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It looks like they have added three venues. FESTIVAL VENUES BIJOU THEATRE 803 S. Gay Street BOYD’S JIG AND REEL 101 S. Central Street CHURCH STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 900 Henley Street JACKSON TERMINAL 100 S. Gay Street KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive THE MILL & MINE 225 Depot Avenue OLD CITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 111 State Street THE PILOT LIGHT 106 E. Jackson Avenue Knoxville Visitor’s Center 301 S. Gay Street THE STANDARD 416 W. Jackson Avenue ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 413 Cumberland Avenue TENNESSEE THEATRE 604 S. Gay Street TENNESSEE AMPHITHEATER AT WORLD’S FAIR PARK 963 World’s Fair Park Drive

I purchased my pass just now. Really looking forward to this. I did notice that hotels seemed to be fuller than usual when I booked a couple of weeks ago, so I would advise taking care of that sooner rather than later if planning to attend.

2022 BIG EARS FESTIVAL COVID-19 POLICY The health and safety of everyone who attends Big Ears is our number one priority. With the rise of COVID cases due to the Delta variant, we are now mandating that all staff, artists, and audience members be fully vaccinated in order to participate in ticketed activities presented by Big Ears. In the coming months, we’ll describe the steps we intend to take to verify the vaccination status of audience members. As we continue to observe the situation, we reserve the right to institute other COVID-related safety measures in advance of the festival. To be considered fully vaccinated for attendance at the 2022 Big Ears Festival, you must have received your second dose in a 2-dose series (Pfizer or Moderna) or a single-dose vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) on or before Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

Strong lineup for the 2022 Festival. Let's hope for the best. Vaccination is required. https://bigearsfestival.org Jazz artists include; John Zorn; Bill Frisell; Sons of Kemet; Jason Moran; Preservation hall Jazz Band; Marc Ribot; Andrew Cyrille; Ron Miles Quartet; Nubya Garcia; Shabaka Hutchings; Joshua Abrams; Ambrose Akinmusire; Jamie Branch; Kris Davis; Harriet Tubman; Theon Cross, Pedrito Martinez; Myra Melford; Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses; Jeff Parker; Christian Scott; Ches Smith; Craig Taborn. World music artists include: Mdou Moctar (Niger); Lakou Mizak (Haiti); Leyla McCalla.

And between the ages of 85-88, he released nine new albums!

I heard him play piano with a group including Buddy Tate, Norris Turney, Slam Stewart, Scott Hamilton, and Warrant Vache at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1987. Much later (in 2016), again in New Orleans at Jazz Fest, he came out on stage beaming after a Geri Allen set dedicated to Errol Garner.

Smalls honoring veteran musicians. We decided to honor several musicians who have had impact on our Smalls eco-system by creating the "SmallsLIVE Living Masters Award". Our criterion is that the musician must be 65 years or older. He or she must have had a significant career in jazz and recognition by their peers and, finally, had to have had a relationship with Smalls (or Mezzrow). This award has two components. One is a cash award to the recipient and the other component is a live performance and recording at the club. Our goal is to benefit and document these lifelong artists. The first award went to a project co-led by Tyler Mitchell and saxophonist Marshall Allen (96 years old). They did an amazing live show that we preserved with audio and video recordings. The second recipient arrives today to New York from France, the great Kirk Lightsey. It's our great honor to bring Kirk back to the city, first time back since the pandemic. He will perform at Smalls on Tuesday night and Mezzrow on Wednesday. Thursday afternoon we will be doing a closed door recording of Kirk's group that features Mark Whitfield, Santi Debreano and Victor Lewis. The third recipient will is the wonderful Sheila Jordan and she will do her project along with Alan Broadbent and Harvie S on October 25th. Other musicians chosen for this award include, Steve Nelson, George Cables, Victor Lewis, Frank Lacy and David Liebman. Please watch for them as we announce their upcoming concert dates.

Charles Mingus, Statements (Lotus) Ray Brown/Milt Jackson, Much in Common (Verve)

More from the same engagement:

Oscar Pettiford Memorial Album (Prestige) Bill Harris All Stars (w/Lennie Tristano), A Knight in the Village, 1947 (Jazz Showcase) Earl Hines and Paul Gonsalves, It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got that Swing (Black Lion)

My copy is also a promo.

About the same; not as inspired as usual, but it perks up in spots.

Bsrney Kessel, Solo (Concord) Johnny Lytle, Close Enough for Jazz (Solid State)

Smoke Discs Barney Wilen or Tubby Hayes?

Saw Jameel Moondoc and the Jus' Grew Orchestra one time at Fez in the Time Cafe. Bern Nix on guitar. Terrific band and music.

Qwanqwa, volume 2 (FPE)

Kenny Burrell, Sky Street (Fantasy)

Arnett Cobb Lawrence Brown Willie Dennis Pacific Jazz or Contemporary?

Count Basie and Joe Turner, The Bosses (Pablo/OJC)

John Handy's jazz-Indian music fusions are perhaps the most successful-- Karuna Supreme (MPS) and Rainbow (MPS). Dave Holland played a concert in Dallas in 2017 with a group of mixed jazz and Indian classical musicians that was fantastic--I don't think the group has recorded. There is Good Hope, a scaled down trio version, but with only Chris Potter and Zakir Hussain. Aakash Mittal is an alto saxophonist playing in the same vein as Rudresh Mahanthappa that I heard at the Ragas Live Festival a few years ago in a trio with Rez Abassi on guitar. Sameer Gupta, who I heard at the same festival, is a percussionist with Marc Cary, who combines jazz and Indian music in his own recordings. There's also a John Mayer recording of more recent vintage (1996) that is quite good. https://smile.amazon.com/John-Mayers-Indo-Fusions-1997-01-01/dp/B01K8QOISU/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=John+Mayer%27s+Indo+Jazz+Fusions&qid=1630943091&s=music&sr=1-3

Nothing Is was also my first Sun Ra LP, in school in Austin at the time. That first side, and John Gilmore on Dancing Shadows, started me on the Sun Ra path. The guys at the record store had seen Sun Ra at some legendary performance at the Armadillo World Headquarters, as I recall.

Not to mention, John Handy, Dave Holland, Charles Lloyd, Aakash Mittal, and Sameer Gupta. And there's: https://brooklynragamassive.bandcamp.com

Joe Harriott and John Mayer Double Quintet, Indo Jazz Fusion (Atlantic) L. Subramaniam, Spanish Wave (Milestone)