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Sun Ra, The Complete Nothing Is (ESP=DISK)

Okyerema Assante featuring Plunky, Drum Message (Strut)

Hamilton 60

December 12, 2021: Jackie Venson, Mowawk Austin, Austin January 14, 2022: Jackie Venson, Brauntex Performing Arts Center, New Braunfels January 15, 2022: Joey DeFrancesco, Parker Jazz Club, Austin Jackie Venson, Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, Galveston January 21, 2022: Jackie Venson, Tuliips FTW, Fort Worth January 26, 2022: Brubeck Brothers, One World Theater, Austin February 5, 2022: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio February 18, 2022: Christian Sands, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio February 19, 2022: Jackie Venson, Dosey Doe, The Woodlands February 23-24, 2022: Pat Metheny, One World Theater. Austin February 25, 2022: Pat Metheny Side Eye, Cullen Theater, Houston February 26, 2022: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Majestic Theater, Dallas March 22, 2022: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Dallas March 24, 2022: Shabaka Hutchings & Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Trefoil (Ambrose Akinmusire, Kris Davis, Gerald Cleaver), John Medeski, Theon Cross, Dan Weiss Starebaby, Big Ears, Knoxville, Tennessee March 25, 2022: Sons of Kemet, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Kris Davis' Diatom Ribbons, Ron Miles Quintet, Julian Lage Trio, Andrew Cyrille and Ambrose Akinmusire, Craig Taborn Trio, Lakou Mizak, Leyla McCalla, Pedrito Martinez Group, Mdou Moctar, Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses, Jeff Parker and the New Breed, Big Ears March 26, 2022: John Zorn, Andrew Cyrille and Marc Ribot, Jason Moran, Angel Bat Dawid & SisTazz of the Nitty Gritty, Nubya Garcia, Christian Scott, Jamie Branch, Joshua Abrams, Harriet Tubman, Leyla McCalla, Myra Melford Snowy Egret, Ches Smith We All Break, Yasmin Williams, Big Ears March 27, 2022: John Zorn, Bill Frisell Trio, Marc Ribot, Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet, Ocean Pope and Immanuel Wilkins, Miquel Zenon and Spektral Quartet, Big Ears April 23, 2022: Joel Ross, Cullen Theater, Houston April 29-May 1, 2022: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 5-8, 2022: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 13, 2022: Artemis, Cullen Theater, Houston June 20, 2022: Kevin Eubanks, Meyerson Symphony Hall, Dallas

Art Ensemble of Chicago, Going Home Jamaica (Atlantic)

Clark Terry Sextet featuring Ben Webster, More (Theme from Mondo Cane) (Cameo) Charles Mingus, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse/Acoustic Sounds). Fantastic sound on this reissue.

Earl Hines Trio with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge, Live at the Village Vanguard, volume 2 (Limelight) Hannibal in Berlin (MPS)

They are also disposing of the Francis Wolff photo collection. Dear friends and supporters, Over the last 30 years, Mosaic Images has released amazing images of jazz recording history taken by Francis Wolff to the world: We’ve published hundreds of gems in six books, reissue booklets and jazz press, presented gallery shows and photo exhibitions around the world and made fine art prints available to the public. After Charlie Lourie and I launched Mosaic Records, I made friends with Alfred Lion, who made available photographic gems made by his partner Francis Wolff from the Blue Note sessions. We became the caretakers and eventual owners of the Wolff photographs and launched Mosaic Images. My wife Lisa and I carefully sleeved and curated these 20,000 photographs which came to us in two old trunks from Alfred’s attic. We realized that we had a vast and important asset of unseen jazz photography that might well have been thrown away after Alfred’s passing, had this opportunity not come about. Well, change is inevitable and soon the Francis Wolff photo archive will change ownership. Lisa and I will remain on as consultants for a while, but one of the casualties of the transition is that the availability of these images is undefined. This means that ordering fine art, metal and vintage silver gel prints will soon not be an option. No doubt the availability of making prints will return at some point, but if you are considering buying a Francis Wolff print in the near future, please do so on www.mosaicrecordsimages.com before December 17th. Regretfully we are sorry for any inconvenience that this disruption causes. Thank you for all your support, perceptions, and enthusiasm, Michael Cuscuna

I haven't heard the RLR release but on first listen was pleasantly surprised by the sound quality of the party tracks--clear sound in the horns, but a muddy rhythm section and somewhat overloud drums. But quite listenable to my ears.

The first disc in the collection, except for the first few fragmentary tracks from Billy Berg's, is highly enjoyable, with Bird is clear and pleasing sound. The last three tracks, apparently unreleased, are not the worst Bird recordings released. They are assuredly better than the Lover Man session; in fact, while Bird sounds off, he is also unusually relaxed; I like the three tracks. It's a fine collation of live early bebop tracks, sounding good.

Charlie Parker, Bird in LA (Verve)

Ron Carter, Peg Leg (Milestone) Bill Evans with Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh, Crosscurrents (Fantasy)

They appear to have changed this setting on the Josey records website and have both the CD and the LP sets available. So now you can order online for shipping, as far as I can tell without actually ordering myself.

Dave Holland, Emerald Tears (ECM) Erroll Garner Plays Misty (Mercury)

Anyone looking for a copy, Josey Records in Dallas had multiple copies of the CD and LP sets left at the end of the day. The CD set was only $24. https://www.joseyrecords.com

John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Gateway 2 (ECM)

Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings (Omnivore)

Checking my iTunes library, I seem to have versions by Errol Garner (multiple), Roy Eldridge, Wes Montgomery, Arnett Cobb, Arthur Blythe, Dorothy Ashby, Clark Terry, John Hicks, Hand Crawford, Freddie Hubbard, Buddy Rich, Pharoah Sanders, Ben Webster, Lucky Peterson, and Roderick Paulin.

Joe Farnsworth, City of Sounds (Smoke Sessions)

Yesterday's rare find of a Blue Note in the wild--stereo W, 63rd pressing (for $8).

Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet (Blue Note). Keith Jarrett, Staircase (ECM)

Back in the 1980s, Oliver Lake and Jump Up played at the Caravan of Dreams. I didn't care for the group. But, I've also seen him with Trio 3, as a sideman with Malachi Thompson, and with Graham Haynes and Barry Altschul--all very good.

Angel Bat Dawid and the Brotherhood, Live

Bill Evans, Live In Tokyo (Fantasy) Keith Jarrett, Changes (ECM)

Because it's an appealing melody composed and brilliantly performed by the great Erroll Garner?