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Art Blakey, Backgammon (Roulette promo), and Odell Brown and the Organ-izers, Mellow Yellow (Cadet), which is a wonderful LP.

Cannonball and Coltrane (Limelight)

Catching the last part of the first set of the Tivon Pennicott Quartet, that was pretty hot.

Kenny Burrell, Midnight Blue (Blue Note, solid blue label with white note), and Lee Konitz, Very Cool (Verve trumpet label).

Right now, the Don Friedman Trio.

Lee Konitz, Tranquility (Verve). Such an excellent group on this one (Billy Bauer, Henry Grimes and Dave Bailey).

The ones I like are, Augmented Variations, Circle of Time, Salutes Bessie Smith, Women in E(Motion), and Duets (with Muhal Richard Abrams).

Jean Michel Pilc, Boris Koslov, and Billy Hart tonight. ,

I've only gotten to see her live once; she was on organ, backing up Henry Threadgill.

I"ve seen him four times over the years, the first time at a small folk music club in Austin (but which had a very nice piano as I recall) in 1983, at which time I became a fan, then at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth, and at Snug Harbor in New Orleans. The fourth time was at another folk club in Dallas, Poor David's Pub, which didn't have a piano, so he played electric keyboards.

F. I completely disagree with the notion of ranking jazz musicians... nonetheless this is a scandal and Ω was robbed. (Omega has way more cred than Z.) ... q. Thread locked by moderators.

There should be a template/form for awards threads. A. X won _____ award. Well deserved. B. Yes I agree wholeheartedly. C. X sucks. The award should have gone to the great Z. A. Z sucks. D. Both X and Z suck. E. I adore X and Z.

Okay, but both labels say 12:51. Pulling out my LP copy, the back cover does say 18 minutes; however, given that the other track on the side is 8 minutes, it's pretty easy to tell from looking at the LP that 12 minutes is correct.

Both links are to LP pressings that say 12:51 seconds.

Oeps! Never seen this album before and I have a few of his albums. It took me until 1996 to find a copy - in a used record shop in somewhat rural NJ, south of Newark. Hard to find. Good luck. MG I have one too.

Milt Jackson, Invitation (Riverside), Kenny Drew Trio, Jazz Impressions of Pal Joey (Riverside), and The Compositions of Tadd Dameron (Riverside).

Zoot Sims, Zoot (Riverside)

Denton, Texas on Sunday at the Denton Blues Festival.

Tonight, Rodney Green group, with Jimmy Greene and Kevin Hays.

Wes Montgomery's version of A Day in the Life is pretty great, despite the strings.

I recall Al Kooper used to post on the AOL jazz board that he was working on a Mike Bloomfield box set, which of course has never come out.

October 18, 2013: In San Antonio at Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center: Iraida Noriega November 1, 2013: in Austin at Frank: Tigran Hamasyan January 31, 2014 in San Antonio at Jo Long Theater: Lonnie Smith February 4, 2014 in San Antonio at Jo Long Theater: Lionel Loueke

And Melissa Aldana wins, Tivon Pennicott second.

I previously noticed that a couple of favorite Smalls regulars/semi-regulars--Melissa Aldana and Tivon Penicott--were among the semifinalists in the 2013 Thelonious Monk saxophone competition. Not surprisingly, last night both of them advanced to the finals (there are three finalists). Congratulations to both.

So I want to go to Paris to buy African music CDs. That's normal, isn't it?