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J.D. Allen sounds very nice (as does everyone) on Orrin Evans, Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions). with Sean Jones, Luques Curtis, and Bill Stewart.

Brother Jack McDuff, Walk on By (Prestige, blue label mono), and Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble, The African Beat (Blue Note, NY USA mono).

Stanley Turrentine, The Spolier (Blue Note Liberty)

Eric Kloss, Love and All That Jazz (Prestige mono), and Brother Jack MdDuff, Silk and Soul (Prestige mono)

It reads exactly like the twitter account, "Jazz is the Worst."

Bennie Green, Soul Stirrin" (Blue Note W. 63rd)--A battered copy sounding better than it looks.

It's a very good album. And the reviewer agrees: "Eric Wyatt is a terrific, powerful saxophonist who deserves much more attention than he’s gotten to date."

I believe Bitches Brew was released shortly before Columbia switched to a flimsier vinyl. Recently I was fortunate to find a two-eye pressing in unplayed condition, and it sounds astounding. That's the one I would recommend.

For a time in the 1980s, he regularly appeared at the drummer at the Caravan of Dreams, whenever they would bring in a name horn player--most frequently paired with with Larry Willis (or John Hicks) and Walter Booker. So I saw him a number of times, a wonderful drummer.

Rusty Bryant Returns (Prestige)

That's very interesting. I was astounded to see that the on April 30, 1973, there was a performance of the second sacred concert at Lovers Lane Methodist Church here in Dallas. And June 2-4, 1972, appearing at the Loser's Club in Dallas.

Modern Moods, Moodsville volume 2 (Prestige)

Sara Vaughn with Clifford Brown, etc. (EmArcy)

August 15, 2014: Tim Hagans, Cezanne, Houston August 16, 2014: Janiva Magness, Blues on the Hill, Harlingen August 20, 2014: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth August 27, 2014: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth August 28, 2014: Lila Downs, House of Blues, Houston August 28, 2014: Terry Bozzio, Dosey Doe Music Cafe, Conroe August 29, 2014: Terry Bozzio, McDavid Studio, Fort Worth August 30, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Bedford Blues Festival August 30, 2014: Lila Downs, House of Blues, Dallas August 31, 2014: Lila Downs, Majestic Theater, San Antonio August 31, 2014: Robert Cray, Bedford Blues Festival August 31, 2014: Terry Bozzio, One World Theater, Austin 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 May 15, 2015: Vijay Iyer, solo and with Brentano String Quartet, Tobin Center, San Antonio May 23, 2015: Edmar Castaneda, Sandeep Das, Kayhan Kalhor, Tobin Center, San Antonio May 24, 2015: Randy Weston and Company, Tobin Center, San Antonio

There's also a photo of Ornette, here-- https://twitter.com/denardocoleman/status/490735240600489984/photo/1

Ruth Ben-Zvi, Israeli Percussion (Prestige International)

I'm very envious!

All the Cats Join In, A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia six eyes)

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messenger Play Lerner and Lowe (VIK mono)

Tutu Jones at Babb Bros. First blues show of the year, and a very good one.

Lamenting the lack of blues clubs in Dallas for world class resident artists like Lucky Peterson and Tutu Jones to perform in regularly... http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/music/headlines/20140711-dallas-once-vibrant-blues-scene-is-fading.ece

Jaki Byard, Solo Piano (Prestige, blue label)

Classic rock ended when I lost interest, which was about 1973.

Too sad. I recollect seeing him live on four occasions--in a quartet led by Joe Henderson (with Al Foster), with Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny and Denardo Coleman, in a duet with Paul Bley, and playing Latin boleros with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Joe Lovano. The same beautiful sound in four very different settings.

I've noticed some Ellington on this label that tempts me, but I have the same qualms.