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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

A Contemporary Hindustani Classical Music Ensemble: The Anirudh Varma Collective Sunday, October 1 at 7:00pm Arts and Technology Lecture Hall (ATC 1.102), ATC 1.102 A Contemporary Hindustani Classical Music Ensemble The Anirudh Varma Collective Sunday, October 1 7 p.m. ATC Lecture Hall Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building Free and open to the public About the Collective The Anirudh Varma Collective is a contemporary Indian classical ensemble from New Delhi, India. It is led by pianist, composer & producer, Anirudh Varma. The Anirudh Varma Collective comprises over 150 musicians & artists from across India, America, and Canada. The Collective aims to discover, re-discover, and present the tradition & diversity of Indian music in a contemporary yet rooted manner in order to reach and connect with the masses. The Collective has released 2 full-length albums, 'Perspectives' (2018) and Homecoming (2022), and they have staged more than 500 performances. They have performed at HCL Concerts, The Jaipur Literature Festival, Serendipity Delhi and The Mahindra Kabira Festival. Anirudth Varma Collective Show reel

Sitar & Sarod Recitals – Meditative Strings Saturday, October 21, 2023 4:00:00 PM Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013 Admission: ICMC Members: Free General: $30 Student: $20 ICMC Zelle ID: 2143363459 (Tickets & Membership) Pt. Indrajit Banerjee Sitar Swarnendu Mandal Sarod Pt. Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla http://icmcdfw.org/images/artists/indrajitBanerjee2023.jpghttp://icmcdfw.org/images/artists/swarnenduMandal.jpghttp://icmcdfw.org/images/artists/gourisankarKarmakar2023x200pxVertical.jpg Sitarist Pt. Indrajit Banerjee is one of the leading exponents of the Maihar Gharana. He was born in a musical family. Some of these family members include his guru, Pandit Kartick Kumar (Sitar), Pandit Barun Kumar Pal (Hamsa Veena), Niladri Kumar (Sitar), Partho Das (Sitar), Aparna Roy (Surbahar). He got inspiration from his sitarist mother, Manju Banerjee, who was a disciple of late Nikhil Banerjee, and afterwards, Santosh Banerjee. Indrajit’s training began with his maternal grandfather, Bankim Kumar Pal, who was the disciple of Ud. Inayat Khan, and Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhuri (Kochi Babu). He then took training under Pandit Manilal Nag of Bishnupur Gharana. Later on, he took intensive training from his uncle, Pandit Kartick Kumar, who is a senior disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. All of this training developed a strong foundation for Indrajit’s music, and creative individuality. He is an A grade artist of All India Radio and National Television, Panel Artist for Indian Council Of Cultural Relations, has served as Judge for AIR (Kolkata), and is a member of the American Federations of Musicians, and voting member of The Recording Academy (Grammies). Indrajit has been touring extensively toured in the UK, Europe, Caribbean Islands, Lebanon, Hawaii, Alaska, Costa Rica, Brazil and Canada for the last 20 years as a solo sitar artist. He also collaborated with several artists from the West, including STING (Channel V Awards), Steve Smith Yaron Herman, Abbos Kosimov, Goodman Theatre (Sherman Brothers ), Fareed Haque, Jeff Coffin, Stefebn Lessard Bass, Carter Beauford Drums etc. He has several solo sitar albums to his credit and also has been featured in many albums. Indrajit has National and International awards from India and the U.S.A. Indrajit is also a composer and has arranged music for several albums and award winning documentary films. Pandit Gourisankar Karmakar a leading tabla maestro of the present generation, studied tabla under the able guidance of his father, Pandit Shib Sankar Karmakar. Since 1979, he has been under the tutelage of the tabla Maestro Pandit Sankha Chatteriee. Gourisankar is an "A" grade Artist of All India Radio and Television. His talent and creativity are manifest in classical performances, experimental East-West World Music collaboration, and North- South musical interactions. He has performed with most of India's eminent artist like Pandit Hariprasad Chourasia, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan etc. In world Music, performed with World famous Drummer Steve Smith, Grammy winner Mamadou Diabate (Kora Player), World famous Steel Pan player Liam Teague and many others. In 2008, Gourisankar established the "School of Indian Percussion & Music" in Austin, Texas. Many of his students have benefited from his teaching expertise, and perform regularly. Swarnendu Mandal is a young sarod player and music composer from Kolkata, who is known for his purist and melodious style of playing and is rightly considered to be one of the most prominent torch bearers of the Senia Shahajahanpur Gharana. He is a disciple of Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta, and currently a senior scholar at ITC Sangeet Research Academy (SRA) and working at the esteemed SRA since 2013. He is also receiving sarod training from Abir Hussian of SRA since 2014. Swarnendu has performed extensively in various notable venues across South Asia and Europe. Notable venues include the following: ITC Sangeet Sammelan (2022), Ministry of Sports and Culture, Taiwan (2019), Performance for the Italian Consulate General (2022) and Krypta, Vienna (2022). He holds degrees in Bachelors of Science (Geology) and Bachelors in Music (Sangeet Visharad). Swarnendu is a graded artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan and has also recently received the prestigious CCRT National Scholarship by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Indian Fine Arts Academy Dallas Fortworth presents FALL CONCERTS 2023 RAMANA BALACHANDHRAN - VEENA SRI. PATRI SATISH KUMAR SRI. SoWMIYA NARAYANAN ON MRIDANGAM ON GHATAM Sunday, Oct Ist 2023 Time - 4 PM VENUE - GURUVAYOORAPPAN TEMPLE AUDITORIUM 1701 Spring Valley Rd, Carrollton, TX 75006 Concerts are free for IFAA Members For Non-Members, Tickets cost $25 Please visit www.ifaadfw.org to book tickets For Membership and Sponsorship visit www.ifaadfw.org For further details, Contact Jayashree Murthy - 972-679-9304 Come to Celebrate Classical Arts with us

Excellent choice.

Jazz Giants volume 1 (Giants of Jazz). Some broadcast gems on this record in good sound (Ellington solo Solitude, Benny Goodman small group with Jess Stacy, Louis Armstrong All Stars with Earl Hines for a wonderful Struttin' with some Barbecue, Basie small group with Wardell Gray).

Sounds good.

Gil Evans, Great Jazz Standards (Pacific Jazz Tone Poet) McCoy Tyner, Time for Tyner (Blue Note Tone Poet)

My favorite track on that LP is We Kiss in a Shadow.

One of my favorite bassists, I was lucky to see him with an edition of Mingus Dynasty and with Geri Allen, Chico Freeman and Andrew Cyrille at Jazz Standard.

For me, 1957-1965.

I am innocent!

Yes. I have a whole series of Stolen from... LPs.

Classic Jazz at the Philharmonic Jam Sessions (1950-1957)

Sunday at the Riverfront Jazz Festival: Ironically, the Bruton Theater, where the actual jazz acts appeared, was called the Blues and Soul Stage, whereas the Arena, which was mostly smooth jazz acts, was the Jazz Stage. Nevertheless, starting the day with Jason Marsalis on vibraharp, leading a quartet of what appeared to be local talent (Quincy Davis, the drum professor at UNT, and Dave Meder on piano (also a professor at UNT)), played a program of songs associated with Lionel Hampton and original Ellis Marsalis compositions. Jason is superb on vibes and the most talented member of the family (IMO). Next up, the great Chucho Valdes appeared with a quartet (bass, drums, congas). Enough superlatives for this magnificent set are not available. Fantastic. That was it for me, quitting while I was ahead. Hopefully next year this festival will return and there will be more jazz on the bill.

Wayne Shorter, Schizophrenia (Blue Note Tone Poet) Keith Jarrett, My Song (ECM)

On Saturday, I attended the Riverfront Jazz Festival, at the Dallas Convention Center for the first time. This is mostly a smooth jazz and soul festival, with two stages, the large Arena Stage (with poor acoustics, the site of a long ago Jimi Hendrix appearance in Dallas) and the Bruton Theater, which is quite nice. The theoretical riverfront is to the Trinity River, which more resembles a stream than a river, except when it is flooding. Skipping the smoothness in bad sound, I stuck to the Bruton Theater, where I first heard a set by Shemekia Copeland, daughter of the late great Johnny Copeland. I had not really listened to her before, but her set was quite strong--some powerful vocals backed by a fine band. Next I heard the group Naturally Seven. I was not expecting this to be so good. Seven vocalists with no instruments, other than their voices, but who sounded like a full band with vocals. Finally for the day, Marcus Miller appeared with a quintet--all new to me except for Russell Gunn on trumpet. I quite enjoyed the set, including A Night in Tunisia and Mr. Pastorious. Overall, a good day and looking forward to seeing Jason Marsalis and Chucho Valdes on Sunday.

Samara Joy: A Joyful Holiday featuring The McLendon Family (Matinee) Samara Joy Date Sunday December 10, 2023 Time Doors 1:00pm Showtime 2:00pm Location Longhorn Ballroom (map) 216 Corinth St. Dallas TX 75207

My favorite is Hymn to the Earth.

When I first heard him live starting in 1983, he had a regular quintet with Gary Bartz, John Blake, John Lee and Wilby Fletcher. A few years later he stitched to a trio (Avery Sharpe and Louis Hayes, later replaced by Aaron Scott). In those days he used to come through the Dallas/Fort Worth area twice a year, at the Caravan of Dreams and the Venetian Room of the Fairmont Hotel. I always assumed the reason for the switch to the smaller group was an economic one based on the expense of touring. I was also fortunate to get to see the trio several times at Sweet Basil.

Big Beiderbecke, Volume 2 1927 (Masters of Jazz)

Ravi Shankar/Ali Akbar Kahn, The Exotic Sitar and Sarod (Capitol International) Wayne Shorter, Emanon (LP 1) (Blue Note). Surprised to come across a new copy of this as a cut out at Half Priced Books.

Same here: Rubber Soul.

I've been trying to edit Queen from my memory and had been quite successful until this recent baffling Freddie Mercury lionization..

A coat and tie? Fortunately, I never have to wear those any more.

Joe Farnsworth, In What Direction Are You Headed? (Smoke Sessions)