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The two I listened to this morning, Coleman Hawkins Quartet Plays the Music of No Strings (Moodsville) (Tommy Flanagan, Major Holley, Eddie Locke), and the Oliver Nelson arranged, Frank Wess, Southern Comfort.

Across the bridge to nowhere, except it led to Babb Bros., an unlikely music venue where Tutu Jones performed tonight, and he was really feeling it by the third set, ending with a very intense pair of instrumentals that nobody, including him, wanted to end.

September 17, 2014: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth September 18, 2014: Shelley Carrol Quartet, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Fort Worth Public Library September 18, 2014: Lazy Lester, Gas Monkey Bar 'N Grill, Dallas September 19, 2014: Youssou N'Dour, Winspear Opera House, Dallas September 19, 2014: Jovino Santos Neto, Cezanne, Houston September 20, 2014: Music Festival of India (Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya Slide Guitar Arshad Ali Khan Vocals Sarwar Hussain Sarangi Subhashish BhattacharyaTabla Prashant Pandav Tabla), Allen Public Library Auditorium September 20, 2014: Eddie Palmieri, Jazz'SALive, San Antonio September 20, 2014: Tutu Jones, Oak Cliff Jazz Fest September 21, 2014: Nicholas Payton, Jazz SALive, San Antonio September 21, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Denton Blues Festival September 24, 2014: Eldar Djangirov Trio, The Campus Theater, Denton September 30, 2014: The Bad Plus, Aztec Theater, San Antonio October 2, 2014: The Bad Plus, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas October 3, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas October 3, 2014: Buika, Teatro Principal del Centro Cultural, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, October 4, 2014: The Bad Plus, Starr Theater, Fayetteville, Arkansas October 10, 2014: Vic Juris, Jerry Bergonzi and Adam Nussbaum, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton October 10, 2014: Chick Corea, solo, Cullen Theater, Houston October 11, 2014: Shakir Khan (sitar), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin October 11, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, her house, Austin November 6, 2014: Tinariwen, Granada Theater, Dallas November 7, 2014: Tinariwen, The Studio @ Warehouse Live, Houston November 7, 2014: Lonnie Smith Trio, McCollough Theater, Austin November 9, 2014: Tinariwen, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin November 15, 2014: Arnab Chakrabarty (sarod), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin November 22, 2014: The Core Trio featuring Matthew Shipp, Ovations, Houston November 23, 2014: Matthew Shipp Presents Cube Flow, Houston Composers Salon December 3, 2014: Shelley Carrol, Sammons Center, Dallas December 7, 2014: Wynton Marsalis, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas December 10, 2014: Wynton Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio December 11, 2014: Wynton Marsalis, Meyerson Symphony Hall, Dallas January 17, 2015: Vijay Iyer, Carver Center, San Antonio February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, The Rauschenberg Project, Cullen Theater, Houston February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 20-21, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth April 4, 2015: Rokia Traore, Carver Center, San Antonio April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Dell Hall, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houston April 24-May 3, 2015: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 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

Freddie Redd, Music From the Connection (Blue Note, mono, NY USA)

Eric Kloss' two best albums, In the Land of the Giants and Life Force.

For solo piano, there's Red Garland, Red Alone (Moodsville), and Jaki Byard, Solo.

Yes, this was the first time I had been there since last October, so I had to take advantage. I also visited the Jazz Record Center and two Academy Records stores. The proximity of jazz clubs in Greenwich Village is amazing--the Village Vanguard, Smalls, Fat Cat, 55 Bar, Why Not (a fairly new club), Mezzrow (a brand new piano/bass club), Zinc Bar, Cornelia Street Cafe, the Blue Note--nine alternatives where you can walk from any one to the other in five minutes or less. I did notice an ominous development--construction cranes engaged in erecting what appeared to be luxury apartments in Greenwich Village. One sizable construction project was across the street and down one block from the Village Vanguard.

Tonight at the Kitano Hotel jazz club in New York: Wed. September 3 -Monday Michiru Duo-(Monday Michiru - Vocals, Misha Tsiganov - Piano)

Saturday night, first a set from vocalist Thana Alexa at the 55 Bar. I had no expectations, but she was pretty good. Next, to Smalls for the David Schnitter Quartet, and then the Kenny Rampton Octet (featuring Brian Charette on organ, Sherman Irby on alto sax, Donny McCaslin on tenor sax, and Bill Sims on guitar/vocals). Both groups were excellent. David Schnitter (now 66) sounds his best. The Kenny Rampton group was mostly organ soul jazz (Rampton played trumpet for Jimmy McGriff for ten years) with a divergence into blues (featuring Bill Sims). Sunday, an afternoon set with Zach Brock at the Blue Note (the music was okay, but the service at the Blue Note was miserable and surly). In the early evening, a couple of sets by the Junior Mance Trio at Cafe Loup. The setting here was incredibly annoying; a constant stream of waiters to and fro in front of the band and a very loud crowd, almost none of whom seemed to be there for Junior Mance (now 85); still I very much enjoyed, among other songs, the group's versions of Idle Moments and Sunset and the Mockingbird. Next, to Why Not, for a guitar duo set by Bern Nix and Christian Amigo. It was great to see Bern Nix again. Monday, back to Smalls. First, guitarist Rotem Sivan. First set was fine, but bored with second. Then, the Ari Hoenig Time Quintet (Tivon Pennicott on tenor sax, Shae Maestro on piano, Orlando LaFleming on bass, and Gilad Hekselman on guitar) followed. Their two sets were the highlight of my visit--amazing super-intense music, a true group with fabulous soloists in all cases, and challenging compositions. This group is a joy.

Roland Kirk, I Talk With Spirits (Complete Limelight/Verve, Mosaic)

I think so, for another hour and 23 minutes.

Gracias.

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Thanks very much!

Next week, a new jazz club affiliated with Smalls is opening in Greenwich Village: Mezzrow Opens 9/3/14 Mezzrow, our new jazz piano room in Greenwich Village, opens on September 3rd with the Legendary Johnny O'Neal Mezzrow is a listening room and lounge located at 163 West 10th Street (at the corner of 7th ave) in the basement space. It's an elegant place with an amazing piano and our goal is to feature the best of New York's piano talent in that space. We've already got an amazing lineup of great pianists scheduled to come in including Cyrus Chestnut & Dezron Douglas, Rossano Sportiello & Harry Allen, David Hazeltine, Richard Wyands, Aaron Parks, Spike Wilner & Peter Bernstein, Bruce Barth & Peter Washington in September alone. In the next few months we got the likes of Ron Carter and Ethan Iverson, Larry Willis with Buster Williams, David Kikoski, Gerald Clayton, Orrin Evans and many, many more. Please check out our new website - www.mezzrow.com -

Good? Love her records. I saw her live once; her voice is very powerful. I enjoyed.

Dave Brubeck, Dave Digs Disney (Columbia six eyes mono), and Lil Hardin Armstrong, Living Chicago Legends (Riverside, black label stereo)

A very happy birthday!

A Buck Clayton Jam Session, The Huckle-buck and Robbin's Nest (Columbia)

I like Twitter; I mostly use it to follow the activities of current musicians that I like.

September 4-6, 2014: IAJRC Convention, Gunter Hotel, San Antonio September 6, 2014: Tutu Jones, Babb Bros., Dallas September 6, 2014: Pandit Kumar Bose (tabla) and Pandit Ramesh Misra (Sarangi), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin September 10, 2014: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz Fort Worth September 11, 2014: Peggy Stern, Elephant Room, Austin September 12-13, 2014: Eddie Clearwater, Lurie Bell, Eric Gales, Kenny Blues Boss Wayne, T-Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview September 13, 2014: Ramesh Misra, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston September 13, 2014: Rebirth Brass Band, Emo's, Austin September 14, 2014: Rebirth Brass Band, Levitt Pavilion, Arlington September 17, 2014: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth September 18, 2014: Shelley Carrol Quartet, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Fort Worth Public Library September 18, 2014: Lazy Lester, Gas Monkey Bar 'N Grill, Dallas September 19, 2014: Youssou N'Dour, Winspear Opera House, Dallas September 19, 2014: Jovino Santos Neto, Cezanne, Houston September 20, 2014: Music Festival of India (Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya Slide Guitar Arshad Ali Khan Vocals Sarwar Hussain Sarangi Subhashish Bhattacharya Tabla Prashant Pandav Tabla), Allen Public Library Auditorium September 20, 2014: Eddie Palmieri, Jazz'SALive, San Antonio September 21, 2014: Nicholas Payton, Jazz SALive, San Antonio September 21, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Denton Blues Festival September 30, 2014: The Bad Plus, Aztec Theater, San Antonio October 3, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas October 10, 2014: Chick Corea, solo, Cullen Theater, Houston November 6, 2014: Tinariwen, Granada Theater, Dallas November 7, 2014: Tinariwen, The Studio @ Warehouse Live, Houston November 7, 2014: Lonnie Smith Trio, McCollough Theater, Austin November 9, 2014: Tinariwen, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin November 22, 2014: The Core Trio featuring Matthew Shipp, Ovations, Houston November 23, 2014: Matthew Shipp Presnts Cube Flow, Houston Composers Salon December 7, 2014: Wynton Marsalis, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas December 10, 2014: Wynton Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio December 11, 2014: Wynton Marsalis, Meyerson Symphony Hall, Dallas January 17, 2015: Vijay Iyer, Carver Center, San Antonio February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, The Rauschenberg Project, Cullen Theater, Houston February 8, 2015: Billy Strayhorn Centennial Concert, Carver Center, San Antonio February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston April 4, 2015: Rokia Traore, Carver Center, San Antonio April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Long Center, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houston April 24-May 3, 2015: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 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

And the album Dimensions.

Mongo Santamaria, Our Man in Havanna (Fantasy red vinyl)

That McCoy Tyner Quintet with John Blake, Gary Bartz, John Lee or Gerald Veasley, and Wilby Fletcher that I was fortunate to see several times was an electrifying group. I also recollect a strong appearance at the Caravan of Dreams in 1986, leading his own group, playing the music from his Gramavision releases in versions superior to the somewhat overproduced albums.

I still need to check out Orrin Evan's leader stuff... he's excellent on Bloom. Yes; in addition to this one, Faith in Action, Flip the Script, Freedom and "… it was Beauty" are all worthy.