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Kadri Gopalnath, Saxophone

Ray Anderson and Bobby Previte, Double Trouble

Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Odean Pope, The Lighthouse

I saw Henry Threadgill in the 1990s at Thread Waxing Space in NYC. I recollect Amina Claudine Myers on organ and Brandon Ross on guitar. It was excellent. I'm excited to have another chance.

Thanks.

Malombo Jazz (Strut) Johnny Griffin, NYC Underground (Galaxy) Red Garland, Equinox (Galaxy)

Yes, that was an interesting set. Pheeroan Aklaff on drums. Henry Threadgill is not on the same plane as Roscoe Mitchell and Wadada Leo Smith? He is for me.

Geri Allen, The Gathering (Verve)

Roy Hargrove, With the Tenors of Our Time

Jakob Bro has been added to the list of performers (both he and Joe Henry are on Sunday). I suppose there is still another month or so wait before the detailed schedules are released.

In June of this past year, I was invited down to Brooklyn to produce a new project for the supernaturally kind and gifted guitarist, Julian Lage. The album that resulted, Speak To Me, is something of which I am profoundly proud; and as young master Lage will be showcasing that new music at this year’s Big Ears Festival, I had already prepared myself to be in attendance—for the sake of my own spiritual health and renewal, if nothing else. But then came the notion of staging an additional show while together in Knoxville, on behalf of exploring a deeper collaborative relationship between us; and to that end, I’m thrilled that I will be joining forces with Julian’s trio to perform a set of my own songs on Sunday, the 24th (The Tennessee Theatre), at the civilized hour of 6pm. Julian Lage may be a new friend to me, but he’s quickly become an indispensable one; a true soul connection. And with my songs in his hands, I can only imagine what his light may illuminate. Joe Henry

Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch)

Directions in Music (with Roy Hargrove and Michael Brecker) is also good.

Duwayne Burnside, Acoustic

Not RIP. https://nypost.com/2020/07/30/three-women-accuse-ex-private-school-teacher-of-sexual-abuse-suit/

Terry Gibbs Big Band, Swing is Here (Verve) Kenny Burrell, K.B. Blues (Blue Note, Tone Poet)

McCoy Tyner, Extensions (Blue Note Tone Poet)

Disagreement here. Owl is not elevator music; it is simply quiet music. I liked it. As for live, I saw him twice at the Big Ears Festival a couple years ago, once with Kris Davis, which was okay, and once leading his own band, with Linda Oh, which I quite liked.

Excited to have the chance to hear live a trio of great African bands in the spring: Fatoumata Diawara (Big Ears Festival) Mokoomba (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival) Oumou Sangare (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival)

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 2024 Weekend 1: Jazz: Charles Lloyd Quartet, Kenny Barron Trio, Patrice Rushen, Nicholas Payton, Lakecia Benjamin, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Jason Marsalis, Headhunters (Donald Harrison, Mike Clark, Bill Summers), Wycliffe Gordon, Astral Project, Tuba Skinny, Louis Armstrong Camp Celebration (Christian Scott, Donald Harrison, Calvin Johnson), Naturally 7, Alexey Marti, Yusa, Doreen, Helen Gillet, Trumpet Mafia, Oscar Rossignoli, Louis Ford. World: Oumou Sangare (Mali); Mokoomba (Zimbabwe); Los Cumbia Stars (Columbia); Gregorio Uribe (Columbia); Gaita Loop (Columbia). Blues: Robert Cray; Joe Louis Walker; Selwyn Birchwood; Toronzo Cannon; Mr. Sipp; D.K. Harrell; Joy Clark. Other: Leyla McCalla; People Museum. Weekend 2: Jazz: Terence Blanchard Flow; Stefon Harris and Blackout; Samara Joy; Legacy of Wayne Shorter (with Chris Potter); Uptown Jazz Orchestra; Amina Figarova; Jesse McBride Big Band; Charlie Gabriel; Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses; Blodie's Jazz Jam; Victor Goines; Leroy Jones; Tribute to Johnny Dodds with Dr. Michael White; Mahmoud Chouki; Jamil Sharif; Tom McDermott and Aurora Nealand. World: Cimarron (Columbia); Bejuco (Columbia); Lucio Feuillet (Columbia). Blues: Guitar Slim, Jr. Duwayne Burnside; Kenny Neal. Other: Allison Russell; Meschiya Lake.

Bobby Previte/Jamie Saft, Doom Jazz 2

Gil Fuller and the Monterey Jazz Orchestra with James Moody, Night Flight (Pacific Jazz) Jesse Fuller, San Francisco Bay Blues (Prestige) J

B.B. King, Greatest Hits Live (King Biscuit Flower Hour)

Proceeds in part will go to our choice charities... Big Al's in Waxahatchie. I've been there.