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I miss their first venue--the Fez underneath the Time Cafe--a basement club which was usually packed (the admission price was modest and so there was a younger crowd). The sound was pretty overwhelming there, and the band would often catch fire. The Iridium is a pricey club near Times Square--much of the crowd seemed to be tourists whose tour itinerary included visiting one jazz club and who probably never heard of Mingus. Also, it generally was not full there for the band. I'm hoping the Jazz Standard, which is a nicer and friendlier club than the Iridium, away from Times Square, will be an improvement.

The Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Big Band are relocating from the Iridium to Jazz Standard and, after an inaugural week, will alternate on Monday nights. Monday, October 6 MINGUS MONDAYS kicks off with a full week of Mingus, with all three bands and special guests. Sets are at 7:30 and 9:30, with an extra 11:30 set on Fridays and Saturdays. Doors open an hour prior. Jazz Standard features wonderful Blue Smoke BBQ. There is never a minimum. Look at this lineup: Monday Oct. 6, 2008 DYNASTY Bass: Boris Kozlov Drums: Adam Cruz Piano: Helen Sung Trumpet: Alex Sipiagin Trombone: Ku-umba Frank Lacy Tenor Sax: Seamus Blake Alto Sax: Craig Handy Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 DYNASTY Bass: Boris Kozlov Drums: Adam Cruz Piano: David Kikoski Alto Sax: Craig Handy Tenor Sax: Seamus Blake Trombone: Ku-umba Frank Lacy Trumpet: Alex Sipiagin Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 MINGUS ORCHESTRA Bass: Boris Kozlov Drums: Adam Cruz Guitar: David Gilmore Alto Sax: Craig Handy Tenor Sax: Seamus Blake Trombone: Ku-umba Frank Lacy Trumpet: Tatum Greenblatt Bassoon: Michael Rabinowitz French Horn: John Clark Bass Clarinet: Doug Yates Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008 MINGUS ORCHESTRA Bass: Joe Martin Drums: Adam Cruz Guitar: Freddie Bryant Alto Sax: Craig Handy Tenor Sax: Wayne Escoferry Trombone: Conrad Herwig Trumpet: Tatum Greenblatt Bassoon: Michael Rabinowitz French Horn: John Clark Bass Clarinet: Doug Yates Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 MINGUS BIG BAND Trumpet: Lew Soloff Trumpet: Earl Gardner Trumpet: Jack Walrath Trombone: Earl McIntyre Trombone: Ku-umba Frank Lacy Trombone: Clark Gayton Alto Sax: Jaleel Shaw Alto Sax: Vincent Herring Tenor Sax: Craig Handy Tenor Sax: Wayne Escoffery Baritone Sax: Ronnie Cuber Drums: Victor Lewis Bass: Dwayne Burno Piano: David Kikoski Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 MINGUS BIG BAND Trumpet: Lew Soloff Trumpet: Earl Gardner Trumpet: Jeremy Pelt Trombone: Earl McIntyre Trombone: Ku-umba Frank Lacy Trombone: Joe Fiedler Alto Sax: Jaleel Shaw Alto Sax: Vincent Herring Tenor Sax: Wayne Escoffery Tenor Sax: Craig Handy Baritone Sax: Ronnie Cuber Drums: Adam Cruz Piano: David Kikoski Bass: Dwayne Burno Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 MINGUS BIG BAND Trumpet: Randy Brecker Trumpet: Lew Soloff Trumpet: Earl Gardner Trombone: Earl Mcintyre Trombone: Conrad Herwig Trombone: Clark Gayton Tenor Sax: Seamus Blake Tenor Sax: Brandon Wright Alto Sax: Vincent Herring Alto Sax: Jaleel Shaw Baritone Sax: Lauren Sevian- Drums: Adam Cruz Piano: David Kikoski Bass: Dwayne Burno

Gary Burton at Carnegie Hall (RCA black label)

You are missing a heated argument about who is more overrrated, Norah Jones or Bobby Humphrey.

The last night of the Clean Feed jazz festival, at the Living Theater. Sean Conly's Re:Action Michael Blake (with Charlie Burnham, Marcus Rojas, and Calvin Weston)

Cuban drummer Francisco Mela Quintet at the Blue Note. With Jason Moran and Peter Bernstein.

Sure, ever since the Columbia LP Summit Meeting at Birdland came out in the '70s.

Oregon in Concert (Vanguard)

It seems there are several bootlegs, I haven't heard them. Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d) Continental, 1962 Sonnymoon For Two Bandstand [it] BDLP 1502 * Sonny Rollins - European Concerts (Bandstand [it] BDLP 1502) 1963 Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d) "Salle Pleyel", Paris, France, January 15, 1963 Without A Song Moon [it] MCD 053-2 On Green Dolphin Street - Solitude - Sonnymoon (Sonnymoon For Two) - 52nd Street Theme Moon [it] MCD 054-2 On Green Dolphin Street - Solitude - Without A Song - * Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry - Rollins Meets Cherry, Vol. 1 (Moon [it] MCD 053-2) * Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry - Rollins Meets Cherry, Vol. 2 (Moon [it] MCD 054-2) Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet same personnel broadcast, "L'Olympia", Paris, France, January 19, 1963 Solitude Unique Jazz UJ 002; Jazz Anthology [F] JA 5241; Magnetic [Luxe] MRCD 101 On Green Dolphin Street - Announcement By S. Rollins Magnetic [Luxe] MRCD 101 Without A Song Unique Jazz UJ 002; Jazz Anthology [F] JA 5241; Magnetic [Luxe] MRCD 101 Sonnymoon For Two - Everything Happens To Me Magnetic [Luxe] MRCD 101 52nd Street Theme - * Sonny Rollins - In Stuttgart Europe (Unique Jazz UJ 002) * Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry - Jazz In Europe 1963 (Jazz Anthology [F] JA 5241) * Sonny Rollins Live In Paris 1963 (Magnetic [Luxe] MRCD 101) Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet same personnel Continental, January, 1963 Everything Happens To Me Bandstand [J] TKCB 70068 On Green Dolphin Street - * Sonny Rollins - Sixties Standards (Bandstand [J] TKCB 70068) Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet same personnel "Falkonercentret", Copenhagen, Denmark, January, 1963 unknown titles Jazz Up [it] JU 313 - Jazz Up [it] JU 314 * Sonny Rollins In Europe 1963, Vol. 1 (Jazz Up [it] JU 313) * Sonny Rollins In Europe 1963, Vol. 2 (Jazz Up [it] JU 314) Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet same personnel Stuttgart, West Germany, January, 1963 52nd Street Theme Jazz Connoisseur [israel] JC 108; Jazz Anthology [F] JA 5235 On Green Dolphin Street - Sonnymoon For Two - * Sonny Rollins - Stuttgart 1963 Concert (Jazz Connoisseur [israel] JC 108) * Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry - Stuttgart 1963 (Jazz Anthology [F] JA 5235)

Three in Jazz, Gary Burton, Sonny Rollins and Clark Terry (RCA black label)

Audio Concepts in Dallas.

I purchased a Rega Planar 3 earlier this year. It is quite a wonderful turntable.

Lila Downs and Eugenia Leon duets:

The world's dumbest crooked broker... Thieving Broker Is Bilked in Nigerian Fraud, Prosecutors Say By SEWELL CHAN For investors who lose money in the market, there is understandable concern. For those whose brokers make off with their cash, there is understandable outrage. But pity the poor clients of Michael Axel, who, the authorities say, not only stole $600,000 of their money, but wired most of it overseas, having fallen prey himself to a common Nigerian fraud scheme. Mr. Axel, 68, was charged with grand larceny and forgery, and if convicted of all charges, could face up to 15 years in prison, according to the Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, who announced Mr. Axel’s arrest and indictment on Thursday. ... In 2005, officials said, Mr. Axel received an e-mail message from someone claiming to be a lawyer for a distant relative who had died and left Mr. Axel $8,750,000. In fact, the money didn’t exist and the e-mail message was part of a common fraud scheme. But prosecutors said Mr. Axel wired overseas more than $400,000 of the money that he had stolen, “apparently believing that the money would aid in the release of the supposed inheritance.” http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/...rosecutors-say/

Al Viola--Guitar Lament (World Pacific) Bobby Timmons--Chicken and Dumplins (Prestige, green label)

I have one Billy Poole CD--Confessin' the Blues, a Riverside OJC. I thought she was pretty good, a nice record--she sounds, at least on Confessin' the Blues, more like an r and b singer than a jazz singer. I would probably buy another recording by her if I found one.

George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers (Jazzland orange label)

The link to order took me to amazon.com, where both CDs are available for pre-order (Sept. 30 release).

That's the recent release on High Note, A Grand Night for Swinging, recorded at the Keystone Korner, plus Roy Haynes on drums.

I'm holding out until I have a servant to flip the record over every eight minutes.

Oh Lady Be Good from the Jan. 28, 1946 JATP session. The Bird from the Jazz Scene. No Noise and Mango Mangue with Machito. Segment/Diverse/Passport with KD and Al Haig. The great 1949 JATP performance. The Star Eyes and Blues (Fast) quartet performances. The session with Dizzy and Monk. Celebrity and Ballade. Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite with Machito. The 1951 quintet session with Miles Davis (Au Privave, She Rote, K.C. Blues and Star Eyes) The 1951 quintet session with Red Rodney (Blues for Alice, Si Si, Swedish Schnapps) The Norman Granz Jam Session with Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter. The 1952 quartet performance (Kim, Cosmic Rays, Laird Baird) The 1953 quartet performance (Chi Chi, Now's the Time Confirmation) Love for Sale from the final studio recording in December of 1954.

Not much on the horizon, but at least UTD comes through with a jazz concert or two every year: TRIBUTE TO THE TEXAS TENORS Series: Jazz Date: Friday & Saturday, January 30 & 31, 2009 Time: 8:00 p.m. Venue: Conference Center Ticket Prices: $25 each concert, or both for $40 Free to UTD Students with UTD Photo ID at the venue box office the night of the event. Discounts are available to faculty, staff, alumni, retirees and students. Please review our ticket policy or call our box office at 972-883-2552 for details. The School of Arts & Humanities and the City of Richardson join forces to present a high-quality two-day jazz festival, centered on the historical elements of jazz in the Dallas area. The “Texas Tenor” style of saxophone playing describes a player with a very “big” sound playing a somewhat blues-oriented style. Buster Smith is said to have pioneered the style by playing his tenor with a baritone sax reed, thereby giving him a bigger sound. Texas saxophonists associated with the “Texas Tenor Sound” include Buster Smith, David “Fathead” Newman, James Clay, Booker Ervin, John Hardee, King Curtis, Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb and Marchel Ivery. The Woody Herman Orchestra, directed byFrank Tiberi will headline the concert Friday night. The Texas Instruments Jazz Band, directed by Paul Westbrook, will open. On Saturday night, Young Texas Tenor saxophonists from Dallas/Ft. Worth will open for one of Texas’ most famous tenor saxophonists, David “Fathead” Newman, with local sidemen.

Hi Fi Drums (Capitol) Jan Garbarek--Places (ECM)

The 160 gb is still available on amazon, and the price has come down to $285.

Herbie Mann Plays the Bossa Nova (Atlantic, mono)