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Still no Marathon schedule, though.

The Big Ears Festival is honoring ECM next March with appearances by the Art Ensemble, Meredith Monk, Carla Bley and others.

Calgary - 60

I donated today.

Some nice background from Vinyl Factory: Rescuing Charles Mingus’ lost Detroit concert

Full lineup announced today. A little overwhelming! Big Ears Festival

This is what it was like on Saturday, which has been the worst for smokey skies in SF, so far.

In SF we're about 150 miles from this fire, but the smoke has hit the Bay Area big time. LOTS of people are wearing masks.

FYI - for those of you who still use eMusic, they have this for $8.49. Jazz in Detroit

Well, the rest of the band isn't too shabby, either!

Thanks - good to know. I figured for about $100 I couldn't go wrong.

They were very good. Unfortunately the piano was sort of lost in the audio mix. Sound is usually excellent in that venue. Ultimately Tyshawn Sorey stole the show.

I saw the "Still Dreaming" group a few months ago. Really good show.

Seeing Myra Melford's Snowy Egret tomorrow night. Should be interesting. An All Star lineup: Myra Melford piano, Ron Miles cornet, Liberty Ellman guitar, Stomu Takeishi bass, Tyshawn Sorey drums

New cover! This is the one I have.

I generally don't go to those shows, either, although I did go to see Wayne Kramer's MC50 show last month. I've heard that BOC still puts on a credible show, though.

I'm definitely going, but will miss that show, unfortunately. I'm sure it will be amazing. I'm only going to the 'marathon' on Friday and Saturday.

Saw Jazzmeia Horn last week. She definitely has some Dee Dee in her, and a little bit of Betty Carter.

Saw Jazzmeia Horn tonight with a very talented trio. Quite a flexible voice and she's not afraid to show it off. A natural scatter, too. I kept thinking of a mix of Dee Dee Bridgewater and Betty Carter (she covered one of her songs tonight).

They always have interesting lineups. I'm half-thinking about going to this one. In January, airfare and hotels in NYC are really cheap. Would be interested to hear anyone's experiences as far as logistics and venue accessibility - good OR bad.

Saw the SFJAZZ Collective yesterday. It was the final SF performance with Miguel Zenon who is rotating out of the group after their upcoming tour. He is the last original member. Seeing vocalist Jazzmeia Horn on Thursday. I don't know a lot about her, but her album has some interesting cuts on it.

Well ... he was new to me, anyway.

Billy Harper, of course. I saw an impressive tenor recently with Louis Hayes - Abraham Burton. Someone to keep an eye on, for SURE. David Sánchez can bring it, too!

Most anyone who buys this most likely already has Both Directions. Why make them buy it AGAIN?

Yes, Davis on that one, but the group typically featured Williams. That Schnitter album is very good, too!