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Here's Lucky playing from the balcony at the Granada (click on photo to enlarge).

Last night, the Lucky Peterson Band at the Granada Theater. The house was full. Two bands preceded Lucky; I missed the first (an unbearable teenage blues rocker), the second, local blues guitarist Jim Suhler, was tolerable but didn't do much for me. Lucky's band was larger than usual tonight; Mel Brown protege Shawn Kellerman was on guitar (good but bearing no resemblance to his mentor), flying in from Toronto, plus the usual drummer Raul Valdes, plus bass guitar, tenor sax and trumpet. Unfortunately, the sound at the Granada is not that great; overloud and muddy even in the balcony. Still it was an exciting performance, highlighted with Lucky playing some pretty intense blues guitar while sitting astride the Granada's second floor balcony.

In 1987, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band came to Fort Worth and played the Caravan of Dreams. I recall the band included Lee Konitz and Enrico Rava.

Sonny Stitt, Now! (Impulse, red and black) Sonny Stitt and Bennie Green, My Main Man (Argo stereo)

Yes, Carnival Sketches was released on CD in Japan.

Very interesting. Thanks.

i caught (via video) the clayton quartet, both sets. wonderful wonderful, mesmerizing music. Yes, those were good stuff; I don't think I've heard any Mark Turner I liked better.

After the excellent Gerald Clayton Quartet performance, on to the Logan Richardson Quartet.

Tonight, the Gerald Clayton Quartet with Mark Turner.

I was lucky to see him live a few years ago in a trio; it was a very excellent set.

Yes, I heard one of the sets of David Berkman's group (with Tom Harrell); it was excellent. David Berkman was a new name to me. Tom Harrell I became a big fan of after seeing his quintet a couple of times at the Village Vanguard.

This week looks particularly good. Wednesday night at midnight (EST), Logan Richardson. And Friday night, Greg Hutchinson leads a group with both Stacy Dillard and Melissa Aldana on tenors.

Tonight, the David Schnitter Quartet.

Bill Evans and Jim Hall, Undercurrent (United Artists) Buddy Rich, Very Live at Buddy's Place (Groove Merchant)

Albert Ayler, Music is the Healing Force of the Universe (Impulse, red and black label)

According to Dante, vinyl thieves are immersed in a lake of molten vinyl for all eternity.

The old price/demand ratio. I might go if it were in the $5-10 range. The last time I saw Wynton, quite a few years back at McFarlin Auditorium, was mighty boring, I do recall.

I missed one, if there are any fans in the house: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Capital One Bank Bravo Series AT&T Performing Arts Center Presents Tuesday, February 5, 2013 8:00PM Winspear Opera House

After a search, I can't find any touring jazz events on the horizon, except for Houston Person at UTD, February 8, 2013. http://www.utdallas.edu/ah/events/detail.html?id=1220269351 There are a a couple of blues events in the area: Lucky Peterson at the Granada Theater on January 11. B.B. King at House of Blues on January 12.

Chico Hamilton, Complete Pacific Jazz, disc 1

Art Farmer, The Aztec Suite (United Artists mono) Zen: The Music of Fred Katz (Pacific Jazz mono)

I stumbled across some more Jay Peters on Lionel Hampton's Columbia Album from 1954, Wailin' at the Trianon. The album does not list the full band personnel, but Lionel Hampton's notes specifically mention Jay Peters as the featured tenor soloist, and he takes several excellent solos on the album.

Lionel Hampton, Wailin' at the Trianon (Columbia six eyes)

He probably figured he could sell it.