kh1958

Fred Kaz, Eastern Exposure (Atlantic mono).

Errol Garner, The Greatest Garner (Atlantic black label), and Dick Katz, Piano and Pen (Atlantic black label)

Zac Harmon at Babb Bros. Pretty good but too loud.

Slide Hampton, Jazz with a Twist (Atlantic mono)

Not nearly enough time, but I might try... Song of the Underground Railroad (Africa Brass) (6:42) Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (Live at the Village Vanguard) (6:39) Equinox (Coltrane's Sound) (8:34) Central Park West (Coltrane's Sound) (4:13) Naima (Giant Steps) (4:24) Afro Blue (Live at Birdland) (4:23) Alabama (Live at Birdland) (5:13) Tunji (Quartet Plays) (6:36) The Last Blues (1965) (10:25) Living Space (Infinity) (10:23) Wise One (Crescent) (9:01)

Seven versions in my iTunes library: Don Patterson, Grant Green, Miles Davis, two by Phil Woods (from Phil and Quill and Musique Du Bois), Tubby Hayes, and Wes Montgomery.

I saw him leading a group once at Sweet Rhythm. It was okay, but I mostly recall being bored.

Sounds good to me; wish I was going to be there.

His Ellington book was garbage. I would never read anything by him after making that mistake. I threw the book in the trash after I was finished.

Tout Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo, Cotonou Club (Strut), and Earl Van Riper with Marcus Belgrave, Detroit's Grand Piano Man (Parkwood).

Yesterday I ordered, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls; Rez Abassi, Intents and Purposes, and Noura Mint Seymali, Tzenni.

Hank Crawford, True Blue (Atlantic)

Zero correct numbers on my two tickets.

Looking forward to this concert... Ustad Nishat Khan – Live in Concert Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:00:00 PM Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013 Admission: ICMC Members: Free General: $30 Student: $20 Ustad Nishat Khan Sitar Gouri Shankar Tabla Ustad Nishat Khan transcends musical barriers with his provocative expression and spellbinding technical mastery. Undeniably the foremost virtuoso of the sitar, he is the torchbearer of seven generations and the 400-year old tradition of India's most renowned musical family. Maestro Khan stands at the threshold of the future of sitar and Indian music with his uniquely invigorating, contemporary approach. The son and disciple of Ustad Imrat Khan, Nishat has been dazzling audiences since the age of seven and his command of the instrument is unparalleled. The explosive passion of his music envelops the mind and the soul in blissful harmony. Maestro Khan's virtuosity has been compared to such luminaries as Jimi Hendrix (Chicago Sun Times) and J.S. Bach (Washington Times) because of the ingenious and deeply personal interpretation of his rich musical heritage. Exemplifying the humanity and universality of music, Maestro Khan has mastered not only the North Indian classical idiom but also realms as diverse as Gregorian chant, Western classical music, abstract jazz, and Flamenco. His sensitive phrasing and remarkable intuition for other musical traditions illustrate the freedom and versatility that has led to collaborations with the world's leading performers and composers such as John McLaughlin, Philip Glass, Paco Pena, Evelyn Glennie, and Django Bates. He has performed at major venues internationally, including Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center in New York , and the Royal Albert Hall in London . In January 2004, the President of Croatia received Maestro Khan in Zagreb , where he performed "Meeting of Angels" with Gregorian chant. Later that year, he was invited to perform alongside Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin and others at the Crossroads Festival in Dallas , Texas . In Summer 2007 he toured across India in a fiery fusion with violinist Vanessa Mae. In 2008 he toured Europe with his pioneering project, "Spirit & Passion" featuring Flamenco guitar great Paco Pena, and in the Fall he will perform a solo concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London . Nishat Khan is dedicated to preserving and teaching his family's musical tradition; he has taught at UCLA and many other prestigious universities, and he routinely conducts master classes internationally. Future projects will continue to showcase his remarkable foresight as a composer and artist, integrating the brilliant complexity of his North Indian heritage with his refreshing and unprecedented innovations on the sitar. Gourisankar, a leading Tabla maestro of the present generation, studied Tabla under the able guidance of his father Pandit Shiv Sankar Karmakar. Since 1979, he has been under the tutelage of the tabla maestro Pandit Sankha Chatterjee. Gourisankar is an "A" Grade artist of All India Radio and Television. His talent and creativity are manifest in classical performances, experimental East-West World Music collaboration and North-South musical interactions. He has performed numerous solos and has accompanied most of India's eminent artists, as well as many famous artists from around the world. In 2008, Gourisankar established the "School of Indian Percussion and Music" (SIPM) in Austin, Texas. Many of his students perform regularly and have benefited greatly from his teaching expertise and dedication.

If you buy LPs, Three Sounds records on Blue Note can be obtained at reasonable prices relative to other Blue Note releases--they seem to be more common than most (popular in their day, I assume) and not so much in demand now.

Yes, the Latino Cultural Center is in or at the edge of Deep Ellum; it's on Live Oak. From one prior concert experience, it has a nice small auditorium that's perfect for concerts; they just don't have very many there.

He is.

Stravinsky in McKinney this evening was a pretty mixed bag...other than the dancer, I don't know that anybody on the stage was under 30. Bad news - narrator was highly student-level, the "soldier" was played by a poor young man who really seemed to have no understanding of why any of this was happening around him, much less what role he should have in it (or even that he did have a role in it), and the dancer, though fluid, was not particularly expressive, at least not that I could feel. Good news - the young woman who played Satan was for sure the real deal, and the orchestra played like they were young and hungry and nowhere near ceiling-ed out yet. $16/ticket, could have gotten them for &12 if I had played the Senior Discount card. Perhaps too ambitious a programming for the resources at hand, but dammit, hey. I'm interested in seeing what else they bring. And they're crowd-sourcing some funding! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fund-first-season-for-young-classical-orchestra McKinney is, I suppose, actually closer to Plano than the Dallas Arts District.

This morning, Arnett Cobb, Party Time (Prestige).

Wow awesome to hear the CL for free! I really enjoy their recordings of Villa-Lobos and Ginastera. And in a pretty nice venue actually, five minutes from my office.

There should be a Booker Ervin Festival in Denison.

What next, the McKinney Albert Ayler Festival? Next Friday, and free I believe. Cuarteto Latinoamericano 2/13/2015 Latino Cultural Center Cuarteto Latinoamericano was founded in 1982 in Mexico and won the Latin Grammy Awards in 2012 for their album Brasileiro, Works of Francisco Mignone. They represent a unique voice in today’s international scene, promoting Latin American music creation throughout all continents. Cuarteto Latinoamericano are three brothers, violinists Saul and Arón and cellist Alvaro Bitrán, as well as Javier Montiel, violinist. The group was considered by the Times of London as “possessing an instinct that definitely places them in the first division of string quartets,” and by the Houston Chronicle as “one of the best quartets we have heard in years.” This performance is made possible through a partnership between the Latino Cultural Center and the Consulate General of Mexico’s Office in Dallas.

February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio February 24, 2015: Rudresh Mahanthappa, UNT Jazz Lecture Series February 25, 2015: Rebirth Brass Band, Gas Monkey, Dallas February 28, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Moore's Opera House, University of Houston March 6, 2015: John Pizzarelli, Allen Theater, Texas Tech, Lubbock March 6-7, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio with Michael Sarin, Cezanne, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Xuefei Yang, Alexander Clark Center, UTD, Dallas March 8, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Elephant Room, Austin March 12, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas March 13, 2015: Cedric Burnside, Brass Monkey, Shreveport March 13-17, 2015: Benny Turner, Peggy Stern, Cettina Donato, Marcelo Fruet (Brazil), Mekaal Hasan (Pakistan), 숨[suːm] (Korea), SXSW, Austin March 20-21, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth March 21, 2015: Cyrus Chestnut, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas March 27, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Dallas March 28, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston March 29, 2015: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio April 4, 2015: Ustad Nishat Khan (sitar), Gouri Shankar (tabla), Allen Public Library April 11, 2015: Lazy Lester, James "Chicken Scratch" Johnson, Baton Rouge Blues Festival April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 11, 2015: Joe Locke, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Paramount Theater, Austin April 14, 2015: Lewis Nash, UNT Jazz Lecture Series April 17, 2015: Butch Miles, Jonsson Performance Hall, UTD, Dallas April 17, 2015: Branford Marsalis, One World Theater, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houston April 21, 2015: Manuel Valera, UNT Jazz Lecture series April 23, 2015: Lagbaja, House of Blues, Dallas April 24, 2015: Randy Brecker, Denton Jazz and Arts Festival April 22-26, 2015: Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Tal National (Niger), Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania), Lagbaja (Nigeria), Kinobe (Uganda), Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 24, 2015: Nicholas Payton, Lagbaja, Larry Garner, Kent Jordan, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2015: Rahul Sharma (santoor), Austin April 25, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas April 25, 2015: Cassandra Wilson, Kenny Garrett, Vieux Farka Toure, Robert Cray, Ellis Marsalis, Calvin Johnson, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 26, 2015: Henry Butler Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, Victor Goines and Faubourg Quartet Present Charlie Parker with Strings, Irwin Mayfield and New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Little Freddie King Blues Band, Rebirth Brass Band, NOJHF April 28, 2015: Tal National, Sahara Lounge, Austin April 30, 2015: Monty Alexander, NOJHF May 1, 2015: Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Christian Scott, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Charles Lloyd Quartet, Terrance Blanchard, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Allen Public Library May 3, 2015: Niiadri Kumar, Austin May 3, 2015: Buddy Guy, Christian McBride Big Band, Jason Marsalis, NOJHF May 7, 2015: Brotzmann/Drake/ Parker Trio, Houston May 9, 2015: Niladri Kumar, Jones Hall, Houston May 15, 2015: Vijay Iyer, solo and with Brentano String Quartet, Tobin Center, Alvarez Studio, San Antonio May 24, 2015: Randy Weston and Company, Tobin Center, Riverwalk Plaza, San Antonio June 4, 2015: Eric Gales, Guitar Sanctuary, McKinney June 5-6, 2015: Eric Gales, T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview August, 2015: Indradeep Ghosh, Houston Fall, 2015: T.N. Krishnan (violin), Austin

Johnny Griffin and Mathew Gee, Soul Groove (Atlantic mono)

Tonight, to the Allen Public Library to see the premiere screening of a new documentary on Freddy King. It was well done and actually quite moving. Mostly reminiscences from people and family members who knew him. Also, some amazing footage of Freddy King performing on acoustic guitar at the Travis County Jail for a very enthusiastic group of female prisoners (Let the Good Times Roll). A concert followed, featuring members of the Freddy King Blues Band, led by his brother Benny Turner. Quite enjoyable, though with a large void.