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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)

Bobby Timmons in Person at the Village Vanguard (Riverside stereo, black label)

Mongo Santamaria--Mongo Explodes (Riverside stereo, Orpheum)

I think Lon lives in Austin, which is safely inland, about 160 miles or so northwest of Houston. Dallas is even farther inland, but Saturday the forecast is winds up to 50 mph and lots of rain.

Yusef Lateef--Live at Pep's (impulse, orange and black, mono)

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It's always a good day when I find one of those Capitol LPs in good shape.

I have jury duty tomorrow--if the world is destroyed, I hope it happens before I get up early.

The Rex Stewart Memorial Album (Prestige, blue label) The Bessie Smith Story, vol. 3 (Columbia, six eyes)

I'm always interested in Argo Lps in good shape.

Booker Ervin--The Space Book (Prestige, blue label) Illinois Jacquet--Bottoms Up (Prestige, blue label)

Tuesday night: Mingus Big Band at the Iridium. I was able to attend the second set--Paris in Blue, Jump Monk, Sweet Sucker Dance, Devil Blues, and Better Get Hit in Your Soul.. Among others, featured Abraham Burton, Frank Lacy, Helen Sung, Lou Soloff, Dwayne Burno, Earl McIntyre, and Kenny Rampton. At the end, Abraham Burton announced that this was the final set at the Iridium for the MBB. However, as I was leaving Sue Mingus said that they were relocating to Jazz Standard in October. Wednesday night: Mike Stern trio at 55 Bar. A mighty fine set.

Miles Davis--Dig (Prestige, black and gold label)

Modern Jazz Quartet--Under the Jasmine Tree (Apple) Horace Silver--Tokyo Blues (Blue Note, Liberty blue and white label, Van Gelder) For Jazz Lovers (emarcy)

I must be blind! I looked at the label again and it says Made in Holland.

Is the photo of the five Monks on the cover of the mono issue of this LP in black and white? I could have sworn reissues of this have his photo in color, but on this LP he is in black and white; in fact the only color on the cover is Brilliant Corners in red. I need to listen through headphones to see if I can detect any stereo image at all.

Clifford Jordan In the World (Strata East)

Stereo or "SpectroSonic"? It says Stereo on the jacket and label.

Today's lucky finds: Jimmy Smith--Bucket (Blue Note New York USA)--for $8. Monk--Brilliant Corners (Riverside, blue label)--somewhat abused but plays better than looks, I couldn't skip it for $5. What puzzles me is that it says Stereo, but I can't really tell the difference between channels if I go all the way from right to left.

Jacques Loussier Plays Bach Aux Champs Elysees, Vol. 2 (Decca) Eberhard Weber Colours--Silent Feet (ECM)

Around 1973, a combination of Frank Zappa (Hot Rats especially), John Mayall's Jazz Blues Fusion (especially the live record featuring Ernie Watts), and seeing Miles Davis on TV led me to buying jazz lps, the first two that really grabbed me were The Best of Cannonball Adderley on Capitol, and Basic Miles.