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Luiz Bonfa, Amor (Atlantic)

I had an email from Smalls that they did not sustain any damage but the power was out.

Happy birthday!

Donald Byrd, Free Form (Blue Note, NY USA) Alice Coltrane, Huntington Ashram Monastery (Impulse, red and black)

Max Roach, It's Time (Impulse, orange and black, mono)

Watching/listening to the Jimmy Greene Quartet.

John Coltrane, Ballads (Impulse, red and black)

This was the other "new" New Bird release (the version obtainable from amazon is a CDR). http://www.amazon.com/New-Bird-Rare-Recordings-Interviews/dp/B00003Q04S/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1351015933&sr=1-4&keywords=Charlie+Parker+New+Bird

The stray track with Milt Buckner is a nice one. Recently, I've stumbled across a couple of Bird CDs containing broadcast material of good quality that I haven't heard. Here's one of them. http://www.amazon.com/Live-Sessions-Charlie-Parker/dp/B005QD0ULK/ref=sr_1_56?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1351008476&sr=1-56&keywords=Charlie+Parker+Live

The Massey Hall concert was on May 15, and there are a couple of excellent quartet studio dates in the temporal vicinity for Norman Granz: the date which produced Chi Chi, Now's the Time and Confirmation was on July 28, and there was a December 30, 1952 date which produced Kim and Cosmic Rays.

Mick Taylor was scheduled to play here in Dallas a couple of years ago; the concert was cancelled for unspecified health reasons.

The small group tracks added on the CD reissue have some incredible Bird.

This morning, Yusef Lateef, Other Sounds (New Jazz mono). And, Gene Ammons, Jug (Prestige, yellow and black label, mono).

Art Blakey, Indestructible (Blue Note mono, NY USA)

His post-Stones discography is pretty meager. This one is off the beaten path and pretty good: Miyuki/Mick and I http://www.amazon.com/Mick-I-Miyuki/dp/B0000659PV/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1350751366&sr=1-2&keywords=Mick+and+I+Mick+Taylor

Mark Gross hasn't recorded very much (his new CD comes out next month), but you are in for a treat hearing him.

There's a current sale on TCB titles here: http://www.allegro-music.com/label_search.asp?label=TCB

Skies of America was performed by Ornette and Prime Time with the Fort Worth Symphony in the fall of 1983 (filmed excerpts in Shirley Clarke's Ornette: Made in America). Somewhere out there is a motherlode of tape of Ornette and Prime Time Live at the Caravan of Dreams.

Attending a seminar in New York gave me the opportunity to hear some live music, and this turned out to be a very good visit. Wednesday, October 10: To the 55 Bar to hear the Mike Stern Quartet, with Bob Franceschini on tenor sax. Both sets were terrific. Thursday, October 11: Thanks to an iPhone App which told me where to go, I was able to find via subway and walking a place called Terraza 7 in Queens, where I heard the fantastic Magos Herrera group, featuring Mike Moreno on guitar and Alex Kautz on drums. This is a small triangular shaped bar which has a second floor terrace where the band appears; Magos performed one set, singing a selection of songs from her last two CDs, Distancia and Azul. Friday, October 12: To the Jazz Standard to hear Edmar Castaneda for two sets. A group consisting of Columbian harp, flute and drums sounds like it would be kind of precious, but in fact the driving swing of this group was quite incredible. My second time to hear Edmar Castaneda live, who adopts the Columbian harp to jazz. He's an amazing musician. Saturday, October 13: To the Cornelia Street Cafe, to hear the Rez Abassi trio. I wasn't too familiar with this Pakistani jazz guitarist, but pretty quickly became a fan in the course of two sets. Sunday, October 14: To Drom, where I heard the Chico Hamilton group. I had previously heard Chico live about 15 years ago, and he was still in full command of his drums at that point. This was a little sad, because he is fairly feeble at this point (he's 91). Chico only played about the first 20 or 30 minutes of the concert before allowing his protege (Jeremy Carlstedt) to take over on drums. Nonetheless, it was a very enjoyable concert; Chico's group is very good, with an incredible bass player (Paul Ramsey), and featuring Evan Schwam on saxophones, plus flute (Mayu Saeki) and guitar (Nick Demopoulos).

Had the very real privilege of meeting Mr. Sipiagin last night and hearing him play a little bit (couldn't stay the night as family matters beckoned). I don't say this lightly or politely - the man has a sound, a pure, full, sustained energy sound - that his recordings come nowhere near close to capturing. Those of you who know me well enough will know that I'm all about having a sound first and foremost. If you play well but don't have a voice...Well, this guy definitely has one and again, the records don't come close to getting it all. Plus, he's dedicated to the whole post-Woody Shaw school of extended harmonies (which I know not everybody has an appreciation of/for, but still...), and that stuff is very taxing physically for a trumpeter. What I heard last night was pretty damn revelatory, not so much in terms of the vocabulary itself (although there was no cheapness there, none at all), but more in terms of the "voice". Strong, serious, sound. Marvelous, very very marvelous. If you ever get a chance to hear Alex Sipiagin in person, do so. What's on the records ain't half the deal. I wanted to come to this but became rather ill on Tuesday.

From All Music Guide. MG Lucky's a real nice guy in my experience and very talented. He's lived in Dallas for 20 or more years but is of course little heralded in his home town. Aside from his many blues recordings, for the soul jazz fan, I recommend three fairly recent CDs on French Emarcy, The Organ Soul Sessions. This is all Lucky on organ, playing mostly with jazz players and mostly jazz songs. http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001LV5OIA/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0EGCS4NC5THJKAX1SF4X&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=312233167&pf_rd_i=405320 For the gospel oriented jazz fan, you might also enjoy his duet recording with Mavis Staples. Lucky is mostly on organ on this one and its very tasty. http://www.amazon.com/Spirituals-Gospel-Dedicated-Mahalia-Jackson/dp/B000004767/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1349151496&sr=1-1&keywords=Lucky+Peterson+Mavis+Staples

As for recordings I might listen to again, none for Branford and one for Wynton (his Village Vanguard box set).

I just listened to the Roberto Gatto Quartet, from January 3, 2012, with Melissa Aldana on tenor, Nir Felder on guitar, and Joseph Lepore on bass. It was so good I listened all the way through, two sets. A recording in the next couple of days was mentioned; I sure hope so.

I'd go this way. Me too.

Dexter Gordon, Pulsation (Riverside/Fontana mono) (The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon)