Clive Lowe spins all night Greenwich House School - 46 Barrow Street (NY Hot Jazz Festival Stage) 6:20pm Christian Sands 7:20pm Michael Mwenso & Brianna Thomas Louis & Ella tribute 8:40pm Rhythm Future Quartet 10:00pm Tatiana Eva-Marie & The Avalon Jazz Band 11:20pm Gordon Au's Grand St Stompers with Tamar Korn and Molly Ryan The Django at Roxy Hotel - 2 6th Ave (French Quarter Showcase) 7:00pm Emile Parisien Quartet 8:20pm Véronique Hermann Sambin 9:40pm Thiefs 11:00pm Samy Daussat "Serge Tribute" 12:20am Sylvain Rifflet Zinc Bar - 82 West 3rd Street 7:40pm Meklit 9:00pm Tongues in Trees 10:20pm Jay Rodriguez Evolutions 11:40pm Chris Washburne's Acid Mambo Project 1:00am Late Night Jam Session

Sam Lazar, Space Flight (Argo), and Henry Red Allen, Mr. Allen (Prestige Swingville)

Cal Tjader, Ritmo Caliente (Fantasy), Vince Guaraldi, In Person (Fantasy), Miles Davis in Berlin (CBS Japan), and Cal Tjader, Tjader Plays Tjazz (Fantasy).

The music was great last year. The first day, I saw David Murray's Clarinet Summit, followed by David Murray Trio with Geri Allen, followed by Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille) with Vijay Iyer, followed by Mark Ribot's Young Philadelphians (with Jamaladeen Tacuma and Mary Halverson). The next night included Amina Claudine Myers Trio (on organ with Jerome Harris on guitar), followed by the Cookers (including Billy Harper, Donald Harrison, Eddie Henderson, Cecil McBee, George Cables), followed by Rudresh Mahanthappa's Bird Calls. On the ECM part of this year's festival, I'm hoping they add some European ECM artists to the bill (Terje Rypdal please).

Just because I was planning on going this year. Last year I went for the first time and it was really fun, despite being incredibly cold in New York. In terms of making a visit to the city, airline tickets/hotels are at their low point that time of year.

January 13-17, 2016: Winterjazzfest, James Blood Ulmer (solo), Matana Roberts (solo), Dr. Lonnie Smith's Evolution, David Torn (solo), Rez Abbasi, Butler Bernstein and the Hot Nine, Vijay Iyer, Tim Berne's Sideshow, Don Byron, Omer Avital, Shai Maestro, Frank Catalano, Julian Lage, Kamasi Washington, Bill Laswell, Brandon Seabrook Powerplant, Nels Cline, Christian McBride, Dayna Stephens, Mark Cary, OJGB Quartet with Oliver Lake and Barry Altshul, Craig Taborn, Dawn of Midi, Michael Formanek Large Ensemble, Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen, Christian McBride, Cyrus Chestnut's African Reflections, Monty Alexander, James Brandon Lewis, Ibrahim Maalouf, Roy Hargrove, NYC January 17, 2016: Edmar Castaneda, San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio January 22, 2016: Dave Douglas, Uri Caine, Don Byron, McCullough Theater, Austin January 23, 2016: Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour (Ravi Coltrane, Nicholas Payton, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders), Carver Center, San Antonio January 30-31, 2016: Lucky Peterson, Bnois King, KNON Blues Fest, Poor David's Pub, Dallas February 3, 2016: Branford Marsalis, One World Theater, Austin February 4, 2016: Branford Marsalis, Dallas City Performance Hall February 5, 2016: Branford Marsalis, The Clarion at Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas February 6, 2016: Branford Marsalis, The Centrum, Spring, Texas February 10, 2016: Charles Lloyd, Paramount Theater, Austin February 12, 2016: Charles Lloyd, Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University, San Antonio February 20, 2016: Eldar Djangirov Trio, Walton Center, Fayetteville February 26, 2016: Danilo Perez, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma March 3, 2016: Danilo Perez, Murchison Performing Arts Center, Denton March 5, 2016: Jeremy Jouve, Romero Guitar Quartet, University of Texas at Dallas March 11, 2016: Marilyn Crispell, Welder Center for the Arts, Victoria, Texas March 12, 2016: Ellis and Delfeayo Marsalis, Dosey Doe Big Barn, The Woodlands, Texas March 17, 2016: Nick Moss, Dosey Doe Music Cafe, Conroe, Texas March 18-19, 2016: Joey DeFrancesco, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth March 19, 2016: Guillermo Klein Y Los Guachos, Cullen Theater, Houston April 2, 2016: Joey DeFrancesco, University of Texas at Dallas April 2, 2016: Abhishek Kahin and Subrata Bhattacharya, Allen Public Library April 9, 2016: Terell Stafford, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 7-10, 2016, French Quarter Festival, New Orleans April 12, 2016: Branford Marsalis, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 13, 2016: SF Jazz Collective, AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas April 16, 2016, SF Jazz Collective, Cullen Theater, Houston April 21, 2016: Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, Bass Hall, Austin April 20-24, 2016: Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette April 22-May1, 2016: Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 29, 2016: Arturo O'Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Octet, Walton Center, Fayetteville May 13, 2016: Alfredo Rodriguez Trio, Carver Center, San Antonio May 28, 2016: Savion Glover and Jack DeJohnette, Carver Center, San Antonio June 3-4, 2016: Eric Gales, T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview June 18, 2016: Pravin Godkhindi and Satish Tagbe, University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall, Houston July 23, 2016: Tutu Jones, Liberty Hall, Tyler August 4-7, 2016: Satchmo Summerfest, New Orleans