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My one opportunity to see Stan Getz, Victor Lewis was on drums.

Well, I'm really enjoying Mark Shim tonight, playing with Luis Perdomo.

Orrin Evans sounds good tonight, a quintet with Thomas Marriott on trumpet and Stacy Dillard on soprano saxophone.

February 17, 2014: Peggy Stern, Brass House, Austin February 18, 2014: John Raymond and Tim Green at Scat Jazz, Fort Worth, February 19 at Dan's Silverleaf, Denton, and February 16 at Brass House, Austin. February 19, 2014: Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble with Hamiet Bluiett, The North Door, Austin February 19, 2014: Shelley Carrol at Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 19, 2014: Pat Metheny Unity Group at ACL Live, Austin February 20, 2014: Pat Metheny Unity Group at House of Blues, Houston February 21, 2014: Pat Metheny Unity Group at House of Blues, Dallas February 21, 2014: Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble with Hamiet Bluiett, Meca, Houston February 22, 2014: Charles Lloyd and Gerald Clayton duo at Trinity University in San Antonio February 22, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas February 27, 2014: Tutu Jones at Keys Lounge, Fort Worth March 6, 2014: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio March 7, 2014: Peggy Stern, Casa Karen, Austin March 19, 2014: Kalmon Balogh at Poor David's Pub, Dallas March 23, 2014: Bobby Bradford, Austin March 25, 2014: Bobby Bradford, Houston April 4, 2014: Wayne Shorter, Cullen Theater, Houston April 5, 2014: San Francisco Jazz Collective, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio April 15, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Paramount Theater, Austin April 16, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Granada Theater, Dallas. April 27, 2014: Bombino, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 1, 2014: Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Marlon Jordan, Bernard Allison, NOJHF May 2, 2014: Pharaoh Sanders, Nicholas Payton, Walter Wolfman Washington, NOJHF May 4, 2014: Terrance Blanchard, NOJHF May 15, 2014: Nicholas Payton at Fort Worth Public Library, May 17, 2014: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio May 22, 2013: Bill Frisell's Guitar in the Space Age, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton June 20, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Jazz in June, Norman, Oklahoma July 11-12, 2014: Lucky Peterson at Clarence Muse Theater, Dallas.

I'll going to give that a thought. To compensate partially, I decided to go see Charles Lloyd in a couple of weeks.

I love Billy Harper, I've seen him three times, but I wish it was four. I've never seen Cecil McBee.

It's not very good in my neighborhood, and I wondered how long it would take to get there if I tried (almost 40 miles, mostly on I-635 to I-35) --that drive to Denton can be pretty congested in the evening even in good weather. so I guess I'm not going. Be careful on that bridge over Lake Lewisville.

Snow and 18 degrees F for the day of the Cookers concert--that is bad timing.

Another Houston concert-- Brentano String Quartet with Vijay Iyer, piano Pre-concert conversation with members of the quartet, Vijay Iyer and Sarah Rothenberg at 7pm. Saturday, February 15, 2014; 8:00 PM Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Debussy String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 Vijay Iyer Piano Quintet (world premiere/Da Camera co-commission) Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2

Lonnie Smith was top notch, in outstanding form. The concert was a single set of about an hour and forty five minutes. It was the trio from The Healer, substituting Johnathan Blake on drums for Jamire Williams. Basically, it was a thrilling concert, well worth the trip. The Carver Center is a nice facility, though the surrounding environment was not looking so great. There were a couple of friendly policemen stopping traffic and watching over the parking lot. The auditorium holds about 600; it wasn't full, I would guess there were 300-400 people there. The sound was good. There was a nice reception with free food and drinks beforehand, and Lonnie Smith was meeting people and signing his CDs afterwards. It was first class all the way. The woman who booked the concert spoke beforehand and said she goes to New York once a year to look for artists to bring to the Carver Center, and that she had seen Lonnie Smith at his home base there, Jazz Standard. As long as everybody involved is getting their financial expectations met, that sounds like a reasonably sustainable venture...just hope that that % of occupancy covers upfront expenses (especially venue rental, it's like, ok, I can screw the band just enough to get them out of town, but THESE mfs I gotta live in the same town with It's happened!)...how much were tickets? $35 plus Ticketmaster fees. The Carver Center appears to be an arts institution with various sources of funding (government, business, individual), so I don't think it has to be completely financially viable on its own terms.

The Carver brochure indicated he would be with Bandwagon, so I assume Taurus Mateen and Nasheet Waits.

Lonnie Smith was top notch, in outstanding form. The concert was a single set of about an hour and forty five minutes. It was the trio from The Healer, substituting Johnathan Blake on drums for Jamire Williams. Basically, it was a thrilling concert, well worth the trip. The Carver Center is a nice facility, though the surrounding environment was not looking so great. There were a couple of friendly policemen stopping traffic and watching over the parking lot. The auditorium holds about 600; it wasn't full, I would guess there were 300-400 people there. The sound was good. There was a nice reception with free food and drinks beforehand, and Lonnie Smith was meeting people and signing his CDs afterwards. It was first class all the way. The woman who booked the concert spoke beforehand and said she goes to New York once a year to look for artists to bring to the Carver Center, and that she had seen Lonnie Smith at his home base there, Jazz Standard.

I have tickets to Wayne Shorter and Jason Moran. I'm still thinking about Charles Lloyd (the ticket acquisition mechanic is a bit odd), but its a long drive that I just made for Lonnie Smith.

I've never seen Bobby Bradford, but the dates are not good for me for traveling 200 or more miles..

They are the amazon seller I use most frequently. Service for me has been stellar through numerous orders--items invariably arrive quickly.

February 6, 2014: Billy Harper and the Cookers, Winspear in Denton February 7, 2014: The Cookers, Houston, Cullen Theater February 18, 2014: John Raymond and Tim Green at Scat Jazz, Fort Worth, and February 19 at Dan's Silverleaf, Denton. February 19, 2014: Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble with Hamiet Bluiett, Austin February 19, 2014: Shelley Carrol at Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 21, 2014: Pat Metheny Unity Group at House of Blues, Dallas February 21, 2014: Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble with Hamiet Bluiett, Meca, Houston February 22, 2014: Charles Lloyd and Gerald Clayton duo at Trinity University in San Antonio February 27, 2014: Tutu Jones at Keys Lounge, Fort Worth March 19, 2014: Kalmon Balogh at Poor David's Pub, Dallas March 23, 2014: Bobby Bradford, Austin March 25, 2014: Bobby Bradford, Houston April 4, 2014: Wayne Shorter, Cullen Theater, Houston April 5, 2014: San Francisco Jazz Collective, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio April 16, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Granada Theater, Dallas. May 15, 2014: Nicholas Payton at Fort Worth Public Library, May 17, 2014: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio June 20, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Jazz in June, Norman, Oklahoma July 11-12, 2014: Lucky Peterson at Clarence Muse Theater, Dallas.

John Raymond-Tim Green Texas tour. Texas Tour - February 15-20 w/Tim Green Texas Tour - Feb 15-20 w/Tim Green I'm incredibly excited to be embarking on a short tour of Texas from February 15-20! What's more, is I'm excited to bringing heralded alto saxophonist Tim Green(www.timgreenmusic.com) along with me. We'll be doing a host of masterclasses and performances together, including shows at Cezanne (Houston), Scat Jazz Lounge (Dallas/Fort Worth) and Dan's SIiverleaf (Denton) and masterclasses at HSPVA (Houston), Carroll South Lake HS(Dallas), Texas Christian University (Fort Worth), Denton HS(Denton) and the University of North Texas. If you live in the area, we'd love to see you! Check out my website for more details... Thanks for your support - hope all is well! Johnn) We'll also be doing several masterclasses at area schools including HSPVA in Houston,Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Carroll South Lake HS in Dallas and theUniversity of North Texas in Denton.

Not sure where you are, but The Cookers concert in Denton is this thursday the 6th. Their concert in Houston is Friday.

Billy Harper interview in Houston Chronicle. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/Billy-Harper-boasts-a-big-Texas-sound-5194066.php#/0

Yeah, I got into it and figured I'd have more fun ordering by phone. I was right, and now I have. What I didn't figure on was getting $15 tickets for $10 because I was a "senior" (a.k.a over 55). For a split second after she asked "are you a senior", my response was instinctively gonna be "hell no, I graduated in 1979", but then I realized she was referring to age,. OOPS! But once the door of discount gets opened...I asked if being an alumni could get that $10 down to $5, and of course, no. But that was good for a mutual laugh, as was when she told me that the MPAC would be easy to spot from the interstate, that it looked like an armadillo, and then I asked her shouldn't it be in the middle of the road then? So yeah, if anybody's still looking to get tickets, call the box office instead. (but only between 1-5 PM!). Good, possibly even delightful, people will go about getting you all hooked up. Too late, I have already been overcharged $5 by the cold, cruel website (which cared not a whit of my age).

Friday night, the Lonnie Smith Trio at the Carver Center in San Antonio. That was an awesome concert.

Presumably lifted from this DVD (of dubious origins): http://www.amazon.com/Eric-Dolphy-Charles-Mingus-6tet/dp/B0029XEZEI/ref=sr_1_14?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1391298380&sr=1-14&keywords=Charles+Mingus

1945 Town Hall Concert with Dizzy Gillespie (Uptown) 1947 Carnegie Hall Concert with Dizzy Gillespie (Bebop's Heartbeat) Christmas 1949 Carnegie Hall Concert Inglewood Jam (with Chet Baker and Sonny Criss) Complete Rockland Palace Bird's Eyes Volume 17 (Metronome All Stars) Young Miles, volume 1 (Masters of Jazz) Washington D.C. 1948 (Uptown) Birth of the Bebop (Stash) Live Sessions (Black)

Bigger than 160 GB?! Most computer hard drives weren't that big not so many years ago. How much storage are you looking for? In higher quality encoding, say 320kbps, that will hold in the neighborhood of 1,000 albums. My 160 gb iPod is full, and my iTunes library is significantly larger than 160 gB. Consequently, the new stuff I add does not get added to my iPod any more, forcing me to carry around more CDs. I just listen to the iPod in my car (living in Dallas, one drives alot). I really don't hear much (if any) difference between the sound of a CD and the iPod listening in a car. . Why not just switch albums out every now and then? Surely you don't need to carry around 1,000 with you daily, right? Sure, I do that. I like having a very large portable database of music--the other week I listened to 197 consecutive Charlie Parker recordings, it was great.

Bigger than 160 GB?! Most computer hard drives weren't that big not so many years ago. How much storage are you looking for? In higher quality encoding, say 320kbps, that will hold in the neighborhood of 1,000 albums. My 160 gb iPod is full, and my iTunes library is significantly larger than 160 gB. Consequently, the new stuff I add does not get added to my iPod any more, forcing me to carry around more CDs. I just listen to the iPod in my car (living in Dallas, one drives alot). I really don't hear much (if any) difference between the sound of a CD and the iPod listening in a car. .