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Teranga Beat has a new release upcoming, Dexter Johnson & Le Super Star de Dakar, Live at L'Etoile. Reviewed here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/arts/music/new-releases-by-optimo-anita-wilson-and-dexter-johnson.html?_r=0

Not really, the good rock music was in West Africa.

The Three Sounds with the Oliver Nelson Orchestra, Coldwater Flats (Blue Note Liberty). Autographed by Gene Harris.

Live African music in Dallas is a pretty rare event, but on September 19, Youssou N'Dour will perform at the Winspear Opera House in the Arts District. It's part of a subscription series, so tickets are not yet separately available. I saw him perform once in New York and am really looking forward to this concert.

May 14-24, 2015: At the International Music Festival from Musical Bridges Around the World in San Antonio, Randy Weston and Vijay Iyer will perform. http://musicalbridges.org/index.php/artists-2/music-without-borders-performers

Archie Shepp, Mama Too Tight (Impulse, red and black), and Stanley Turrentine, Always Something There (Blue Note Liberty)

Hal McKusick, Triple Exposure (Prestige, W. 50th)

Shirley Scott, Like Cozy (Prestige Moodsville 19), and King Curtis, Old Gold (Prestige Tru Sound).

June 28, 2014: Smt Kala Ramnath (violin), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin June 28, 2014: Buddy Guy, Okmulgee, Oklahoma July 2, 2014: Shelly Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth July 5, 2014: Tex Allen, Cezanne, Houston July 9, 2014: Shelly Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth July 19, 2014: Ud. Shahid Parvez Sitar and Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston July 21, 2014: Peggy Stern, Brass House, Austin July 24, 2014: Blues Boy Willie, Amarillo Botanical Gardens August 16, 2014: Janiva Magness, Harlingen 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, 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: 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, Sugar Blue, Sue Foley, T-Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview September 13, 2014: Ramesh Mishra, 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 19, 2014: Youssou N'Dour, Winspear Opera House, Dallas 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 October 3, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas October 10, 2014: Chick Corea, solo, Cullen Theater, Houston November 7, 2014: Lonnie Smith Trio, McCollough Theater, Austin 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, 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 2015, Randy Weston, Vijay Iyer, Edward Perez: International Music Festival, Tobin Center, San Antonio

I would go if they were playing in Dallas, but tomorrow night I can't make it to Austin.

I like his newest CD, Threshold. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mikedirubbo2

George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, volume 2 (Blue Note, W. 63rd), and The Compositions of Dizzy Gillespie (Riverside mono).

Tonight, an excellent late set by the Eric Wyatt Quartet.

Lobi Traore, Bwati Kono volume 1 (Kanaga System Krush).

An impressive list on his website: http://www.busterwilliams.com/discography.html

Some musicians I've spoken to over the years who seemed really nice--Charles Moffett Sr., Benny Carter, Jason Moran, Dannie Richmond, Buddy Guy, Zane Massey, Bern Nix, and Charles McPherson.

Introducing Eric Kloss (Prestige, blue label)

I too have picked up that very album (literally), thought about it, and put it back. The Patty Bown, I haven't noticed.

Completed the Mosaic It Club Monk set--a finely pressed LP set, with quiet surfaces, just a great sounding collection of excellent music.

Complete Monk at the It Club (Mosaic)--LP 2.

Thelonious Monk, Complete Live at the It Club (Mosaic, LP 1)

Listening to the Harold Mabern Trio, live right now.

There's a fine audio store just three or four miles from my home, Audio Concepts, which I've patronized for the last 20 years or so. They do still exist. http://www.audioconceptsonline.com/index.php

I heard him live at the Caravan of Dreams in 1989. He had a band of African musicians, except for one keyboard player from Philadelphia--saxophone, guitar, bass guitar, two keyboard players, drums--they were electrifying, one of the best bands I've ever heard--I heard four sets and that wasn't enough. It was better than any of his recordings, including Home. A few years later, he played in Dallas, with a completely different group, and it was just a decent concert.

Gil Evans, America's #1 Arranger (Pacific Jazz mono), and Eddie Lockjaw Davis with Johnny Griffin, The Late Show (Prestige mono).