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Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden, Alone Together (Blue Note)

Dave Burrell, Lush Life (Denon) Willie Thomas and Bunky Green, For Love Again (Mark)

Good one.

I guess so. It is May 16. I have been cloistered too long.

On the evening of Wednesday, May 12, the Wild Detectives backyard in Oak Cliff’s Bishop Arts District will set the stage for a tour of Global Soundscapes, as Sangeet Millennium and Chasquis present a concert featuring the Jamal Mohamed Trio and Sangeet Millennium Ensemble. The two ensembles will perform traditional and original musical spanning the Arab World, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia. Doors open at 7:00 pm; music starts at 7:30. This event, the first of four in South Asian and Global Performance Series, is supported in part by an Arts Activate grant from the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture. Sangeet Millennium Ensemble: Amie Maciszewski – sitar, vocals; Paul Klemperer – saxophone; Paarth Kuntawala – tabla Jamal Mohamed Trio: Jamal Mohamed – doumbek, riq, various percussion; guitar – Buddy Mohmed; Jonathan Jones – clarinet, shawms.

Half of it is a great album. The guest "vocalists" on the other half, I mostly don't care for (the music is still good though).

Earl Hines, Solo Walk in Tokyo (Denon)

Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse)

T. P. Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo de Cotonou Benin, No. 4 Coleman Hawkins All Stars (Prestige Swingville) Eric Schneider and Earl Hines, Eric and Earl (Gatemouth) MIquel Aceves Mejia, Bajo el Cielo de Mexico (RCA)

SMOKE SCREENS PRESENTS: THE MARC CARY TRIO FEATURING NASHEET WAITS & RASHAAN CARTER FRIDAY MAY 14 - SATURDAY MAY 15 / LIVE STREAMED / 8PM EST Buy Streaming Pass “Cary shows how creatively he can stretch cool piano-jazz swingers over complex and cutting-edge rhythms, producing music that sounds old and new at once.” – The Guardian Marc Cary leads a mesmerizing trio featuring Nasheet Waits and Rashaan Carter in two nights of livestreaming concerts. One of New York’s best jazz pianists, Cary has been a singular presence in New York for three decades including celebrated work with Betty Carter and Abbey Lincoln. Today, he is at the forefront of the musically diverse, genre blending contemporary jazz scene. As The New York Times observed, “There isn’t much in the modern-jazz-musician tool kit that Marc Cary hasn’t mastered, but he has a particular subspecialty in the area of groove…with a range of rhythmic strategies, from a deep-house pulse to a swinging churn.”

Yes, except the Jazz Record Mart was also the home base for Delmark Records.

Sounds great.

To my recollection, I saw Curtis Fuller twice, once in his later years in a Fort Worth club, which was just okay, and more thrillingly, with the Timeless All Stars in New Orleans in 1987 (also the only time I got to see Harold Land in person).

Kenny Barron and Mulgrew Miller, The Art of Piano Duo Live (Sunnyside)

Youssou N'Dour, Fatteliku, Live in Athens 1987

Kokoroko Ethio Stars featuring Mulatu Astatke, Addis 1988 Mdou Moctar, Blue Stage Sessions Stephane Grappelli, Satin Doll

Yes, the Tone Poet Rajah sounds much better than the DMM version.

Jupiter & Okwess, Na Kozonga

Dexter Gordon, One Flight Up (Blue Note Tone Poet). Great music, Spectacular sound. Jo Jones, Our Man, Papa Jo (Denon) Claude Black, J.C. Heard, George Benson, The Detroit Jazz Tradition (Parkwood)

Les Filles de Illighadad at Pioneer Works James Brandon Lewis, Jesup Wagon 2020 by Palladium (anthology tribute to Wayne Shorter)

Norris Turney, I Let a Song (Black and Blue)

Mary Lou Williams, Nice Jazz 1978 (Black and Blue)

New livestream from Village Vangaurd JOEL ROSS & IMMANUEL WILKINS MAY 7 ‑ MAY 9 NEW STREAM! Immanuel Wilkins – Alto Saxophone Joel Ross – Vibraphone $10 Show is available from Friday – Sunday Get Tickets! Smalls and Mezzrow CAROLINE DAVIS QUINTET SPONSORED ANONYMOUSLY BY A SMALLSLIVE SUPPORTING MEMBER LIVE AT SMALLS THU MAY 06 SETS AT 6:00PM 7:30PM 6:00 PM TICKET7:30 PM TICKET Caroline Davis / Alto Sax Adam O’Farrill / Trumpet Julian Shore / Piano Chris Tordini / Bass Allan Mednard / Drums SULLIVAN FORTNER, KASSA OVERALL & AMEEN SALEEM DOORS OPEN AT 7 PM LIVE AT MEZZROW FRI MAY 07 SETS AT 7:30PM 9:00PM 07:30 PM TICKET09:00 PM TICKET Sullivan Fortner / Piano Kassa Overall / Drums Ameen Saleem / Bass STACY DILLARD QUARTET LIVE AT SMALLS SAT MAY 08 SETS AT 9:00PM 10:30PM 9:00 PM TICKET10:30 PM TICKET Stacy Dillard / Tenor Sax

The new iMac I just purchased has no built-in CD drive but this issue was easily solved by adding an external CD drive (currently listening to Earl Hines).

May 23, 2021: Jackie Venson, Levitt Pavilion, Arlington May 29, 2021: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth June 18-19, 2021: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin June 23, 2021: Jackie Venson, Dosey Doe, Spring, Texas June 25, 2021: Walter Wolfman Washington, Antone's, Austin July 10, 2021: John Primer, Antone's, Austin July 30, 2021: Jackie Venson, Three Links, Dallas July 30-August 1, 2021: Satchmo Summerfest, New Orleans Jazz Museum September 30-October 3, 2021: French Quarter Festival, New Orleans October 8-17, 2021: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival October 30, 2021: Tinariwen, Tulips FTW, Fort Worth November 6, 2021: Jason Moran: James Reese Europe and the Harlem Hellfighters, Cullen Theater, Houston February 25, 2022: Pat Metheny Side Eye, Cullen Theater, Houston February 26, 2022: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Majestic Theater, Dallas April 23, 2022: Joel Ross, Cullen Theater, Houston May 13, 2022: Artemis, Cullen Theater, Houston