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See prior discussion.

In Dallas jazz concert time, it was approximately 20 years.

And last Friday and Saturday nights at the Winter Jazzfest: 1. David Murray Clarinet Summit (Hamiett Bluiett, Don Byron, Nasheet Waits). 2. David Murray, Geri Allen, Terry Lynne Carrington Trio. 3. Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille), with Vijay Iyer 4. Mark Ribot's Young Philadelphians with Strings (with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Mary Halvorson) 5. Kavita Shah 6. Amina Claudine Myers Trio (Jerome Harris, Reggie Nicholson). 7. The Cookers (Billy Harper, Donald Harrison, Eddie Henderson, George Cables, Cecil McBee, David Weiss, Victor Lewis). 8. Rudresh Mahanthappa Charlie Parker Project. 9. Henry, Hampton and Low. Some standing in the cold was required, but for a rich musical banquet.

Saturday, once again at the Minetta Lane Theater, the first set was by Kavita Shah, a vocalist who released her first album on Inner Circle last year. I like the record, and similarly enjoyed her jazz/world music fusion set and group (Shai Maestro on piano and Petros Klampanis on bass). This was followed by the Amina Claudine Myers Trio, with Jerome Harris on guitar and bassn and Reggie Nicholson on drums. This was one of my favorite sets of the festival; she played organ only and vocals. Next came the Cookers, who were predictably of high quality, particularly Billy Harper on tenor and Cecil McBee on bass (I had never seen Cecil McBee live before). After that, Rudresh Mahanthappa's Charlie Parker Project (a pretty loose inspiration, as this was not the usual Charlie Parker tribute). Except for the drummer, his group was all new to me--this again was an outstanding set and group--a favorite from the festival. Finally, Henry, Hampton & Low (Levon Henry, Alan Hampton & Meshell Ndegeocello), more in the vein of a pop/jazz fusion group, which I liked a lot more than I expected I would, after waiting through the most difficult set-up I witnessed at the festival. After that, Nicholas Payton wasn't appealing to me, so I called it a (freezing) night. Overall, it was really fun to hear no less than nine groups that I liked over the course of two nights and in a nice venue from the front row. I hope I can make it back again next year.

Last night, Diego Figuieredo (Brazilian guitarist) at Mezzrow, and Jean Michel Pilc (solo piano) at Somethin' Jazz on 52nd Street.

Joe's Pizza is great; I ate there Saturday (a very cold day). That sounds terrific--I was just too tired Friday to stay up too late (got up at 5 a.m. and flew from Dallas to NYC on Friday).

January 24, 2015: Triosence, Trinity Jazz Festival, Houston February 3, 2015: Eddie Gomez, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, The Rauschenberg Project, Cullen Theater, Houston February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio February 25, 2015: Rebirth Brass Band, Gas Monkey, Dallas March 6, 2015: John Pizzarelli, Allen Theater, Texas Tech, Lubbock March 6-7, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Cezanne, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Xuefei Yang, Alexander Clark Center, UTD, 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: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 11, 2015: Joe Locke, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Dell Hall, Austin 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 22-26, 2015: Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 25, 2014: Rahul Sharma (santoor), Austin April 25, 2015: Cassandra Wilson, Kenny Garrett, Vieux Farka Toure, Robert Cray, Ellis Marsalis, 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, NOJHF April 30, 2015: Monty Alexander, NOJHF May 1, 2015: Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 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 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 5-6, 2015: T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview

We heard a lot of the same stuff the first night--I enjoyed both David Murray sets (the trio with Geri Allen and Terry Lynne Carrrington especially); Trio 3 was really good; and the Mark Ribot set was fun as well (Jamaaladeen Tacuma I had not seen him since the mid-1980s, he sounded great), though my ears were blasted by the end of their set, so I didn't stay for the Lurie set. I liked what I heard of Mary Halvorson in the Mark Ribot set but there wasn't enough of it.

Because only a small part of their brains still function.

Alice Coltrane, Lord of Lords (Impulse), and Joe Harriott--John Mayer Double Quintet, Indo-Jazz Fusions (Atlantic).

You should, she's good (Crash Trio and/or Second Cycle).

You are a couple of hours from New Orleans? It's worth it to travel to hear music.

Art Blakey, A Night at Birdland, volume 2 (W. 63rd/NY USA). Another battered copy; vivid sound but with lots of surface noise.

Dewey Redman, The Ear of the Behearer (Impulse)

I'm nervous about having to cancel this trip at the last minute (too much going on in my job), but my tentative schedule is similar to yours. 1/09 6:15: ? 7:30: David Murray Clarinet Summit 8:45: David Murray/Geri Allen/Terri Lyne Carrington 10:00: Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille) 11:15: Mark Ribot and the Young Philadelphians (excited at prospect of hearing Jamaladeen Tacuma live again after many years) 12:15: Uri Caine/Han Bennick 1:30: Aaron Parks Little Big 1/10 6:15: Kavita Shah 7:30: Amina Claudine Myers 8:45: The Cookers 10:00: Rudresh Mahanthappa 11:30: Mino Cinelu World Jazz Ensemble 12:45: Nasheet Waits Equality Quartet 1/11: I haven't decided between Jean Michel Pilc (Somethin' Jazz Club), Stefan Harris (Jazz Standard), Kenny Werner (the Stone), or Kurt Rosenwinkel (Village Vanguard).

Kenny Barron-Jimmy Owens Quintet, You Had Better Listen (Atlantic mono), and Gato Barbieri, Chapter 3: Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse promo).

I recall once that I was seated in the front row, right next to Howard Johnson, who was playing tuba with Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, and seeing that he was packing up at the end of the night right by me, I made the mistake of making some praising comment about how greatly I had enjoyed his playing on tuba that night, to which he replied something to the effect--what do you know you idiot, you haven't heard anybody.

I'm mailing a contribution this morning.

January 7, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth January 14, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth January 16, 2014: Mike Stern and Eric Johnson, Dosey Doe, Houston January 17, 2015: Vijay Iyer, Carver Center, San Antonio January 17, 2014: Mike Stern and Eric Johnson, Granada Theater, Dallas January 17, 2015: Peter Evans/Sam Pluta, 14 Pews, Houston January 21, 2015: Thomas Strønen and Iain Ballamy, North Door, Austin January 21, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth January 24, 2015: Triosence, Trinity Jazz Festival, Houston February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, The Rauschenberg Project, Cullen Theater, Houston February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio February 25, 2015: Rebirth Brass Band, Gas Monkey, Dallas March 6, 2015: John Pizzarelli, Allen Theater, Texas Tech, Lubbock March 6-7, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Cezanne, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Xuefei Yang, Alexander Clark Center, UTD, Dallas 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: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 11, 2015: Joe Locke, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Dell Hall, Austin 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 22-26, 2015: Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 24-May 3, 2015: Charles Lloyd Quartet (May 2), New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 2, 2015: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Allen Public Library 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 5-6, 2015: T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview

Hank Crawford, The Soul Clinic (Atlantic), and The Two Sides of Benji Aronoff (Prestige).

I don't have the George Adams box set but I do have the recordings in CD and/or LP form. There are three Pullen/Adams/Richmond/Brown recordings--one studio and two live. The other two albums are a different group (and a very fine group it is), with Adams paired with Jimmy Knepper in the front line, Hugh Lawson on piano, Mike Richmond on bass, and Dannie Richmond. I do have the Don Pullen box set, which has a diverse set of seven LPs. There are two solo piano outings, a duo recording with Don Moye,, a trio with Joseph Jarman and Don Moye, two different quartet recordings (Bobby Battle on both, with Sam Rivers and Alex Blake on one, and Chico Freeman and Fred Hopkins on another), and finally a quintet with Bobby Battle and Fred Hopkins again, plus Donald Harrison and Olu Dara.

Ray Bryant, Lonesome Traveler (Cadet)

I received three of these sets for Christmas (Oliver Lake, Paul Bley and Art Farmer), and I'm happy about it!

Gato Barbieri, Chapter One: Latin America (Impulse)

McCoy Tyner, Tender Moments (Blue Note/Liberty)