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Good to know on BOTH. Thanks!

I've never been that familiar with Akiyoshi/Tabakin, so I checked out the clips on the Select today. GREAT stuff! I think I'm going to have to get it. Probably the Tony Williams, too, although I have a couple of the CDs and the others on vinyl.

The new season has been announced and tix went on sale to members today. As usual, a pretty wide-ranging schedule. Check it out here: SFJAZZ 2014-15 Season Today I grabbed seats for the SFJAZZ Collective [the Music of Joe Henderson], The Cookers, Brian Blade Fellowship, and Ravi Coltrane (w/Special Guests) [John Coltrane's A Love Supreme 50th Anniversary Celebration]. I'm sure I'll pick up other shows as the season rolls along.

They're trying to raise money through IndieGoGo (like Kickstarter) If you're interested, you can contribute here: Join MILES AHEAD - A Don Cheadle Film

I thought her guitar playing was the best part of the show actually! Harrell is a very interesting guy. For someone with his obvious disability, he's incredibly prolific and always surrounds himself with top-shelf talent.

I had trouble with her previous album, which is why I never got the newer one. I thought seeing her would help, because she always seems to get interesting reviews. In a nutshell, I thought the show was overly loud (not that I have a problem with loud music), many of the songs sounded the same, and I didn't understand how the 'robotic' stage show related to the songs.

Saw St Vincent in March. Gotta say I didn't "get it". But thinking that I need to get her latest album, anyway, and try to figure out what it was that I didn't "get". Off to NYC in a week and a half. Planning to see Harold Mabern at Small's and Ben Allison at Birdland. Looking forward to it!

Great - thanks for the heads up!

Lee Morgan Complete 50's - Disks 1, 2 (w/Horace Silver)

I'll be in NYC in a couple of weeks and am planning to see Harold Mabern. I can't figure out what their ticket policy is, though - anyone have information on that?

This time around he's got Ted Nash, Jeremy Pelt, Steve Cardenas and Rudy Royston. Looking forward to it!

I see that Ben is doing a few days at Birdland in the middle of July. I've been wanting to see him for a long time and he doesn't seem to get out to the West Coast much. Fortunately I'm going to be in NYC then, so the timing is GREAT!

JJJ - disk2

You guys are cracking me up! I've been there a handful of times - not in a long while, though. My mother was from there (the Missouri side).

This show KILLED tonight. This group was amazing - on fire from the first note. Special props to Ron Beck for ultra-solid drums, too.

Nice note from Cuscuna on the Mosaic site. The Horace Silver We Will Remember

Chester Thompson at the intimate Joe Henderson Lab @ SFJazz on Friday. Chester Thompson Hammond B-3 organ Robert Stewart tenor saxophone Barry Finnerty guitar Ron E. Beck drums SPECIAL GUEST Kim Nalley vocals

Interesting auction of photos and original cover art from Bruce Lundvall. Check it out. Doyle New York to auction the Jazz Collection of Blue Note Records President Bruce Lundvall Doyle New York auction house site

Seeing him on Saturday. Haven't heard the new album yet, though.

Saw the "Dr. Lonnie Smith In the Beginning Octet" at SFJazz tonight. A very creative band that played multiple styles and long extended pieces. Lonnie, the ring leader, led the pack through 2+ hours of cookin' music. VERY entertaining! See them if they come your way. Lineup: Dr. Lonnie Smith Hammond B3 Organ John Ellis tenor saxophone Jason Marshall baritone saxophone Andy Gravish trumpet Alan Ferber trombone Ed Cherry guitar Johnathan Blake drums Munyungo Jackson percussion

It arrived today. Listened to the first disk - sounds better than expected! The Sue Mingus essay at the end of the booklet was pretty interesting, too.

See my post in another thread

Sorry, can't remember anything in particular. Just bass, sax, congas/percussion and drums.

I saw Ginger last night. He seemed quite frail and had to be helped on and off the stage, and also appears to have respiratory problems. But once the music started he didn't seem impaired at all. Oddly, when he came out for an encore tune, he was smoking (!). He opened with Wayne's "Footprints" and threw in a Monk tune, among several originals. I wouldn't want to compare him to any other drummers - jazz or otherwise. I would say that his unique style is somewhere between jazz and rock. He has a very good sense of propulsion and swing, which works well with his music. BTW, his between-tune comments were very funny. Pee Wee Ellis on sax, and Alex Dankworth (son of Cleo Laine and John Dankworth) on bass.