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Those are what I have (Red Baron). They sound good, as do the prior LP issues.

Have a merry birthday.

Shelley Manne at the Blackhawk, volume 1 (Contemporary mono)

Last night, getting to Longview for the first day of the T Bone Walker Blues Fesival proved to be more difficult than anticipated, but ultimately I made it just in time to hear a long set by the Lurie Bell Chicago Blues Band with Eddie Clearwater. It's not usual to hear a working Chicago blues band in these parts, and they were good. Best of the lot was harmonica player Russ Green. Worth the drive. Next, the Eric Gales Trio followed. More rock than I normally go for, and I was wishing for his brother, the late Little Jimmy King; but despite a fair amount of absurd posturing, it was a pretty good group.

Arnett Cobb, More Party Time (Prestige mono, blue label)

I'm wondering whether to make the effort to attend this concert, which requires being in downtown Fort Worth on a Thursday at 6:30 p.m.--is Shelley Carrol (Dallas' finest saxophonist) actually going to perform the entirety of A Love Supreme? And what will the Texas Tenor version sound like? Sep. 18: Shelley Carrol Quartet Transcendence: Coltrane’s A Love Supreme Tenor saxophonist, Shelley Carrol, performs the music of John Coltrane, including his masterwork, “A Love Supreme.”

Pre-ordered, Jason Moran, All Rise, John Coltrane, Live at Temple University, and 24 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s, volume 11.

Earlier this year, I saw a version of Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party in San Antonio. Ndgeocello, with whom I'm not familiar, was not present or part of the band, which consisted of Jason Moran on piano and electric keyboards, Taurus Mateen on electric bass, plus drums (not Nasheet Waits, but a very fine drummer nonetheless), trumpet and vocals. The vocalist was a woman from Houston who was a fairly traditional jazz vocalist. The concert was a complete blast; the group swung like mad; the compositions were great, of course. I enjoyed the experience greatly, but wondered if the record would turn out as good as the concert.

Coleman Hawkins Quartet, No Strings (Prestige stereo, Moodsville). Great recorded sound and stunning playing from the Hawk and her group. Frank Wess, Southern Comfort (Prestige, Stereo, silver and black label, Status sticker on cover), fine date arranged by Oliver Nelson (who also performs in the ensemble but does not solo).

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.