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This past weekend, my second time at Satchmo Summerfest at the Old Mint Museum in New Orleans, a free festival celebrating Louis Armstrong. Over the course of the weekend, the festival presented 21 concerts on two outdoor, tented stages, six concerts (mostly duos) inside the second floor of the museum (the Gallatin records piano sessions), and ten lectures on Armstrong related topics in the museum's performance room.. I hope to return next year. Two things the city has in abundance, fine pianists and trumpet players. On Saturday: Preservation Brass. The Preservation Hall version of a brass band features Wendell Brunious and Mark Braud on trumpets, and Rod Paulin on clarinet and tenor sax. Quite enjoyable and their new CD, For Fats, is recommended. Performing Mondays at Preservation Hall. Victor Campbell: Very talented young Cuban jazz pianist plays a diverse set that veers from acoustic jazz to funk and fusion. He's good on organ as well. No leader recordings yet. Jesse McBride and Andrew Baham. An excellent piano/trumpet duo. Before this was the tail end of Ricky Riccardi on piano with Wendell Brunious on trumpet. I caught the last couple of songs of this and it was also enjoyable. Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra. This band plays weekly at Snug Harbor. Nothing like the sound of a seasoned big band. This one swings like mad, like a classic Kansas City swing big band, but mixed with the sounds of New Orleans. Lots of good soloists, including the leader, Rod Paulin (alto) and Andrew Baham (trumpet). A great set and best of the day. On Sunday: A day of duos for me. Keiko Komaki and Rurik Nunan: Piano and violin. Keiko Komaki is Japanese and has lived in New Orleans for 18 years. She is an excellent two fisted pianist. No leader dates so far, only a smattering of sideman recordings. Too bad. Jamil Sharif and Larry Sieberth. Another piano/trumpet duo. Jamil Sharif is from a multi-generational family of New Orleans musicians dating back to the 1850s. His father was also a trumpet player who played with Luis Russell, among others. He is equally adept at the performance of traditional New Orleans jazz and modern jazz, though he appears to make his living off the former. For this set of mostly Louis Armstrong associated songs, as he explained, it is impossible to improve on the originals, so he performs basically 95% transcriptions of Armstrong's solos, which he described as extremely difficult and demanding. (i note he did this from memory, without sheet music.) As Jamil is himself a great trumpet player, this was awesome to hear in person. Tom McDermott and Marta Dixon: Finally, for the last of the Gallatin Records piano sessions, the great pianist Tom McDermott performs with trumpeter/vocalist Marta Dixon (Shake 'Em Up Jazz Band). Tom McDermott is a master of ragtime, early Jazz,and latin music and is a pure joy to hear. This was the end of the festival for me. I did not catch any of the lectures this year. Closing out the weekend at Snug Harbor, for the Peter Vernado Trio. Peter Vernado is a jazz drummer, in this case leading a piano trio for a set of original music that he hoped to record soon. It was quite good.

August 14, 2025: Shelley Carrol Quartet, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas August 22-23, 2025: Jamille Brazilian Quartet, Windmills, The Colony August 23, 2025: Pt Kushal Das (Sitar) & Sandip Ghosh (Tabla), ICMC, Plano August 30, 2025: Doreen Ketchens, Pete Escovedo, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas August 31, 2025: The Texas Tenors (Shelley Carrol, Jason Davis, Quamon Fowler), Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas September 6, 2025: Xuefei Yang, Unity of Dallas September 11, 2025: Miguel Zenon Quartet, Parker Jazz Club, Austin September 12-13: Miguel Zenon Quartet, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston September 11, 2025: Ben Lamar Gay, Damon Locks, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Draylen Mason Music Festival, Austin September 12, 2025: Ibelisse Guardia Feragutti and Frank Rosaly's Mestizx, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Austin Scottish Rite Theater, Austin September 13, 2025: Pt Sandeep Chatterjee (Santoor) & Shubhojyoti Guha (Tabla), ICMC, Plano September 23, 2025: Mdou Moctar, White Oak Music Hall, Houston September 24, 2025: Mdou Moctar, Radio/East, Austin October 5, 2025: Kushal Das (sitar), Abhijit Banerjee (tabla), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin October 9, 2025: Paul Cornish Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio October 12, 2025: Joy Clark, Little Freddie King, Bobby Rush, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 17, 2025: Walter Smith III Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston October 21, 2025: Lila Downs, Jones Hall, Houston October 24, 2025: Jackie Venson, Tulips FTW, Fort Worth November 12, 2025: Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Meyerson, Dallas November 14, 2025: Nicholas Payton Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston November 15, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hogg Auditorium, Austin November 16, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hobby Center, Houston February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quaret, Wortham Theater, Houston March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston March 21, 2026: Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth March 26-29, 2026: Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin

I saw that group way back in January of 1984, at the Caravan of Dreams.

Stanley Cowell, Musa, Ancestral Streams (Strata East/Mack Avenue)

Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Emile Parisien, Vincent Peirani, Sou Kora (No Format)

August 2, 2025: Victor Campbell, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lastie and New Orleans Sounds' Tribute to Louis Armstrong Hot Fives, Jesse McBride, Wendell Brunious, Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans August 3, 2025: Doreen's Jazz, Kyle Roussel's Church of New Orleans, Jamil Sharif and Lawrence Sieberth, Keiko Komaki, Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans Clarence Johnson III, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth August 22-23, 2025: Jamille Brazilian Quartet, Windmills, The Colony August __, 2025: Pt Kushal Das (Sitar) & Sandip Ghosh (Tabla), ICMC, Plano August 30, 2025: Doreen Ketchens, Pete Escovedo, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas August 31, 2025: The Texas Tenors (Shelley Carrol, Jason Davis, Quamon Fowler), Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas September 6, 2025: Xuefei Yang, Unity of Dallas September 11, 2025: Miguel Zenon Quartet, Parker Jazz Club, Austin September 12-13: Miquel Zenon Quartet, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston September 11, 2025: Ben Lamar Gay, Damon Locks, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Draylen Mason Music Festival, Austin September 12, 2025: Ibelisse Guardia Feragutti and Frank Rosaly's Mestizx, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Austin Scottish Rite Theater, Austin September 13, 2025: Pt Sandeep Chatterjee (Santoor) & Shubhojyoti Guha (Tabla), ICMC, Plano September 23, 2025: Mdou Moctar, White Oak Music Hall, Houston September 24, 2025: Mdou Moctar, Radio/East, Austin October 5, 2025: Kushal Das (sitar), Abhijit Banerjee (tabla), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin October 9, 2025: Paul Cornish Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio October 10-12, 2025: Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 17, 2025: Walter Smith III Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston October 21, 2025: Lila Downs, Jones Hall, Houston October 24, 2025: Jackie Venson, Tulips FTW, Fort Worth November 12, 2025: Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Meyerson, Dallas November 14, 2025: Nicholas Payton Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston November 15, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hogg Auditorium, Austin November 16, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hobby Center, Houston February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quaret, Wortham Theater, Houston March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston March 21, 2026: Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth March 26-29, 2026: Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin

Witch, Sogolo (Partisan)

July 29, 2025, Jazz is Dead: Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Antone's, Austin August 2, 2025: Victor Campbell, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lastie and New Orleans Sounds' Tribute to Louis Armstrong Hot Fives, Jesse McBride, Wendell Brunious, Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans August 3, 2025: Doreen's Jazz, Kyle Roussel's Church of New Orleans, Jamil Sharif and Lawrence Sieberth, Keiko Komaki, Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans Clarence Johnson III, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth August 22-23, 2025: Jamille Brazilian Quartet, Windmills, The Colony August __, 2025: Pt Kushal Das (Sitar) & Sandip Ghosh (Tabla), ICMC, Plano August 30, 2025: Doreen Ketchens, Pete Escovedo, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas August 31, 2025: The Texas Tenors (Shelley Carrol, Jason Davis, Quamon Fowler), Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas September 6, 2025: Xuefei Yang, Unity of Dallas September 11, 2025: Miguel Zenon Quartet, Parker Jazz Club, Austin September 12-13: Miquel Zenon Quartet, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston September 11-14, 2025: Ben Lamar Gay, Damon Locks, Ibelisse Guardia Feragutti and Frank Rosaly, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Austin September 13, 2025: Pt Sandeep Chatterjee (Santoor) & Shubhojyoti Guha (Tabla), ICMC, Plano September 23, 2025: Mdou Moctar, White Oak Music Hall, Houston September 24, 2025: Mdou Moctar, Radio/East, Austin October 5, 2025: Kushal Das (sitar), Abhijit Banerjee (tabla), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin October 9, 2025: Paul Cornish Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio October 10-12, 2025: Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 17, 2025: Walter Smith III Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston November 12, 2025: Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Meyerson, Dallas November 14, 2025: Nicholas Payton Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston November 15, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hogg Auditorium, Austin February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quaret, Wortham Theater, Houston March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston March 21, 2026: Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth March 26-29, 2026: Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston

Good plan.

Charlie Gabriel, Amor

I recollect seeing him live three times in the 1980s, and once in the 1990s. The first time was at Lush Life in New York (relatively short lived sister club to Sweet Basil). The audience was small, and in between sets I spent the break chatting with him. He seemed a little depressed. I also saw him leading a quartet at the Caravan of Dreams and with the Timeless All Stars at the 1987 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The last time was at the Village Vanguard, in 1998. That was incredible; I was in the front row, directly in front of him, and he had his vibes and marimba lined up in a continuous row.

Now the leader of the Sun Ra Arkestra on road engagements. His alto saxophone was stolen and he needs help. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-replace-my-stolen-alto-saxophone?attribution_id=sl%3A247c2911-4248-48f8-8c32-f134d11df5f0&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp15_t1-amp14_t2&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=instagram_story Update On July 18, after a joyful birthday concert in Harlem with my new Quartet, I discovered my custom Alto saxophone was missing. As the conductor of the Sun Ra Arkestra, I rarely get the chance to perform my own music, so this night was especially meaningful. After reconnecting with friends and loading up for the trip back to Philadelphia, I was shocked to find my one-of-a-kind saxophone—crafted by Dave Walker of Leeds—was gone. Despite searching the church and retracing my steps, it was nowhere to be found. The loss is deeply personal; an alto sax isn’t just an instrument, it’s an extension of who I am. Playing on anything less would make it difficult to lead world-class musicians with the confidence and focus they deserve. The psychological impact is real, and it’s hard to imagine keeping up with the demands of the Arkestra on a lesser instrument. This comes at a critical time. I’m preparing to lead the Sun Ra Arkestra in four nights of concerts at SFJazz in San Francisco starting August 31, followed by a show at the Lodge Room in LA. I need to secure a professional-grade replacement—ideally a King Super 20 Silver Sonic—so I can give my best to the music and the community that has supported me through so much. After Sun Ra’s passing, I struggled with self-doubt and loss, but it was the compassion of friends, fans, and my mentor Marshall Allen that brought me back. Their belief in me helped me return to the Arkestra and eventually take on its leadership. Now, I’m reaching out to that same community for help. With your support, I can continue to honor the music and repay the confidence you’ve shown in me by giving you the best performances possible. Update I have found a king super 20 alto which would meet my professional and aesthetic needs hence I have adjusted my goal ..as it's price is far beyond my capacity. A thousand tongues could not express my gratitude to all the generous contributors whose compassionate giving is moving me closer to a recoup physically, psychologically and emotionally from my devastating loss. I humbly thank all contributors and ask you to continue to share my page so I can have a proper horn again. God Bless you all.

Paul Gonsalves Quartet, Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick

Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz/Amina Claudine Myers

Kenny Burrell, Tin Tin Deo (Concord)

The Lasting Impression of Hugh Masekela

Vince Guaraldi, Jazz Impressions

The Jazz Connection was pretty short-lived, located on Lovers Lane and Inwood. I also saw Marchel Ivery there with Joey DeFrancesco. It may have been one night only so perhaps we were there on the same night. Sambuca in Addison is also long gone. I recall seeing Marchel there, opening for David Newman, and another time, Terence Blanchard.

Terence Blanchard, Live at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Munck)

Roots Rocking Zimbabwe (Analog Africa No. 42)

Last night, Jonathan Fisher Quartet with Shelley Carrol at the Balcony Club.

Rather abstract soundscapes. I liked it.

July 19, 2025: Eric Gales, Billy Bobs, Fort Worth July 25, 2025: Shemekia Copeland, Kessler Theater, Dallas July 26, 2025: Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth July 29, 2025, Jazz is Dead: Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Antone's, Austin August 2, 2025: Victor Campbell, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lastie and New Orleans Sounds' Tribute to Louis Armstrong Hot Fives, Jesse McBride, Wendell Brunious, Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans August 3, 2025: Doreen's Jazz, Kyle Roussel's Church of New Orleans, Jamil Sharif and Lawrence Sieberth, Keiko Komaki, Satchmo Summerfest, Old Mint, New Orleans Clarence Johnson III, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth August 22-23, 2025: Jamille Brazilian Quartet, Windmills, The Colony August __, 2025: Pt Kushal Das (Sitar) & Sandip Ghosh (Tabla), ICMC, Plano August 30, 2025: Doreen Ketchens, Pete Escovedo, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas August 31, 2025: The Texas Tenors (Shelley Carrol, Jason Davis, Quamon Fowler), Riverfront Jazz Festival, Fair Park, Dallas September 6, 2025: Xuefei Yang, Unity of Dallas September 11, 2025: Miguel Zenon Quartet, Parker Jazz Club, Austin September 12-13: Miquel Zenon Quartet, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston September 11-14, 2025: Ben Lamar Gay, Damon Locks, Ibelisse Guardia Feragutti and Frank Rosaly, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Austin September 13, 2025: Pt Sandeep Chatterjee (Santoor) & Shubhojyoti Guha (Tabla), ICMC, Plano September 23, 2025: Mdou Moctar, White Oak Music Hall, Houston September 24, 2025: Mdou Moctar, Radio/East, Austin October 5, 2025: Kushal Das (sitar), Abhijit Banerjee (tabla), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin October 9, 2025: Paul Cornish Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio October 10-12, 2025: Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 17, 2025: Walter Smith III Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston November 12, 2025: Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Meyerson, Dallas November 14, 2025: Nicholas Payton Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston November 15, 2025: Wynton Marsalis, Hogg Auditorium, Austin February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quaret, Wortham Theater, Houston March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston March 21, 2026: Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth March 26-29, 2026: Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston

The Three Sounds, Feelin' Good (Blue Note) Milt Jackson and Oscar Peterson, Two of the Few (Pablo)

Openness Trio (Blue Note)