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That Bassekou Kouyate set at Big Ears was great.

Zamrock: Psychedelic rock from Zambia in the early 1970s. Only lasted a few years. Few survivors due to the AIDs epidemic. Recovered from utter obscurity by reissues on the Now Again label.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/arts/music/horace-tapscott-pan-afrikan-peoples-arkestra.html

WITCH, Zango (Desert Daze Sound)

June 30 2023: Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth July 1, 2023: Bobby Rush, Panther Island Pavilion, Fort Worth July 4, 2023: Jackie Venson, Brushy Creek Amphitheater, Hutto July 12, 2023: John Primer, Antone's, Austin July 13, 2023: John Primer, Antone's, Austin July 15, 2023: John Primer, Antone's, Austin July 21, 2023: Sue Foley and Wayne Baker Brooks, Antone's, Austin July 23, 2023: Imarhan, Beer City Music Hall, Oklahoma City July 24, 2023: Imarhan, Tulips FTW, Fort Worth July 25, 2023: Imarhan, Far Out Lounge, Austin July 27, 2023: Eric Gales, Tannahill's Tavern and Music Hall, Fort Worth July 28, 2023: Eric Gales, Antone's, Austin Jackie Venson, Railroad Blues, Big Bend Music Festival, Alpine July 29, 2023: Natalia Lafourcade, Majestic Theater, Dallas Eric Gales, Charles Bender Performing Arts Center, Houston July 30, 2023: Eric Gales, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio August 5, 2023: Yusa, Oscar Rossignoli, Satchmo Summerfest, New Orleans August 6, 2023: Leroy Jones, Tuba Skinny, Tom McDermott, Jesse McBride, Joe Lastie, Satchmo Summerfest August 11, 2023: Andy Summers, Heights Theater, Houston August 12, 2023: Andy Summers, Kessler Theater, Dallas August 16, 2023: The Thing, Resonant Hotel, Oklahoma City August 18, 2023: W.I.T.C.H., Far Out Lounge, Austin August 19, 2023: W.I.T.C.H., Deep Ellum Art Co., Dallas The Thing, Mohawk, Austin August 20, 2023: W.I.T.C.H., Beer City Music Hall, Oklahoma City September 2, 2023: Marcus Miller, Shemieka Copeland, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Dallas September 3, 2023: Chucho Valdes, Hubert Laws, Jason Marsalis, Stanley Clarke, Bob James, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Dallas September 5, 2023: Stanley Clarke, Paramount Theater, Austin September 7, 2023: Ari Hoenig, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin September 14, 2023: Regina Carter, Lensic, Santa Fe September 15, 2023: Lila Downs, Meyerson, Dallas Stefon Harris, Lensic, Santa Fe September 16, 2023, Shakti with John McLaughlin, HEB Center's Austin Lila Downs, Meyerson, Dallas Christian McBride, Lensic, Santa Fe September 23, 2023: Tall City Blues Festival, Midland September 29, 2023: Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismally, McCullough Theater, Austin October 6, 2023: Bill Frisell Five/Ambrose Akinmusire Owl, Wortham Theater, Houston October 11, 2023: Pat Metheny, Majestic Theater, Dallas October 12, 2023: Pat Metheny, Paramount Theater, Austin October 13-15, 2023: Selwyn Birchwood, Little Freddie King, D.K Harrell, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 19, 2023: Lila Downs, Jones Hall, Houston October 20, 2023: Lila Downs, Bass Hall, Austin October 25, 2023: Tim Berne, Hank Roberts, Aurora Nealand, Austin 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 December 3, 2023: Samara Joy, Bass Concert Hall, Austin January 26, 2024: Joshua Redman, Wortham Theater, Houston February 2, 2024: Catherine Russell and Marcus Roberts, Jones Hall, Houston March 2, 2024: Melissa Aldana, Wortham Theater, Houston March 21-24, 2024: Big Ears Festival April 26-May 4, 2024: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

Hank Mobley, 1963-1970

The Sidney Bechet Story (Brunswick) The American Jazz Ensemble, New Dimensions (Epic) Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan (with Gildo Mahones Trio and Pony Poindexter), Live at Basin Street East (RCA)

Hamid Drake/David Dove/Sonia Flores/James Murphy June 22, 2023 Hamid Drake (Chicago) - drums, percussion, voice David Dove (Houston) - trombone Sonia Flores (Houston) - double bass, voice James Murphy (Houston) - saxophones, flute $10-$20 entry at the door. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Special thanks to the JSB Music Room Concerts will be held on Thursday June, 22nd at 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm) at Talento Bilingue de Houston 333 S. Jensen Dr Houston, Texas 77003

Giants of Traditional Jazz (Savoy)

Last Saturday, Sugato Nag (sitar and surbahar), Gourisankar (Tabla), at the Allen Public Library Auditorium.

Jazz, Volume 10, Boogie Woogie (Folkways)

Willie the Lion Smith, The Many Faces of Jazz, volume 49 (Vogue) Helen Gillet, The Wind Shakes the Trees The Original James P. Johnson (Folkways)

Benny Green was playing the one time I was able to go to Bradley's. Have not seen him since.

Secret Six, Chicken You Can Roost Behind the Moon

Surbahar & Sitar Recital – Meditative Strings Saturday, June 10, 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 Pt. Sugato Nag Surbahar & Sitar Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla http://icmcdfw.org/images/artists/sugatoNag.jpghttp://icmcdfw.org/images/artists/gourisankarKarmakar2023.jpg One of the finest Sitar virtuosi amongst the present generation, and a worthy torchbearer of the famed Sarod Gharana of Senia Shahjahanpur, Pt. Sugato Nag started his training at the age of eight under the guidance of Late Shri Anil Roychowdhury. Sugato next became the disciple of sarod maestro, Sangeetacharya Radhika Mohan Maitra. He next took extensive training and guidance under renowned sarodiya, Late Padmabhushan Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta. He has also taken talim from Pt. Ajoy Sinha Roy of the Maihar Gharana. Sugato’s recital has a blending of the sitar baaj or style of playing of Ustad Vilayat Khan and the rabab based sarod baaj of Ud. Ameer Khan of Shahjahanpore. A very melodious and sensitive player, Sugato’s immense talent is evident in the way he handles the sitar, playing and synthesizing two very different types of baaj to create an unique and 'completely satisfying listening experience'. Apart from performing all over India, Sugato has toured extensively in the US, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Holland, Australia, Japan and Mexico, playing in University circuits as well as in Music Conferences and holding the audience in sway with his scintillating and exquisite performances. Sugato has given a number of lectures cum demonstrations in Universities, music institutions and schools in the US, UK, Australia and Germany and have collaborated with western musicians in Australia to present Raga music through a western instrument ensemble and sitar. An ‘A’ grade musician of All India Radio and Doordarshan, and an ICCR empaneled artist, Sugato is a well-known teacher having disciples around the globe. 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.

Sonny Criss seems tough as nails to me. And among the living, Bobby Watson. Re Donald Harrison, according to his facebook he just had a heart attack. Heart Attack Update: I had the procedure and it seems to be a success. One of the main arteries in my heart was blocked so this could have a death blow. Dr. Lasseter and his great team were synchronized to a high level and got me through this ordeal. They are observing me now. I have to carry my I had a heart attack card everywhere now. I am having a heart attack. Pray for me. I was in critical condition but now I am stable. The doctor will work on me tomorrow.

Sidney Bechet, In Memoriam (Riverside) Joe Newman Octet, All I Wanna Do Is Swing (RCA)

Classic Brunswick & Columbia Teddy Wilson Sessions 1934-1942

Art Lande and Jan Garbarek, Red Lanta (ECM) The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn with Jimmy Giuffre (Atlantic) Ravi Shankar, Two Raga Moods (Capitol)

Leroy Jones with Wendell Brunious, New Orleans Brass Band Music, volume 2

It's up for pre-order on amazon, both CD and vinyl versions. Since it says 80 minutes of music, will the CD version (a single CD) have all the tracks?

Mahmoud Chouki, Live at the 2023 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Munck) Pharoah Sanders, Live at Fabrik, Hamburg 1980

Very interesting.

Event by Homage Nation: The Life and Music of Dennis Gonzalez Stefan Gonzalez, Aaron Gonzalez Date Sunday June 18, 2023 Time Doors 7:00pm Showtime 8:00pm Lobby 6:00pm Location The Kessler (map) 1230 W. Davis St. Dallas TX 75208 $20.00 to $320.00Share Buy Tickets His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, "THIS WAS A MAN." - William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" I've come to accept, and not be surprised by, the foibles and tragedies of humankind. Not to say that I'm insensitive to people and their plight, not at all. I just think I have decided to accept what is happening/not accept what is happening with a careful balance of mind/psyche/spirit. - Dennis Gonzalez When Dennis Gonzalez departed this plane of existence on the Ides of March, 2022, Dallas lost a longtime contributor and respected elder of its underground arts scene. A masterful musician of international stature, visual artist, poet, educator, and broadcaster, Dennis made his mark on the world from a house on Clinton Avenue, starting in 1976, when he and his wife Carol arrived to begin their careers in education and nursing, respectively. More than a “pillar of the community,” Dennis was like a big tree, with deep roots, casting a big shadow, sheltering and nourishing the generations of North Texas creatives who came after him through advocacy, encouragement, and mentorship. The son of an educator and a visual artist/choir director, Dennis had progressed from being “a church musician to a rock musician to a jazz musician.” When out of the classroom, he formed Daagnim (Dallas Association for Avant-garde and Neo-Impressionistic Music), a performance collective and record label that explored the outer reaches of improvised music, attuned to parallel developments in New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Europe. The opening of Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth allowed him to connect with many of these like-minded musicians, and he began traveling around the United States and to Europe to perform and record. Over the next four decades, he built collaborative partnerships with musicians including reed players Rodrigo Amado, Faruk Z. Bey, Charles Brackeen, Elton Dean, Douglas Ewart, Tim Green, Kidd Jordan, Oliver Lake, Sabir Mateen, Akash Mittal, Marek Pospieszalski, and John Purcell; trumpeters Ahmed Abdullah, Hans Petter Molvaer, and Rob Blakeslee; pianists Curtis Clark, Chris Parker, Joao Paulo, Paul Plimley, and Keith Tippett; guitarists Nels Cline and Bill Pohl; bassists Malachi Favors, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Henry Franklin, Henry Grimes, Wojchiech Mazolewski, Joe Morris, and Reggie Workman; and drummers Alex Cline, Alvin Fielder, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Don Moye, and Michael T.A. Thompson. By the end of the 20th century, Dennis’s musical career had lapsed into dormancy for several years. During that time, he supported the early creative endeavors of his progeny, bassist Aaron Gonzalez and drummer Stefan Gonzalez -- who cut their musical teeth playing hardcore punk shows in their own Clinton Avenue home, where Carol and Dennis welcomed a new generation of adventurous listeners. In 1999, Aaron and Stefan invited their father to join them in a free jazz trio, and Yells At Eels was born – a band that would continue for two decades. (Aaron and Stefan have also performed together in Akkolyte and Unconscious Collective, and separately in myriad forms.) For 21 years, Dennis’s show “Miles Out” on KERA 90.1 FM was a late-night lifeline for many listeners. Dallas Independent School District students at Spence Middle School, Woodrow Wilson and North Dallas High Schools benefited from his tutelage in French and later, mariachi. In 2010, Dennis organized the nonprofit La Rondalla, providing free music lessons to Dallas youth. Students from the program even had the opportunity to perform here at the Kessler. To celebrate Dennis this Father’s Day, Aaron and Stefan have assembled a fiery galaxy of talent, whose members have deep connections with their father. Drummer Gerard Bendiks (Swirve, Tidbits) played with Dennis from the early ‘80s, appearing on some of Dennis’s earliest Daagnim recordings. Guitarist Gregg Prickett (Monks of Saturnalia) taught at La Rondalla as well as playing with Aaron and Stefan in Unconscious Collective. Trombonist Gaika James and Houston-based saxophonist Jason Jackson have both played with Yells At Eels. Gaika also leads his own eponymous quartet, while Jason is educational coordinator for the nonprofit Nameless Sound and plays with Stefan in The Young Mothers. Veteran Denton bassist Drew Phelps anchored Dennis’s last ensemble, the jazz/world music/electronica hybrid Ataraxia. Chris Curiel (Swirve, Trumpet Assassins) met the challenge of filling the trumpet chair when Ataraxia regrouped for an emotional performance in the wake of Dennis’s passing last year. The repertoire for this performance is drawn from the full expanse of Dennis’s prolific and well-traveled career. It includes signature tunes like “Namesake,” “Document for Toshinori Kondo” and “Hymn for Julius Hemphill,” others (“Hymn for Mbizo,” “Battalion of Saints”) drawn from the ‘80s albums on the Swedish Silkheart label that established his international reputation, still more (“Wind Streaks in Syrtis Minor,” “Document for Walt Dickerson”) from the Yells At Eels era. “Kwela for Carol” was originally recorded in England with musicians from Soft Machine and King Crimson, “The Earth and the Heart” in LA with brothers Nels and Alex Cline, “Song for a Poet” in Oslo with Scandinavian musicians. Stefan said, “It was hard to just leave it at these tracks alone, but we have a big repertoire for future performances.