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I haven't heard her leader LP, but she's excellent on a couple of Terry Gibbs small group LPs on Emarcy.

It does to me. They had a reunion CD out in the last few years and it was quite good.

Anyone besides me planning on going to see Charles Lloyd tomorrow?

Tonight, I heard part of a set by the Harold Mabern trio, followed by the Tyler Mitchell Quartet featuring Michael Ray on trumpet.

Same group that will be in Austin on Sunday, correct? For that matter, where is the Austin gig? Is it still on? Yes, it's the same group, but I don't know any details about the Austin gig. So I guess they're playing Austin, coming up to Dallas, and then coming all the way back down to Houston in 3 days! I found this reference on the internet: March 23: Bobby Bradford, Historic Victory Grill

Yes, I know what you mean. Today a 20 CD set (Complete Vogue Recordings) arrived (hey,it was only $28), plus a Paul Gonsalves Impulse LP from an ebay purchase.

Bobby Bradford without having to travel a couple hundred miles, that's great news.

I haven't heard the Ryan Truesdell album, but you've convinced me I might want to. I did hear the Gil Evans group twice at Sweet Basil, though post-humously a couple of years after his death and under the direction of Miles Evans--both times were very pleasing musical experiences--one of those times when the music starts and immediately you know you've found the right place to be.

Tuesday at 5 in Denton probably rules it out for me, assuming I could overcome my fears. Fears of...bad music??? And what is UNT trying to do with a 5:00 start on a Tuesday - limit their audience as much as possible? Yes, I dislike the style of the UNT lab bands (please pardon me any alumni). I'm still bitter my only opportunity to see Gerry Mulligan was with the One O'Clock Lab Band. So if it were Gil Evans charts by the Maria Schneider orchestra, by the Vanguard's Monday night orchestra, by the Mingus Big Band, sure I'm up for it, but the One O'Clock lab band, probably not.

Tuesday at 5 in Denton probably rules it out for me, assuming I could overcome my fears.

$3507 for Cool Struttin'! http://www.ebay.com/itm/371004909643?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

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..