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I wish I could be in Houston tonight, as the Afro Horn concert last night was tremendous. Led by Francisco Mora-Catlett (longtime Sun Ra Arkestra drummer and member of M'Boom), with a very strong group, including Sam Newsome on soprano saxophone, and Alex Harding on baritone saxophone.

Earlier tonight, at the Latino Cultural Center in Deep Ellum, Francisco Mora Catlett's Afro Horn. The group is Sam Newsome on soprano saxophone, Alex Harding on baritone saxophone, Aruan Ortiz on piano, Hilliard Greene on bass, Ramon Diaz on percussion, and Francisco-Mora Catlett on drums. That was real good, and I would go see them again in a heartbeat.

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April 23, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Balcony Club, Dallas April 24, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas April 25, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Meca, Houston April 25, 2014: Greg Porter, Joe Louis Walker, NOJHF April 25, 2014: Bob Moses Trio, St. Mary's University, San Antonio April 26, 2014: Branford Marsalis, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 27, 2014: Bombino, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 27, 2014: Tutu Jones, Denton Arts and Jazz Festival May 1, 2014: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Marlon Jordan, Stanton Moore, Bill Summers, Bernard Allison, Mauricio Tizumba, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 2, 2014: Pharaoh Sanders, Nicholas Payton, Walter Wolfman Washington, Mauricio Tizumba, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 3, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Washington Irving Memorial Park, Bixby, Oklahoma May 3, 2014: Ellis Marsalis, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 3-4, 2014: Bombino, Terakaft, Austin Psych Festival May 4, 2014: Terrance Blanchard, Chick Corea, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 8, 2014: Nick Moss, Continental Club, Austin May 9, 2014: Tex Allen, Cezanne, Houston May 9, 2014: Nick Moss, Dosey Doe Music Cafe, Conroe May 10, 2014: PT TEJENDRA MAJUMDAR (SAROD), Northwest Hills Church, Austin May 13, 2014: Nick Moss, Live Oak, Fort Worth May 15, 2014: Nicholas Payton, Fort Worth Public Library May 16, 2014: Jason Moran, Discovery Green, Houston May 17, 2014: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio May 17, 2014: Rebirth Brass Band, Kessler Theater, Oak Cliff May 19, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, Brass House, Austin May 22, 2014: Bill Frisell's Guitar in the Space Age, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton May 23-24, 2014: Bill Frisell, Continental Club, Austin May 26, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Avant Garden, Houston May 27, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin June 3, 2014: Peter Brotzman, William Parker, Hamid Drake, North Door, Austin June 16, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, Brass House, Austin June 17, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Kessler Theater, Dallas June 18, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Vanguard Music Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma June 20-21, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Jazz in June, Norman, Oklahoma June 28, 2014: Smt Kala Ramnath (violin), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin July 11-12, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Clarence Muse Theater, Dallas July 19, 2014: Ud. Shahid Parvez Sitar and Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston August 30, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Bedford Blues Festival August 31, 2014: Robert Cray, Bedford Blues Festival September 6, 2014: Pandit Kumar Bose (tabla) and Pandit Ramesh Misra (Sarangi), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University September 12-13, 2014: Eddie Clearwater, Lurie Bell, Eric Gales, T-Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview September 18, 2014: Shelley Carrol Quartet, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Fort Worth Public Library September 20, 2104: Music Festival of India, Allen Public Library Auditorium September 20, 2014: Eddie Palmieri, Jazz'SALive, San Antonio October 10, 2014: Chick Corea, solo, Cullen Theater, Houston November 7, 2014: Lonnie Smith Trio, McCollough Theater, Austin February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houtson

Earl Hines, Disc 5.

Wes Montgomery, Montgomery-Johnson Quintet (Epic/Resonance 10 inch), and Wes Montgomery, Montgomery-Johnson Quintet Live at the Turf Club (Resonance ten inch).

This turned out to be anything but a last minute substitute concert--these musicians were were all masters--I've never seen a Sarangi before, it's a bowed instrument that produces a sound that resembles a violin. Pandit Ramesh Mishra was astounding on this instrument. At concert's end, it was announced that he had recently returned to music after being hospitalized for two and a half years. Snehashish Mozumder's mandolin playing was on the same high level. As was the tabla player. A wonderful concert. My only disappointment was that the concert schedule for the Indian Classical Music Society of DFW does not currently include any more instrumental concerts for the rest of 2014.

Pandit Ramesh Mishra (sarangi), Snehasish Mozumder (mandolin) and Gourisankar Karmakar (tabla), at the Allen Public Library. That was a fantastic concert.

Freddie Roach, Down to Earth (Blue Note Liberty)

Last night, theTigran Hamasyan Trio, at University of North Texas College of Music Recital Hall, Denton.

I saw him a couple of years ago and he mostly talked. It seemed like he was past the point at which his concerts were enjoyable. He hardly played any guitar. I wouldn't go again.

Thursday night at the University of North Texas College of Music Recital Hall at 8:30, the Tigran Hamisyan Trio performs. http://www.tigranhamasyan.com

April 15, 2014: Tigran Hamasyan, The Belmont, Austin April 15, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Paramount Theater, Austin April 16, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Granada Theater, Dallas April 17, 2014: Tigran Hamasyan Trio, University of North Texas, COM Recital Hall (8:30) April 19, 2014: Pt. Ramnath Mishra, Snehasish Mozumder and Gourisankar Karmakar, Allen Public Library Auditorium April 23, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Balcony Club, Dallas April 24, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas April 25, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Meca, Houston April 25, 2014: Greg Porter, Joe Louis Walker, NOJHF April 26, 2014: Branford Marsalis, NOJHF April 26, 2014: Hannibal Lokumbe/Hannibal Marvin Peterson, St. Mary's University, San Antonio April 27, 2014: Bombino, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 27, 2014: Tutu Jones, Denton Arts and Jazz Festival May 1, 2014: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Marlon Jordan, Stanton Moore, Bill Summers, Bernard Allison, Mauricio Tizumba, NOJHF May 2, 2014: Pharaoh Sanders, Nicholas Payton, Walter Wolfman Washington, Mauricio Tizumba, NOJHF May 3, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Washington Irving Memorial Park, Bixby, Oklahoma May 3, 2014: Ellis Marsalis, NOJHF May 3-4, 2014: Bombino, Terakaft, Austin Psych Festival May 4, 2014: Terrance Blanchard, Chick Corea, NOJHF May 8, 2014: Nick Moss, Continental Club, Austin May 9, 2014: Tex Allen, Cezanne, Houston May 9, 2014: Nick Moss, Dosey Doe Music Cafe, Conroe May 10, 2014: PT TEJENDRA MAJUMDAR (SAROD), Northwest Hills Church, Austin May 13, 2014: Nick Moss, Live Oak, Fort Worth May 15, 2014: Nicholas Payton, Fort Worth Public Library May 16, 2014: Jason Moran, Discovery Green, Houston May 17, 2014: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio May 17, 2014: Rebirth Brass Band, Kessler Theater, Oak Cliff May 19, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, Brass House, Austin May 22, 2014: Bill Frisell's Guitar in the Space Age, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton May 23-24, 2014: Bill Frisell, Continental Club, Austin May 26, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Avant Garden, Houston May 27, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin June 3, 2014: Peter Brotzman, William Parker, Hamid Drake, North Door, Austin June 16, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, Brass House, Austin June 17, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Kessler Theater, Dallas June 18, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Vanguard Music Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma June 20-21, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Jazz in June, Norman, Oklahoma June 28, 2014: Smt Kala Ramnath (violin), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin July 11-12, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Clarence Muse Theater, Dallas July 19, 2014: Ud. Shahid Parvez Sitar and Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston August 30, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Bedford Blues Festival August 31, 2014: Robert Cray, Bedford Blues Festival September 6, 2014: Pandit Kumar Bose (tabla) and Pandit Ramesh Misra (Sarangi), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University September 12-13, 2014: Eddie Clearwater, Lurie Bell, Eric Gales, T-Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview September 18, 2014: Shelley Carrol Quartet, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Fort Worth Public Library September 20, 2104: Music Festival of India, Allen Public Library Auditorium September 20, 2014: Eddie Palmieri, Jazz'SALive, San Antonio October 10, 2014: Chick Corea, solo, Cullen Theater, Houston November 7, 2014: Lonnie Smith Trio, McCollough Theater, Austin February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houson

This morning, Vic Dickenson and Joe Thomas, Mainstream (Atlantic black label), Blue Mitchell, Down With It (Blue Note, Liberty), and Milt Jackson, Plenty Plenty Soul (Atlantic black label)

Earl Hines, disc 4.

A cancellation/change of artists for the April 19 Indian Classical music concert. Due to unforeseen circumstances Ud. Shahid Pervez will not be performing. Sarangi & Mandolin Jugalbandi Saturday, April 19, 2014 7:00:00 PM Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013 Admission: ICMC Members: Free General: $30 Student: $20 Pt. Ramesh Mishra Sarangi Snehashish Mozumder Mandolin Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla Mastering over one of the most difficult string instruments ' Sarangi', Pandit Ramesh Mishra is today acclaimed as an outstanding artist of India. Son of great sarangi maestro Pt. Ramnath Mishra, he started his initial intensive training at very tender age from his father and acquired further knowledge and training from finest musicians of Banaras Gharana Pandit Hanuman Prasad Mishra and late Pandit Gopal Mishra. Later on he went under the tutelage of the legendary maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. Besides a recipient of India's most prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2008 for his outstanding contribution in the field of music (sarangi), Pt. Ramesh Mishra also received of Sangeet Natak Award of Uttar Pradesh 1992, honored with Geetanjali, Uttam, Dishari Award, Jhadhu Bhatta award from West Bengal in 2007 and various other awards from different musical organizations. Both as soloist and accompanist, Pandit Ramesh Mishra traveled all over the world accompanying internationally reputed artists. In addition he has produced numerous recordings including his own solo records and earned a niche in the hearts of millions of music lovers. He is an asset to the music world and his mesmerizing melodies produced by his sarangi can be heard in many music productions including Ravi Shankar's 'live in Kremlin' and the Grammy nominated album 'Legacy' produced by the legendary Ali Akbar Khan. He was also a participating artist in the production of the "Concert for George" at Royal Albert Hall in London, November 2002. Pandit Mishra is one of the recording artist in Aero Smith's much acclaimed album " Nine Lives ". Snehasish Mozumder is among those few established musicians in India who has mastered the art of playing Mandolin, and has blended it perfectly into the style of Hindustani Indian Classical Music. He started his initial training at the age of four with Tabla and then Mandolin under the guidance of his grandfather late Sri Bibhuty Ranjan Mozumder and then he took training under his father Sri Himanshu Mozumder and his uncle late Sri Ranjan Mozumder. Gradually he switched over to his cousin Tejendra Narayan Majumdar who is a well-known sarod player. He continued his study under late Acharya Ajoy Sinha Roy who was a beloved disciple of Baba Allauddin Khan Saheb, the founder of Maihar Gharana and he takes lesson of laykari under the guidance of Pandit Anil Palit who is a senior most disciple of Pandit Kishan Maharaj. Finally he came under the tutelage of Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. Snehasish, has performed many major festivals in India like Sankat Mochan Utsav of Varanasi, Swami Haridas Sangeet Sanmelan of Mumbai,Indian Habitat Centre of Delhi, Bhowanipur Sangeeet Sanmelan, GolPark Ramkrishna Mission of Kolkata and Saltlake Music Conference of Kolkata etc, and also he has toured Europe, UK and USA and made a very good name amongst the music lovers. He is the recipient of Surmani and Jadubhatta Awards. Gourisankar Karmar, the grandson of famed dhrupadiya (vocalist) Jotindra Mohan Karmakar, began studying and playing tabla at the young age of three years old under the guidance of his father, Mr. Shib Shankar Karmakar - a noted disciple of the tabla maestro, the late Ustad Keramatulla Khan. In conjunction with his studies, Gourisankar pursued the art and technique of tabla seriously and soon developed superb control over the instrument. Since 1979, he has been under the tutelage of the Tabla Maestro Sankha Chatterjee. Gourisankar is an "A" grade Artist with All India Radio and Doordarshan/ Televison. He has been touring extensively internationally for the past 20 years and has a unique combination of playing styles reflecting the Farukhabad and Punjab Gharanas. He has conducted several concert tours in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. He has accompanied eminent artists such as Pt V.G. Jog, Pt A.T. Kannan, Pt Muneswar Dayal, Pt. Manilal Nag, Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee, Ud. Shahid Parvez, Ud. Shujat Khan, Pt. Kushal Das and Indrajit Banerjee. In addition to his yearly tours, he has made great progress in promoting Tabla/Indian Classical Music through teaching and has many students worldwide.

Earl Hines, disc 3.

Philly Joe Jones, Philly Joe's Beat (Atlantic stereo, blue and green label)

This can now be pre-ordered in CD or LP form on the Resonance Records website.

I've had a Rega P3 for five years and love it.

Yes, the Auditorium at the Allen Public Library.

I'm looking forward to hearing sitarist Shahid Parvez on April 19 (from his website): "Ustadji's music is novel and evolving, but his influences are numerous and easily recognizable to a knowing ear. The fine balance of traditionalism and innovation of an Ustad Vilayat Khan, the palatial structure and spiritual depth of an Ustad Amir Khan, and the dazzling brilliance and musical imperatives of an Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan are all marvelously present in Ustadji's performances. Ustadji also remains open to good music wherever he hears it. Ustadji has now entered the peak of his formidable musical powers. He maintains a rigorous worldwide tour schedule and leaves audiences in awe after each performance. One can safely speculate that Ustadji's forefathers are extremely gratified that their tradition, developed over so many generations of hard-working musicians, is now not only heard but also learned by dozens of students around the world. Professional Biography Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan is privileged with both belonging to an illustrious musical family, and for achieving success in not only preserving the tradition but in pushing its boundaries to even greater heights of aesthetic beauty. He is one of the most brilliant musical gems of the famous Etawah Gharana and belongs to the seventh generation of this musical lineage. His family has produced the most revered and influential figures in Hindusthani Classical Music including the likes of Sahabdad Khansahab, Imdad Khansahab, Enayet Khansahab, Waheed Khansahab and Vilayat Khansahab. A very young Shahid Parvez was initiated into the rich music of the Gharana by his illustrious father and Guru Ustad Aziz Khan, a famous musician and a noted composer and the son of the legendary Sitar and Surbahar virtuoso Ustad Waheed Khansahab. As is the custom, Ustad Aziz Khan first initiated his son into vocal music and tabla, before training him on the Sitar over many years with all the intensity and rigor that had made this Gharana famous. The young Shahid Parvez was recognized as a child prodigy and had started performing in public by the time he was only eight years of age. Dogged perseverance and hard work over the years have been rewarded with an extra-ordinary technical prowess and a mastery over 'Layakari'. One of the numerous achievements of Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan is to have mastered both Vocal Music and the 'Tantrakari Baaj' and then fuse them in such a way as to bring this complex amalgam within the easy reach of all. Few instrumentalists have enjoyed so much of love and admiration as Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan has, from the music loving fraternity worldwide. He is a Top Grade artist of A.I.R. and a recipient of numerous national and international awards including the 'Sur Shringaar', the 'Kumar Gandharva Samman', the "M.L. Koser Award', etc. He is also a recipient of the prestigious "Sangeet Natak Academy Award" of 2006. He has performed in all major musical festivals in India and abroad including the Festival of India held in the US, Europe, USSR, Canada, Middle East, Africa and Australia, enthralling the audience everywhere. With numerous LP records, audio and video cassettes, CDs and DVDs, numerous awards and accolades, and a distinguished performance career in India and around the world, he is widely recognized as one of the greatest sitar-players of the world. For Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, the Sitar and Self are identical entities, and music is not just a discipline but life itself – vibrating and pulsating and full of colour. The power of his music is most immediately encountered in the highly charged sound quality he conjures from his Sitar and the sparkling intelligence that is the hallmark of his improvisatory music. By sheer precision and an astute artistic sense he has made for himself a place in the limitless, infinite universe of Indian Classical Music. As the Rajasthan Patrika once said –"After listening to Ustad Shahid Parvez, the future of Sitar is still bright after Pandit Ravi Shankarji."

Yes, super session. Glad there's another fan , do you know the other Silkheart "and the Solomonic Quintet" by any chance? I'd be interested to know how it compares Been seeking that one too. The quartet is great. Just spent a couple of hours interviewing Abdullah the other day - cool guy, of course! I have both of those, to my tastes the one I prefer is the Solomonic Quartet release, it is excellent.

Maybe he's talking about the cover photo, although if so, I might change drum to cymbal. Although otherwise, you gotta love any tangible period (probably?) documentation of Max Roach...bothering somebody. Yes, I think so, it's an old pressing--Clifford sounds like he's with you in the room on these early EmArcy LPs. Thanks to Max's too muchness, I don't think they played the record very much, it sounds great now! To end the day's listening, Clifford Brown and Max Roach (EmArcy). No written commentary on this one.

Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (Emarcy). A prior owner wrote, "Too much drum" on the back cover. I beg to differ.