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Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Four on Six (Maximum Swing, CD1)

65 this year for me.

Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing (Resonance)

Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights, Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Elemental)

Recently I realized that, in light of the various excellent and varied live music experiences that I recall, I didn't have enough Geri Allen recordings and have been trying to rectify that deficiency. 2000: Chico Freeman, Richard Davis, Geri Allen and Andrew Cyrille at Jazz Standard. I wish there were a recording of this group. 2002: At the Iridium, with a Wallace Roney led group that also included James Spaulding and Lennie White. I went twice over the course of a week. I recall Patrice Rushen was advertised as the pianist but it was in fact Geri Allen. 2007: Geri Allen Trio with tap dancer, at Jazz Improv Festival. 2015: David Murray/Geri Allen/Terri Lynne Carrington, at Winter Jazz Fest. 2016: Geri Allen Tribute to Erroll Garner, with Christian Sands, Russell Malone, Victor Lewis. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. George Wein was in attendance.

Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (Motema)

I have the record. All is not All the Things You Could be by Now if... It is previously unreleased.

Lee Morgan, Infinity (Blue Note, Tone Poet)

Deservedly so.

I heard Mike Reed at the Big Ears Festival with Nichole Mitchell and Tomeka Reid, an excellent group. On first listen, I found the instrumental tracks on the recording to be compelling (5 of the 9 tracks), The other four tracks feature Marvin Tate on "vocals" which is more like narration. These tracks are probably one listen tracks, for me anyway.

Mike Reed, The Separatist Party

A similar group is appearing at Big Ears 2024; hopefully will get to see them.

Jazz: Charles McPherson Quintet, Smoke, NYC Makaya McCraven In These Times, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville Nicholas Payton/Mono Neon/Corey Fonville, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans Jason Marsalis and Warren Wolf, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans Vijay Iyer/Linda Oh/Tyshawn Sorey, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville Chucho Valdes Quartet, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Dallas Trio Imagination (David Virelles, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille), Big Ears Festival, Knoxville Charlie Gabriel and Roger Lewis Quintet, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans Charles Lloyd Chapel Trio, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville Kent Jordan, Marlon Jordan, Stephanie Jordan, Rachel Jordan, Family Tribute to Kidd Jordan, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans Wadada Leo Smith, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville Helen Gillet and Brian Haas, Virgin Hotel, New Orleans African: Sona Jobarteh, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville Bassekou Kouyate and N'goni Ba, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville Mdou Moctar, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans Brazilian: Vinicius Cantuaria, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville Gabriel de Rosa, 3 Keys, New Orleans Blues: Deak Harp, Six Springs Live, Dallas Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas Shemekia Copeland, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Dallas Jackie Venson, African American Roots Music Festival, Fort Worth Buddy Guy Farewell Tour, Majestic Theater, Dallas

They still do that. It's included in a survey they send out after the festival.

I don't doubt they are legitimate; they just were terrible at customer service in my one direct experience.

No. I just enjoy attending music festivals, and it's a good one in my opinion. Based on your recent releases, they should have booked you. Dumb move on their part to not do so.

I ordered a Gearbox CD off of bandcamp. After a very long interval it arrived. Unfortunately, it was the wrong CD (different CD by the same artist, which I already had). When I contacted them to explain the problem, they never responded.

Cal Tjader, Catch the Groove

You would think, or at least present.

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars, volume 6 (Contemporary)

I believe he only plays himself at two of the five Threadgill shows--the trio with Vijay Iyer and Zooid. Very Very Circus has Yosvany Terry on saxophone, Make a Move features Darius Jones. AIR features Marty Ehrlich. Still I'd like to see all of them. Sunday features: Henry Threadgill with Vijay Iyer; Air; Julian Lage; Harvest Time Tribute; Fatoumata Diawara; Cyro Baptista.

Saturday lineup features, Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride, Shabaka Hutchings, Marc Ribot, Brad Mehldau, Dave Holland Quartet, Myra Melford, Cedric Burnside, David Virelles, Kokoroko, Henry Threadgill Make a Move, and Leyla McCalla.

Happily, my copy arrived yesterday, along with the Ahmad Jamal.

Duke Ellington, Solitude [aka Ellington Indigos] (Philips)

The Charlie Parker Story #2 (Verve) Lafayette Gilchrist, Undaunted