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Classical guitar festival at the University of Texas at Dallas this Saturday: JEREMY JOUVE Saturday, March 05, 4:00 pm Venue: CN 1.112 Ticket: Free Season: 2015-16 Parisian musician Jérémy Jouvé performs. His most recent album, “Cavalcade,” blends elements of flamenco, Indian music and Ravelian accents to his existing repertoire. www.jeremyjouve.com ROMERO GUITAR QUARTET Romero Guitar Quartet Saturday, March 05, 8:00 pm Venue: ATC 1.102 Ticket: $25 Season: 2015-16 Founded by renowned guitarist and composer Celedonio Romero and his sons Celin, Pepe and Angel, the Romero Guitar Quartet is often referred to as “The Royal Family of the Guitar.” The quartet has played with many major symphony orchestras including those of Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. They have performed at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center and appeared at the Vatican in a concert for Pope John Paul II. The group’s current members are Celin, Pepe, Celino and Lito Romero. http://www.romeroguitarquartet.com/

Clark Terry, Top and Bottom Brass (Riverside mono)

I had an idea, but no energy to drive to Austin and back this weekend, so that was that.

Friday at the Kitchen Cafe: Friday, Mar 4 from 7:30 'til 10:30Eddie Gomez with Stefan Karlsson and Ed Soph ($20 cover)

In Austin this coming Wednesday night: The Legendary Ethnic Heritage Ensemble All Star 2016 Tour comes to Austin in March. Internationally acclaimed percussionist, composer, and band leader Kahil El’Zabar will premier a brand new Ethnic Heritage Ensemble featuring two masterful icons of the modern jazz idiom: Baritone sax giant, Hamiet Bluiett, and trombone titan, Craig Harris!While these three giants have worked together in various collaborations for more than 40 years, they have never come together as Kahil’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble until now. The coming together of these three important players is indeed musical history in the making!Craig Harris has worked with such luminaries as Sun Ra, Lena Horne, Dollar Brand, David Murray, Henry Threadgill and Lester Bowie. Hamiet Bluiett has worked with the greats like Aretha Franklin, Fontella Bass, Charles Mingus, Sam Rivers, Max Roach, Andrew Cyrille and also founded the World Saxophone Quartet. Kahil El’Zabar has worked with musical giants such as Nina Simone, Dizzy Gillespie, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Stevie Wonder, Donnie Hathaway, Eddie Harris, as well as founded the Ritual Trio and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. There is so much history in music that lies between these pivotal players, who between the three, is a discography of more than 200 acclaimed recordings. The new EHE is music endowed with an authentic pedigree that urges to push the boundaries of creative music into the soulful heart of fresh expression! After 43 plus years of eventful music making, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is still reinventing itself while forging innovative pathways upon the African American musical pantheon. The coming together of these three historical and impactful figures at this particular juncture in history, will take us beyond the current trends of predictable mediocrity. Hamiet Bluiet, Craig Harris and Kahil El’Zabar are the real deal and are always ready to make real music! This project is supported in part by individual contributors, Ruby's BBQ and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department In Denton this coming Thursday night: Pianist, composer, and educator Danilo Pérez is the 2016 artist in residence for The Glenn E. Gomez International Artists Endowment for Jazz Studies [http://www.daniloperez.com/] He will work with students in the Division of Jazz Studies from February 29 through March 3. On the evening of March 3, he will perform with the One O'Clock Lab Band and with his Panama 500 project at Winspear Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at http://thempac.music.unt.edu/

Paul Barbarin and His New Orleans Band (Circle ten inch), Archie Shepp, The Cry of My People (Impulse promo), and The Last Testament of Bunk Johnson (Columbia six eyes).

The Pentagon (East Wind)

Sonny Stitt (Argo 629)

No Idea Festival 2016 Jeph Jerman objects → cottonwood, arizona Tim Barnes percussion, electronics → louisville Ko Ishikawa sho → tokyo Mike Majkowski double bass → berlin Robin Hayward tuba, electronics → berlin Ingebrigt Haker Flaten double bass → austin Frode Gjerstad saxophone, reeds → stavanger, norway Ava Mendoza electric guitar → nyc Alex Bruck viola → mexico city Ramón del Buey bass clarinet → mexico city Damon Smith double bass → houston Chris Cogburn percussion, electronics → austin / mexico city Steve Parker slide trombone, electronics → austin Sandy Ewen electric guitar → houston Steve Jansen tapes, saxophone, guitar → houston / abq Misha Marks guitar, baritone horn → mexico city / new zealand Alvin Fielder drums, percussion → jackson, ms Dave Dove trombone → houston Bob Hoffnar pedal steel guitar → austin Meteora documents → mexico city AustinThursday, Feb 25 8pm - 12am / $12-$20 sliding scale admission Museum of Human Achievement Lyons Rd. + Springdale Rd. (map + address) Buy tickets First setFrode GjerstadDamon SmithAlvin Fielder Second setAva Mendoza Third setJeph JermanTim Barnes withAlex BruckRamón del BueyMisha Marks Fourth setKo IshikawaSteve JansenMike MajkowskiChris Cogburn AustinFriday, Feb 26 8pm - 12am / $12-$20 sliding scale admission Museum of Human Achievement Lyons Rd. + Springdale Rd. (map + address) Buy tickets First setKo IshikawaDamon SmithSandy Ewen Second setRobin Hayward performing OCCAM XI, by Éliane Radigue Third setAva MendozaMike MajkowskiTim Barnes Fourth set un Trio de Gira con Jeph JermanJeph JermanAlex BruckRamón del BueyChris Cogburn / / / / / / / / / /Pre-Concert Listening Session :: 2pm-4pmMisha Marks presents: Field recordings from the Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca. /more info. AustinSaturday, Feb 27 Afternoon Program 1pm - 4pm / $5-$10 sliding scale admission Bearded Lady // Cloud Tree // Monofonus Press(map + addresses) Buy tickets First set 1pm @ Bearded LadyFrode GjerstadIngebrigt Haker Flaten Second set 2pm @ Cloud TreeRobin Hayward performing Plateau Square Third set 3pm @ Monofonus CompoundTim BarnesJeph JermanKo Ishikawa AustinSaturday, Feb 27 Evening Program 8pm - 12am / $12-$20 sliding scale admission Museum of Human Achievement Lyons Rd. + Springdale Rd. (map + address) Buy tickets First set Robin Hayward EnsembleRobin HaywardAlex BruckSteve ParkerBob Hoffnar Second setKo Ishikawa solo + w/Damon SmithMike Majkowski Third setFrode GjerstadAva MendozaIngebrigt Haker FlatenAlvin Fielder AustinSunday, Feb 28 2pm - 4pm / Free with Museum Admission Blanton Museum of Art 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (map) No Idea artists will participate in the Blanton Museum of Art's Sound Space series organized and curated by Steve Parker. / / Cildo Meireles' Missão/Missões (Mission/Missions) [How to Build Cathedrals]Robin HaywardAlex Bruck / / Richard Long's Summer Circle (1991)Jeph JermanSteve Jansen / / Luis Jiménez's Progress II Damon SmithAva Mendoza / / MezzanineFrode GjerstadRamón del BueyMike Majkowski / / E4Tim BarnesSandy Ewen / / Schweitzer GalleryMisha Marks / / AtriumStuart DempsterChris Cogburn +Stuart DempsterSteve ParkerDave Dove HoustonMonday, Feb 29 8pm - 11pm / $13 Homecore Performance Space 2010 Commerce Street (map) (Unit #B - Driveway off of St. Emanuel Street / Entrance faces Franklin.) Buy tickets First setAlex Bruck performing Xenakis (Embellie) and Lucier (Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas) Second setJeph JermanMike Majkowski Third setFrode GjerstadDave DoveDamon SmithChris Cogburn

The Modern Jazz Quartet, Django (Prestige), Bill Evans, Conversations With Myself (Verve), Lalo Schrifrin and Bob Brookmeyer, Samba Para Dos (Verve), and Milt Jackson and Coleman Hawkins, Bean Bags (Atlantic).

Buddy Rich, Playtime (Argo), and Ray Brown and the All Star Big Band with Cannonball Adderley (Verve)

March 15-20, 2016: Bombino, Noura Mint Seymali, Carl Weathersby, SXSW, Austin March 18-19, 2016: Joey DeFrancesco, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth March 19, 2016: Bombino, Waterloo Records (6 p.m.), Austin March 19, 2016: Guillermo Klein Y Los Guachos, Cullen Theater, Houston March 20, 2016: Vicente Amigo, Irving Arts Center, Irving March 21, 2016: Nick Moss, Antone's, Austin March 23, 2016: Vicente Amigo, Austin ISD Performing Arts Center, Austin March 25, 2016: Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin March 29, 2016: The Necks, North Door, Austin March 30, 2016: The Necks, Match, Houston March 31, 2016: Jonathan Kreisberg Trio, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton April 1, 2016: Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas April 1-3, 2016: Lazy Lester, Antone's, Austin April 2, 2016: Joey DeFrancesco, University of Texas at Dallas April 2, 2016: Abhisek Lahiri and Subrata Bhattacharya (4 p.m.), Allen Public Library April 9, 2016: Terell Stafford, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 9, 2016: Ronu Majumdar, Austin Waldorf School, Austin April 7-10, 2016, Delfeayo Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, Bill Summers, Walter Wolfman Washington, Little Freddie King, Astral Project, Carl LeBlanc, French Quarter Festival, New Orleans April 9-10, 2016: Buddy Guy, Kenny Neal, Walter Wolfman Washington, James Chicken Scratch Johnson, Baton Rouge Blues Festival April 12, 2016: Branford Marsalis, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2016: SF Jazz Collective, One World Theater, Austin April 13, 2016: SF Jazz Collective, Annette Straus Square, Dallas April 14, 2016: SF Jazz Collective, Cactus Hotel, San Angelo April 14, 2016: Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin April 15, 2016: Maceo Parker, Antone's, Austin April 15, 2016: Chick Corea and Bela Fleck, Paramount Theater, Austin April 15, 2016: Pancho Sanchez Latin Jazz Orchestra, Main Street Arts Festival, Fort Worth April 16, 2016, SF Jazz Collective, Cullen Theater, Houston April 16, 2016: Maceo Parker, Main Street Arts Festival, Fort Worth April 17, 2016: Jason Moran, Meet Me at MacGregor, MacGregor Park, Houston April 21, 2016: Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, Bass Hall, Austin April 20-24, 2016: Daby Toure, The Garifuna Collective, Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette April 22, 2016: Geri Allen's Errol Garner Project, Donald Harrison, Jason Marsalis, Christian Scott, Aya Takazawa, Bria Skonberg, Alvin Youngblood Hart, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 23, 2016: Jack DeJohnette Trio with Ravi Coltrane, Henry Butler, Victor Goines, Jarekus Singleton, The Garifuna Collective, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 24, 2016: Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, Henry Butler, Terence Blanchard, Herlin Riley, Little Freddie King, The Garifuna Collective, Leroy Jones, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 28, 2016: Mark Whitfield Family Band, Bernard Allison, Marlon Jordan, Bill Summers, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 29, 2016: Joe Lovano, Nicholas Payton, Irwin Mayfield, Astral Project, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 29, 2016: Arturo O'Farrill Latin Jazz Octet, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 29, 2016: Patrice Rushen, Denton Jazz and Arts Festival April 30, 2016: Buddy Guy, Jamil Sharif, Lil Buck Sinegal, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 1, 2016: Heads of State (Gary Bartz, Larry Willis, Al Foster, George Mraz), Ellis Marsalis, Walter Wolfman Washington, The Mashup, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 7, 2016: Dave Burrell and Andrew Cyrille, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston May 8, 2016: Dave Burrell and Steve Swell, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston May 13, 2016: Alfredo Rodriguez Trio, Carver Center, San Antonio May 14, 2016: Peter Brotzmann, North Door, Austin May 16, 2016: Bebel Gilberto, One World Theater, Austin May 17, 2016: Bebel Gilberto, Tobin Center, San Antonio May 18, 2016: Bebel Gilberto, Kessler Theater, Dallas May 21, 2016: Zac Harmon, Keys Lounge, Fort Worth May 26, 2016: Chris Thomas King, Rock 101, Frisco 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 5, 2016: Eric Gales, Guitar Sanctuary, McKinney June 11, 2016: T.N. Krishna, Dell Fine Arts Theater, Austin June 17, 2016: Joe Krown Trio with Walter Wolfman Washington, Antone's, Austin June 18, 2016: Pravin Godkhindi and Satish Tagbe, University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall, Houston June 25, 2016: Shahid Parvez, Austin July 23, 2016: Tutu Jones, Liberty Hall, Tyler, Texas August 4-7, 2016: Satchmo Summerfest, New Orleans October 1, 2016: Niladri Kumar and Zakir Hussain, Austin December 16, 2016: Stanley Clarke, One World Theater, Austin February 18, 2017: Joey Alexander, McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College February 25, 2017: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University, San Antonio

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers/Elmo Hope (Pacific Jazz), Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Reunion with Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz), and Errol Garner (Columbia).

66 degrees Fahrenheit at this moment here in Dallas.

An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve mono)

Don Ellis Orchestra, Electric Bath (Columbia), and Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis, Blue Pyramid (Verve)

On the scene report on current music scene in Mali: http://www.afropop.org/27401/afropop-returns-to-mali/

I attended with modest expectations, but this concert far exceeded them. A successful fusion of jazz and West African music, including three Senegalese musicians (two kora players and a percussionist) performing with five Dallas players--led by S-Ankh Rasa on woodwinds, and including Bernard Wright on keyboards.

Ralph Sutton, Piano Moods (Columbia ten inch). Now I'm caught up on recent ten inch finds.

I thought the piece was good; I enjoyed listening.

Claude Thornhill Encores (Columbia ten inch), Earl Hines and the All Stars (Mercury ten inch of Keynote material), and Basie Roars Again (Verve).

I'm not familiar with her, but she's also in Houston on February 19, at Meca. Olivia Block (Chicago, Illinois) - performing a multi-channel, in the dark, surround version of her composition Aberration of Light

Hubert Laws, Afro Classic (CTI)

Saint Paul United Methodist Church, February 9, 2016, at 7 p.m.: Jazz Kora Ba. S-Ankh Rasa • Morikeba Kouyate • Zal Sissokho • Bernard Wright • Linny Nance • Gino Iglehart • Aly Mbaye • Wes Stephenson

Me too.