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That was pretty outside for Smalls. I only heard the last thirty minutes but hope to hear more tonight.

Just turned this on, sounds pretty interesting (Ethan Iverson, Tim Berne, Sam Newsome, and Andrew Cyrille).

Last night, I heard one set by the Ari Hoenig Trio, with Uri Caine on pain. Pretty nice. As was the Sunday late night set, especially Spike Wilner's piano and Melissa Aldana's tenor.

Dizzy Gillespie, Jambo Caribe (Limelight).

Went to bed at 1:30 a.m. CST, after the cat got up. Projecting what I might listen to over the next week, if I am able: Tonight: The late night set led by Spike Wilner, as Meiissa Aldana is supposed to in the band. Monday night: Ari Hoenig, with Uri Caine on piano. Tuesday night: Smalls Little Big Band--usually led by Frank Lacy, with Josh Evans on trumpet and Stacy Dillard. Wednesday night: Late set led by Noah Preminger.

Gary Burton, Something's Coming (RCA black dog). Herbie Hancock, Takin' Off (Blue Note, blue label)

Yesterday, in the mail came, Stacy Dillard, One (Smalls) and Leni Stern, Smoke, No Fire. And I ordered Billy Hart Quartet (High Note).

Note the cat sound asleep on top of the piano, in the midst of the now quintet sized Stacy Dillard group.

Heard the last part of a set by Harry Allen, followed by the Stacy Dillard Trio.

Benny Green Trio With David Wong And Kenny Washington Thursday, Jun 20 6:30p Fort Worth LibraryFort Worth, TX

Is this any good? Someone has been trying to sell a copy for while but I knew nothing about it. My least favorite Lateef Impulse! . . . but it's still worth listening to. I would say yes, it is worth getting. The group is good (Mike Nock on piano, Reggie Workman, and James Black on drum). I listened again: Side 1: 1. 1984. The longest piece on the album at 8 minutes or so. This is kind of a free piece, with Yusef making weird sounds on miscellaneous ethnic instruments. I didn't think this one worked; on CD, I would skip this piece after one listen. 2. Try Love. Nice oboe and flute feature. 3. Soul Sister. A solid tenor feature. 4. Love Waltz. This is a Mike Nock feature for the trio. No Yusef. Side 2: 1. One Little Indian. A sort of humorous piece; outside tenor playing on One Little Indian. Amusing a time or two. 2. Listen to the Wind. Tenor feature; intro sort of sounds like the title, then becomes more conventional. Pretty nice. 3. Warm Fire: A nice slow piece, featuring tenor. 4. Gee Sam Gee: Another slow tenor feature (even slower); real nice. 5. The Greatest Story Ever Told: Flute feature. Also a beauty. So I find seven of the nine tracks to be quite worthy, which means a buy for me.

Hopefully they are preparing for the Eternal Myth Part 2. Volume 1 is a very interesting collection of recordings of the influences on Sun Ra, early Sun Ra arrangements/sideman recordings, suspected recordings, through the development of Sun Ra as a leader in the 1950s, interspersed with Sun Ra interviews and commentaries.

Yusef Lateef, 1984 (Impulse, orange and black mono)

First Big Lots, then Houston...

This sounds good; working myself up to willingly go to Houston is a bit of a hard sell though.

Michel Petrucianni.

A sealed copy of Gary Burton's Something's Coming! on RCA (black dog label) for $13.

I joined towards the end of the first set and heard Kenny Werner's entire second set--this was another fine group that I enjoyed hearing. Smalls Live (at $5 a month) is the best jazz deal on the planet.

Billy Taylor Today (Prestige/MPS blue label) Charles Mingus, The Clown (Atlantic)

That was a pair of burning sets.

Tonight's group, a quintet led by drummer Greg Hutchinson, with Stacy Dillard and Melissa Aldana on saxophones, Aaron Goldberg on piano; Joe Sanders on bass.

I've seen him several times, actually, and he's been consistently good--back in the late 1980s at the Caravan with Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, paired with Gary Thomas; with his quartet with Jason Moran at a Blue Note concert in New York around 1998 (by far the best set of the concert), and a couple of times at the Village Vanguard and Jazz Standard with his own bands in the last ten years or so,

I'd be interested, especially if he has his own band.

Wow. With his band or a local group? Don't know. His website has not been updated, and the Dans Silverleaf website gives no information.

Greg Osby, March 19 at Dan's Silverleaf in Denton.