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Personally, I like Terrance Blanchard the best of the lot mentioned above, Roy Hargrove second best, but in Hargrove's case the live performances I've heard are better than his recordings (Earfood and Nothing Serious are his best). Josh Evans is a promising youngster (he's on the Tyler Michell and Dezron Douglas Live at Smalls releases--both recordings are quite good). Also, Ambrose Akinmusire.

Yes, you are right, the Maynard Parker album is named for the Greg Allman song, Midnight Rider.

This weekend, Shirley Scott, Happy Talk (Prestige), Maynard Parker, Midnight Rider (Prestige), and Lambert, Hendricks, & Bavan, Havin' A Ball at the Village Gate (RCA) (backed by Gildo Mahones trio with guests Booker Ervin and Thad Jones).

He could move down here to Dallas, have almost no where to play at all, and be trouble free. Meanwhile, another excellent Ari Hoenig group is performing.

New York Times article on Smalls/webcasts/fundraising campaign. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/arts/music/smalls-and-other-clubs-are-webcasting-concerts.html?pagewanted=all

Gee, you're even grumpier than me! Last month I was at an Enrico Rava concert and during the entire performance the asshole next to me kept holding up his cell phone right in front of my face in order to take meaningless pictures that nobody in the history of the world would ever care to see. If somebody had put a bullet in his head right then with a silencer I would have felt only a little bit bad but mostly would have felt that it was necessary for the good of society. You must be really pleasant to sit next to. Actually I am. I don't say a word at the time, I just come on internet forums months later and share my violent fantasies. That seems pretty pleasant, if you ask me. I must confess to having flayed, drawn and quartered many tables of non-attentive loud talkers over the years, but it was only in my mind (I think). The screams would be too loud. That's why you've got to take them out with a silencer. Quick shot to the head, and then a waiter can come along and quietly clean up and also maybe refill your drink at the same time. True, while the punishment may not quite fit the crime, it's an acceptable compromise.

Gee, you're even grumpier than me! Last month I was at an Enrico Rava concert and during the entire performance the asshole next to me kept holding up his cell phone right in front of my face in order to take meaningless pictures that nobody in the history of the world would ever care to see. If somebody had put a bullet in his head right then with a silencer I would have felt only a little bit bad but mostly would have felt that it was necessary for the good of society. You must be really pleasant to sit next to. Actually I am. I don't say a word at the time, I just come on internet forums months later and share my violent fantasies. That seems pretty pleasant, if you ask me. I must confess to having flayed, drawn and quartered many tables of non-attentive loud talkers over the years, but it was only in my mind (I think).

Gee, you're even grumpier than me! Last month I was at an Enrico Rava concert and during the entire performance the asshole next to me kept holding up his cell phone right in front of my face in order to take meaningless pictures that nobody in the history of the world would ever care to see. If somebody had put a bullet in his head right then with a silencer I would have felt only a little bit bad but mostly would have felt that it was necessary for the good of society. You must be really pleasant to sit next to.

Doug Carn, Spirit of the New Land (Black Jazz), Boogaloo Joe Jones, What It Is (Prestige/Fantasy, green label RVG), and Rusty Bryant, Friday Night Funk for Saturday Night Brothers (Prestige/Fantasy, green label RVG).

Richard Groove Holmes, Soul Message (Prestige, blue label)

Listening, and they do sound good.

It was worth the original sale price, but not a premium over that.

Nice trio.

I received a copy ordered from dustygroove and listened to it yesterday with no problems either.

Miles Davis, Miles in the Sky (Columbia, two eyes). This hit the spot for the late evening.

Not sure, but here's an account of his 82nd birthday party. http://www.artsjournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz/2013/03/happy-birthday-83-and-82-ornette-coleman.html

It's What's Happening, The Varitone Sound of Clark Terry (Impulse), and The Blues Piano Artistry of Meade Lux Lewis (Riverside).

Howard Roberts, Antelope Freeway (Impulse).

Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, Ife Onye Metalu (Polygram Nigeria)

Henry Threadgill has the second reed chair on those sides, though he was also in a David Murray Big Band around that time. Malfunction on this end, sorry. Hemphill was on alto the only time I saw the Octet, which was in September of 1984.

Coleman Hawkins, Desafinado (Sparton Impulse)

What about the David Murray Octet? He's on Ming, Home, and Murray's Steps, as I recall.

junior Mance Trio, Big Chief (Jazzland promo)

Another terrific Ari Hoenig group/set.

Freddie Roach, All That's Good (Blue Note NY USA), and Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the LIghthouse (Riverside)