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I listened to a side of High Energy recently and rather liked it (this one has Junior Cook on it). As I recall, Superblue had some merit. On the other hand, I recall Liquid Love as being beyond hope of redemption. I have the first two on LP and have never seen a CD of any of these three. I would rather see Keep Your Soul Together reissued on a (domestic) CD.

Uh, this is a 72 year od man who broke his hip and had to cancel all of his concerts for a couple of months. Maybe your Jazz Society should be a bit flexible. It's not really surprising that he would give preference to what amounts to his home town, is it?

David Newman's concert schedule from his website. Concert Schedule 2006 January 14 University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, Texas January 20-22 Jazz At Pearls San Francisco, California February 1-2 East Stroudsberg University Jazz Masters Series East Stroudsberg, Pa. February 3-4 Twins Jazz Washington, DC February 11 Arts Maplewood On Stage Burgdoff Cultural Center Maplewood, NJ February 12 East Coast Festival Rockville, Maryland February 14 University of Utah Black History Celebration Salt Lake City, Utah February 16 President's Cultural Series at Bryant University Smithfield, Rhode Island February 19 Academy of Music North Hampton, Massachusetts February 25 Ft. Pierce Jazz Society Ft. Pierce, Florida February 26 Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival Double Tree Hotel, St. Louis Park Minneapolis, Minnesota March 3-4 Ellingtons Sanibel Island, Florida March 13-20 Radisson Luxury Jazz Cruise departs Ft. Lauderdale, Florida April 6 NY Community College Theater Jazz Series NYC April 7 La Guardia College Jazz Concert Series LI City, NY April 19-21 Duke University North Carolina

I don't know what you are talking about, but he was scheduled to play the same concert in Dallas last October, cancelled for health reasons, and it was immediately rescheduled for January 14. This appearance has been on his website since October. He also appears, from my observations over many years, to be a very pleasant, refined gentleman. Congratulations. Apparently it was this gig that he preferred to take rather than the one in South Florida he had previously committed to. And now I have it from the head of the jazz society he screwed around with that he is "not worth the trouble" so there won't be any future attempt to bring him here.

David Newman appeared at the University of Texas at Dallas last night, in a small concert hall. It was a fine, well-attended (300 people or so) concert. The backup band was local musicians, Kelly Durbin on piano, James Gilyard on bass, and Andrew Griffith on drums. They acquited themselves quite well. Mr. Newman's son Dino sat in on vocals for a couple of songs each set. Mr. Newman appeared in good health (the earlier scheduled concert last October was cancelled when he broke his hip), except once between songs he looked a trifle winded and said he was having a "senior moment." His sound on his instruments was utterly gorgeous (Tenor, alto and flute)--truly beautiful, soulful, profound. It always has been, but if I noticed one slight change from prior appearances I've seen, it was an even stronger focus on the pure sound of his instruments, with the harder, blues type blowing being in less evidence this time. Among other songs, he played Sunrise, Delilah, Hard Times, Cousin Essau, Duke Pearson's Cristo Redenter, Hank Mobley's This I Dig of You, and Herbie Mann's Passin' Through (the latter three with a bit of commentary on the composers). The vocal's were Hit the Road Jack, Georgia on My Mind, Caravan, and Red Top. It was heartening to see the table where his High Note CDs were being sold literallly mobbed with people, who virtually bought out all the boxes of CDs he had brought. I picked up the new one, I don't think released officially yet--Cityscape, with Howard Johnson, Winston Byrd, Benny Powell, David Leonhardt, John Menegon and Yoron Israel. It was a very happy experience to see David Newman perform in person once again.

Those wer the "high profile" joints. There were also lots of "little" places that you wouldn't know about unless you knew about them. Of course, I do live in a hermetically sealed bubble, into which CDs and (less frequently) meals are sometimes inserted.

There's a jazz gig scene in Texas? Where is it? In the 70s in Dallas, there was the Recovery Room. In the 80s, there was Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth. Other than very short-lived places (Jazz Connection, New Forest Theater), there have generally only been restaurants with incidental music (in Dallas this means the diners are louder than the band, and this is true even if the band is loud). Wynton did play several times at the Caravan of Dreams several times. I actually found it pretty enjoyable, if not extremely exciting. It was amazing though, how many more people would turn out for him than when a genuine jazz great played there.

These arrived, and I definitely like Hear My Music (especially Drone Blues). As to the other, I prefer the San Francisco 1968 concert.

This is Me has several worthy tracks on it, so avoiding it is a mistake.

Amarcord Nino Rota is my favorite of these. Has it even been on CD?

Flying from DFW to O'Hare, thunderstorms all the way. The lightning strikes, the turbulence, the hairraising descent--it was terrifying.

This thread made me curious how many new jazz CDs by living artists I did purchase in 2005. Only including recordings that say copyright 2005, my quick inventory indicates that I bought about two dozen or so such recordings. These purchases were either based on past tastes, live experiences, or things I read about here. These are the ones that appealed to me the most: Jason Moran--Same Mother Greg Osby--Channel Three Lonnie Smith--Too Damn Hot Wayne Shorter--Beyond the Sound Barrier James Blood Ulmer--Birthright Melvin Sparks--This is It! Larry Coryell--Electric Jean Michel Pilc--Live at Iridium Mingus Big Band--I Am Three Charlie Haden--Liberation Music Orchestra--Not in Our Name Rudresh Mahanthappa--Mother Tongue Arvam Feffer and Bobby Few--Kindred Spirits Eric Truffaz--Saloua Mike Ladd--Negrophilia Organissimo--This is the Place Vijay Iyer--Reimagining Bud Shank and Phil Woods--Bouncing with Bud and Phil I don't know what the best of the year would be, but all of these would sound good, whatever year they were recorded in.

Who's in his band? MG The LP? It has Kirk Lightsey, Eddie Gladden, David Williams, and Steve Nelson. It's a good one (from 1986). Checking Amazon, it was on CD but appears long out of print. The concert--I don't know yet.

Getting ready for my first concert of the year, David Fathead Newman next Saturday: David Newman--Heads Up (Atlantic)--love the title track (tenor), Delilah (on flute), and For Buster (on alto).

No, I definitely agree with you. They sound pretty inspired to me.

I was expressing the opinion that the Milestones are as a body of work superior to the Blue Notes, and that McCoy Tyner remains a brilliant musician. I like very much most of the Milestones--Sahara, Song for My Lady, Echoes of a Friend, Sama Layuca, Fly with the Wind, The Greeting, Song of the New World. After leaving Milestone, his recording opportunities seem to have significantly diminished. However, he's made some outstanding (my word) recordings post-Milestone--Just Feelin', Dimensions, La Leyenda de la Hora, You Taught My Heart to Sing, the Frank Morgan record Major Changes, David Murray's Special Quartet. The duet recording with Stephane Grapelli is quite nice. The Blue Notes were pretty disappointing, but the duet with George Adams lives up to expectations.The one on Impulse with Michael Brecke is a rather good one. I quite like the recent Illuminations and Land of the Giants also. And he has continued to be a thrilling live performer, at least on the many times I was able to see him in the 1980s, early 90s.

I think his Milestones are much more interesting than the Blue Notes. And he has continued making outstanding records since then, though with a clinker thrown in now and again. He's been one of the best artists in jazz since the 1960s, and still is.

Now I'm hooked--ordered Hear My Music and Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968.

Talk about fast service. Ordered Wednesday night, arrived in mail box on Friday. You talked me into it. I ordered Baggy Rehearsals and Morning Symphony last night.

Dexter Gordon--Doin' All Right--side 2--this Liberty pressing (an early one, I think), purchased used years ago, sounds great, except that there is distortion in the saxophone, like someone played it with a bad needle, but for some reason it only affected the tenor. Frustrating. Freddie Hubbard--High Energy--side 2--electric Freddie, but that version of Too High, sounds great to me--electrified trumpet and all, with fantastic Junior Cook.

I would normally buy all things Mingus-related, but this one gave me pause. Thanks for saving my $15. I heard much of that last week. What a abomination! Wynton should be ashamed.

In my defense, I plead that I purchased two other CDs yesterday--admittedly, the other two were used--Muddy Waters, Folk Singer, and Ike Quebec, Heavy Soul--but I drew a line in the sand at four for the day.

You talked me into it. I ordered Baggy Rehearsals and Morning Symphony last night.

Which of the Dagger releases has the best sound quality? I don't have any, but I've been tempted.

Benny Goodman is at the Waldorf Astoria (where Carmen Miranda sings at supper) Artie Shaw is at the Pennsylvania Fats Waller is at the Famous Door Louis Prima is at the Hickory House Bud Freeman is at Nick's Joe Sullivan and Billie Holiday are at Cafe Society Louis Armstrong is at the Cotton Club, And the Savoy Ballroom has the Benny Goodman Orchestra and (late) Dickie Wells. Pardon my typing error, the Benny CARTER Orchestra is at the Savoy.