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Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Concert, Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 13, 1961 (Steeplechase)

Next Tuesday, October 10th, Big Ears will unveil more than a dozen exciting additions to the 2024 festival lineup. Stay tuned via our newsletter, website, and social media channels for more details!

Bombino, Sahel (Partisan Records)

Eric Dolphy, Far Cry (Prestige) Shirley Scott, Satin Doll (Prestige)

Presenting Thad Jones-Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra (Solid State) Joe Farrell, Penny Arcade (CTI)

Up to disc 9--a cornucopia of great musicians.

The mono version is actually what my copy is. It sounds great

Cal Tjader, Several Shades of Jade (Verve)

Playing for the Man at the Door (Smithsonian Folkways)

Same record. Mode was the original issue. Interlude reissued it.

October 5, 2023: Bill Frisell, Jazz TX, San Antonio October 6, 2023: Bill Frisell Five/Ambrose Akinmusire Owl, Wortham Theater, Houston Shelley Carrol, Denton Arts and Jazz Festival October 7, 2023: Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth October 11, 2023: Pat Metheny, Majestic Theater, Dallas October 12, 2023: Pat Metheny, Paramount Theater, Austin Magos Herrera, Arkansas Museum of Fine Art, Little Rock, Arkansas October 13, 2023: Seu Jorge, Bayou Music Center, Houston October 14, 2023: Lurie Bell, Selwyn Birchwood, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans Cedric Burnside, Antone's, Austin October 15, 2023: Cedric Burnside, Little Freddie King, Shemekia Copeland, D.K Harrell, Crescent City Blues Festival October 19, 2023: Lila Downs, Jones Hall, Houston October 20, 2023: Lila Downs, Bass Hall, Austin People Museum, House of Blues, Houston October 21, 2023: Pt. Indrajit Banerjee (Sitar), Swarnendu Mandal (Sarod) and Pt. Gourisankar Karmaker (Tabla), Allen Public Library People Museum, The Ballroom, Austin October 23, 2023: People Museum, Tulips, Fort Worth October 24, 2023: Tim Berne, Hank Roberts, Aurora Nealand, Austin October 29, 2023: Jackie Venson, Four Seasons Hotel, Austin November 1, 2023: Davey Mooney Quartet, Sammons Center, Dallas November 2, 2023: Buddy Guy, Shreveport Municipal Auditorium November 4, 2023: Terence Blanchard, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio November 6, 2023: Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer with Rakesh Chaurasia, Meyerson, Dallas November 9, 2023: Terrence Blanchard, McCullough Theater, Austin November 10, 2023: Terrence Blanchard, Wortham Theater, Houston Jackie Venson, Heights Theater, Houston Shamarr Allen, Windmills, The Colony November 11, 2023: Jackie Venson, Kessler Theater, Dallas November 16, 2023: Davey Mooney, Recital Hall, UNT, Denton December 3, 2023: Samara Joy, Bass Concert Hall, Austin December 6, 2023: Jarekus Singleton, Sam's Burger Joint, San Antonio December 10, 2023: Samara Joy, Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas December 13, 2023: Yussef Dayes, Rise Rooftop, Houston December 14, 2023: Yussef Dayes, Empire Control Room, Austin December 15, 2023: Yussef Dayes, The Studio at the Factory, Dallas January 6, 2024: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 13, 2024: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 20, 2024: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 26, 2024: Joshua Redman, Wortham Theater, Houston January 27, 2024: Jackie Venson, Paramount Theater, Austin February 2, 2024: Catherine Russell and Marcus Roberts, Jones Hall, Houston Brian Blade, Starr Theater, Fayetteville February 12, 2024: David Sanborn, Meyerson, Dallas February 17, 2024: Branford Marsalis with the Plano Symphony Orchestra, Eisemann Center, Plano Lakecia Benjamin, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio March 2, 2024: Melissa Aldana, Wortham Theater, Houston March 16, 2024: Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival March 21-24, 2024: Herbie Hancock, Henry Threadgill, Charles Lloyd, Brad Mehldau, Marc Ribot, Shabaka Hutchings, Mary Halvorson, Jason Moran and the Harlem Hellfighters, Julian Lage, Brandon Ross, Cedric Burnside, Darcy James Argue, Dave Holland, David Virelles, Fatoumata Diawara, Helen Gillet, Jake Blount, James Brandon Lewis, Kassa Overall, Matt Mitchell, Kokoroko, Myra Melford, Nik Bartsch, Tomeka Reid, Tord Gustavsen, Wayne Horvitz, Yasmin Williams, Big Ears Festival March 26, 2024: Myra Melford Fire and Water Quintet, Austin April 6, 2024: Meshell Ndegeocello, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio April 25-May 4, 2024: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 11, 2024: Cedric Burnside, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio May 12, 2024: Magos Herrera, San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio June 1, 2024: Samara Joy, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio

Eddie Costa Quintet (Interlude) Illinois Jacquet, Swings The Thing (Verve) Nat Adderley and the Big Sax Section, That's Right! (Riverside)

As explained to me by Charles Moffett's brother one evening at a Charnett Moffett concert, there was only one high school in Fort Worth for black people in the 1950s: I.M. Terrell. And that school had a bandleader, G.A. Baxter, who apparently was a great teacher. All of Ornette Coleman, King Curtis, Dewey Redman, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Cornell Dupree, Prince Lasha, Julius Hemphill, John Carter, and Charles Moffett were his students, to name the best known. https://texashighways.com/culture/art-music/fort-worths-i-m-terrell-high-school-has-a-legacy-of-inspiring-jazz-standouts/

I heard her live with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra last year and she was indeed okay.

Whew.

Hey, that's my turntable. (And I have that record.)

Playing for the Man at the Door (Smithsonian Folkways)

Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (Verve) John Lewis, Improvised Meditations & Excursions (Atlantic) The Three Sounds, Beautiful Friendship (Limelight)

Freddie Hubbard, Blue Spirits (Blue Note, Tone Poet)

HENRY THREADGILL’S VERY VERY CIRCUS HENRY THREADGILL’S ZOOID THREADGILL, IYER, & PRIETO HENRY THREADGILL’S MAKE A MOVE

Awesome!

Harmelodic blues v. Mississippi Hill Country blues.

I only see one African artist, but I'm very excited to have the chance to see Mali's Fatoumata Diawara. And they even have a blues act (for the first time ever?) in the person of Cedric Burnside.

Ron Carter and Houston Person, Now's the Time (Muse)

The initial lineup announcement is out for 2024. Some highlights: Herbie Hancock Henry Threadgill Charles Lloyd Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dpog Shabaka Hutchings Christian McBride Mary Halvorson Jason Moran and the Harlem Hellfighters Julian Lage Cedric Burnside Cyro Batista Dave Holland Quartet David Virelles Fatoumata Diawara Helen Gillet James Brandon Lewis Kassa Overall Kokoroko Matt Mitchell Myra Melford Nic Bartsch's Ronin Tomeka Reid Quartet Tord Gustavsen Trio Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet Yasmin Williams Brad Mehldau