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Saturday night Melissa Aldana set was very good. Next week at Smoke, George Coleman.

When he switched from a quintet to the trio as his touring group, Louis Hayes was on drums for the first two or three years; then Aaron Scott replaced Louis Hayes.

I bought the Duke Capitol, the one Moaaic Ellington I was missing.

This group and the group on Dimensions I saw many times. Usually in the last set, at some point McCoy would raise the intensity to such a high level, his playing seemed to defy the limitations of the piano and become some other instrument. Seeing McCoy Tyner a couple of times a year, that is something I really miss. Jimmy Ponder, So Many Stars (Milestone) Urban Green 6-Tet (Command/Pathe Marconi)

Khaira Arby, Timbuktu Tarab

Interesting. I find it to be graceful and soothing.

Mamman Sani, La Musique Electronique Du Niger (Sahel Sounds)

Junior Cook is superb on this recording.

Tim Green is excellent on this very fine recording (Naked on the Floor), music composed by Jonathan Frelich:

SMOKE SCREENS PRESENTS:THE MELISSA ALDANA QUINTET FRIDAY MARCH 12 - SATURDAY MARCH 13 / LIVE STREAMED / 8PM EST Buy Streaming Pass Melissa Aldana (tenor saxophone) Charles Altura (guitar) Sullivan Fortner (piano) Pablo Menares (bass) Kush Abadey (drums)

Don Scaletta Trio, Any Time, Any Groove (Capitol) Don Scaletta Trio, All in Good Time (Capitol)

Louis Hayes/ Junior Cook Quintet, At Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg 1976

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, I Told You So (Colemine) Great album, in my opinion also.

Lester Young, Memorial (Savoy) Benny Goodman, Plays World Favorites in High Fidelity (Westinghouse) Bill Doggett, A Tribute to Duke Ellington (King) Kid Ory, Creole Jazz Band (Good Time)

It's not impossible. I saw Benny Waters at Sweet Basil at age 95; he played great.

Bobby Watson & New Horizon W/ Warren Wolf, Victor Gould, Curtis Lundy & Victor Jones FREE STREAM Beginning Saturday, March 6th @ 7:30PM EST 72-hour Broadcast Donations greatly appreciated THIS WEEKEND: BOBBY WATSON sits among the pantheon of present-day jazz greats. Don't miss out on a FREE BROADCAST with Bobby Watson, Warren Wolf, Victor Gould, Curtis Lundy & Victor Jones beginning at 7:30pm on Saturday, March 6th! We are streaming this incredible set from Keystone's website, YouTube channel and social media platforms. You will have access to this show through Monday, March 8th. We are making extensive preparations to re-open with live music and limited capacity indoor dining in the near future. Please stay tuned for further updates soon. Click Here to Stream for Free! Bobby Watson Quintet: "Soul Eyes" at Keystone Korner Baltimore (2020) Striking the Right Chord! Six Legendary Jazz Clubs Host the first ever multi-city East Coast Jazz Festival on March 20th, 2021 Pay-What-You-Wish to Enjoy More Than 60 of the Top Jazz Performers in the World Over Six Hours A collection of the most beloved and well-known jazz clubs on the East Coast have banded together for the first multi-city East Coast Jazz Festival, which will take place online on Saturday, March 20th from 5 to 11 p.m. The proprietors of Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, Smalls and Birdland in New York, Chris’ Jazz Café in Philadelphia, Keystone Korner in Baltimore and Blues Alley in Washington, DC began planning this all-virtual jazz fest at the start of 2021, and the music will flow live with some pre-recorded sessions mixed in from six different stages, and will showcase the talents of more than 60 of the most renown and respected jazz talents of our time. Click Here to Pre-Register Help keep the lights on and the music alive. To support the indispensable cultural venue of Keystone Korner, please visit our GoFundMe page, share our story, and make a donation today! Keystone GoFundMe Page Keystone Korner Baltimore 1350 Lancaster St. Baltimore, MD 21231 (410) 946-6726 host@keystonekornerbaltimore.com www.keystoneKornerBaltimore.com

Khaira Arby, Gossip (Clermont) Spellcheck rather relentlessly insists on changing K h a i r a to Chair. She's one of the main characters in the documentary, They Will Have to Kill Us First--the excerpt of her concert on the streets of Timbuktu included in the film sent me looking for her music.

Jimmy Smith, The Master (Blue Note)

Yes, a good one.

Charlie Ventura, Adventure with Charlie (King) Johnny Pate Trio Plus Three, Jazz Goes Ivy League (King)

Joey DeFrancesco Today at 6PM ET Live stream. Lewis Nash and myself laying down our fourth stream *Straight Ahead Session from The Nash Arizona. Join in https://thenash.org/joey-defrancesco-and-lewis-nash-sunday-matinees/?fbclid=IwAR17VbUqSONEWbaBPQ1h-c_WwKGY2-xgEyhxf1pGZFQyReO4fK4bI84VLbM Radio Free Birdland proudly presents: The Ron Carter Quartet Premiering Saturday March 6th at 7pm & On Demand Through Saturday March 13th Legendary bassist and NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter -- by some accounts the most recorded jazz bassist in history -- leads his long-time quartet of pianist Renee Rosnes, saxophonist Jimmy Greene, and drummer Payton Crossley through a comprehensive tour of jazz repertoire with which Carter has been associated throughout his career as a leader and member of Miles Davis's groundbreaking 1960's "second quintet."

Thumbscrew, Never is Enough (Cuneiform)

That livestream was fantastic!

Duke Ellington, 1947-1952 (CBS)