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March 14, 2018: Leni Stern, Russian House, SXSW Mokoomba, Russian House, SXSW March 15, 2018: Mokoomba, Flaminco Cantina, SXSW March 16,2018: Chris Thomas King, Lava Cantina, The Colony March 17, 2018: Lil Buck Senegal, Antone's, SXSW Cedric Burnside Project, Seven Grand, SXSW March 22, 2018: Bria Skonberg, Tobin Center, San Antonio March 23, 2018: Victor Wooten Trio, Paramount Theater, Austin Bria Skonberg, Jesse H. Jones Hall, Houston March 24, 2018: Mingus Big Band, Cullen Theater, Houston Victor Wooten Trio, Granada Theater, Dallas March 25, 2018: Zakir Hussain and Rakesh Chaurasia, AISD Performing Arts Center, Austin Victor Wooten Trio, The Ballroom at Warehouse Live, Houston April 1, 2018: Nikki Hill, Big Beat Dallas, Irving April 5, 2018: Melissa Aldana, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas April 9, 2018: Patty Waters with Burton Greene and Barry Altschul, Meca, Houston April 12, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Paramount Theater, Austin April 13, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Cullen Theater, Houston Antonio Sanchez, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio April 14, 2018: Brad Mehldau, University of Texas at Dallas April 14-15, 2018: Kenny Neal, Chris Thomas King, Lazy Lester, Jimmy Duck Holmes, Baton Rouge Blues Festival April 20, 2018: Rachella Parks-Washington, Main Street Arts Festival, Fort Worth April 22, 2018: Rahul Sharma (santoor) and Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Topfer Theater, Austin April 25-29, 2018: Sona Jobarteh, Sidi Toure, Jupiter & Okwess International, Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette April 26, 2018: Joe Louis Walker, Antone's, Austin April 27, 2018: Ron Carter Trio, Christian Scott, Sidi Toure, Calvin Johnson, Bobby Rush, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Joe Louis Walker, Big Beat Dallas, Irving Randy Brecker, Rachella Parks-Washington, Denton Arts and Jazz Festival April 28, 2018: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, Delfeayo Marsalis Presents the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Butler Bernstein and the Hot 9, Trumpet Mafia, Sona Jobarteh and Band (Gambia), Aurora Nealand, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Conrad Herwig, Starr Theater, Fayetteville, Arkansas Rahul Sharma (santoor) and Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Chainmaya Mission Auditorium, Houston Otis Taylor, Big Beat Dallas, Irving April 29, 2018: Kidd Jordan and the Improvisational Arts Quintet, Henry Butler Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, Nicholas Payton, Kenny Neal with Henry Gray and Lazy Lester, Panorama Jazz Band, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 3, 2018: Archie Shepp Quartet, Jamil Sharif, Terrace Martin, Toronzo Cannon, Jeremy Davenport, Wendell Brunious, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 4, 2018: Marcus Miller, Wessel Anderson, Jupiter and Okwess International (Congo), Little Freddie King, Lil Buck Sinegal, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Brian Seeger's Organic Trio, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 5, 2018: Sean Jones, Lurrie Bell, Jupiter and Okwess International, Louis Ford and His New Orleans Flairs, Astral Project, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 6, 2018: Terence Blanchard featuring the E Collective, Leroy Jones, Buddy Guy, Mr. Sipp, Joe Dyson, Ellis Marsalis, Walter Wolfman Washington, Lakou Mizak (Haiti), New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Ganesh and Kumaresh (violins), Bates Recital Hall, Austin May 13, 2018: Vid. Sashank, Unity Church of Dallas Buddy Guy, Verizon Theater, Grand Prairie May 16, 2018: Buddy Guy, Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center, Midland May 17, 2018: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin May 18, 2018: Buddy Guy, Majestic Theater, San Antonio June 20, 2018: Broken Shadows (Tim Berne, Dave King, Chris Speed, Reid Anderson), The North Door, Austin July 6, 2018: Eddie Turner, Tall City Blues Festival, Midland July 7, 2018: Kenny Neal, Tall City Blues Festival, Midland July 14, 2018: Ronu Majhumdar (flute), Tony Bose (sarod), Jones Hall, Houston September 22, 2018: Divine Trio, Allen Public Library September 28, 2018: Stanley Clarke, One World Theater, Austin October 6, 2018: Sweekar Etawah, Imdad Khani Harana (sitars), Houston George Brooks' ASPADA, Bates Recital Hall, Austin

Meat Loaf Patty Waters Danny Burger

Went to the second Paris show. It was my first opportunity at seeing and listening to Patty Waters live and am glad I attended this. Henry Grimes and Patty Waters shared the back of the cellar where the show was being performed. Patty Waters looking very frail and wearing a black floorlength gown which made her look like a fragile rescapee from the Peace and Love generation. Grimes took the stage first with one of his long solo that builds on spîrit plus virtuosity with a mix of bowing and plucking. You rarely catch bass solos that last so long (more than half and hour) and yet manage to grab your attention and grab it and on and on.... Also the place was so small that the listener becomes really part of the whole musical performance. You're sitting right next to the musicians. Patty Waters stood in a corner behind Grimes smiling and digging it all the time and when Grimes finished his solo section gently moved to the front and went into one of her tormented vocalizing. From the moment she started to sing, her smiling face turned into a tortured expression that matched her vocalizing. Her repertoire included songs like 'Nature Boy' and 'Black is the Color of My True Love Hair' and her singing was more reminiscent of her two ESP albums than her more recent recordings. Musings that reach deep inside the listener. Wish her two Paris shows had gathered more publicity. The events were not announced in the main media outlets. It was just lucky that both were attended by small enthusiastic audiences. Henry Grimes had a stupendous improvisation in the second set that I wish had been recorded!

First time I went to the Monterey Jazz Festival I saw Patty Waters (as well as another favorite of mine, Bobbe Norris). Patty's sound was so brutally honest and vulnerable, I was on the edge of my seat. I had known the ESP recordings, but this was more profound. I also noticed how much she got from Ethel Waters, and when I spoke with her she confirmed this. A few years later I got to see her reunited with Burton Greene at the Vision Festival. I saw a Hendricks & Ross reunion at the Blue Note in 1999. The pianist, David (whose last name I can't remember), had been a classmate of mine in an abnormal psych class at Brooklyn College ca. 1974, but that was the only time I saw him gigging, and haven't heard of him since.

From the Henry Grimes website: Saturday, March 4th: Henry Grimes & Patty Waters, Kunstencentrum Belgie, Burgemeester Bollenstraat 54-56+, 35OO Hasselt, Belgium, + 32 (O)11 22 41 61, www.kraak.net/festival2006, belgie@skynet.be; Tuesday, March 7th: Henry Grimes & Patty Waters, Les Sept Lezards, 1O rue des Rosiers, Mo St. Paul (le Marais), Paris, France, + 33 (O)1 48 87 O8 97, www.7lezards.com, info@7lezards.com; Wednesday, March 8th: Henry Grimes & Patty Waters, Marc Fevre & Benedicte Bucher's gallery, 14 rue Jules Valles, 75O11 Paris, France, + 33 (O)1 43 73 53 46, MoratLaurent@yahoo.com; That should be interesting!

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Always seemed more Patty Waters than Uncle Meat to me. But yeah, if you're looking for that sensitive folky thing, it ain't here!

Interesting - I recall reading that the film had something to do with the Living Theatre, but wasn't sure if it actually was completed and released. On the OC with lyrics front, I've heard the Merrill version (beautiful) and Patty Waters also did "Lonely Woman," albeit with lyrics she wrote herself (also beautiful). The latter is on Marzette Watts' Savoy LP. Also have very few problems with Yoko Ono. She's an interesting artist and seems like a cool lady, from someone I know who works with her.

Bobby Few. Bobby Kapp. Patty Waters.

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Hi Clifford. PM sent on: Ronnie Boykins - The Will Come, Is Now (ESP) $6 great session w/ Daoud Haroom, Art Lewis, Jimmy Vass et al. Sun Ra - Some Blues But Not the Kind that's Blue (Atavistic) $5 no obi, great 70s session Alexander Von Schlippenbach - Piano Solo '77 (FMP) $10 fantastic mind-expanding solos Patty Waters - The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings (ESP) $7 fantastic compilation of music from College Tour and Patty Waters Sings, now oop. Tx.

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Here are a few more, the list may not be "well-informed" only because I'm not a huge follower of jazz vocals... but these four I find extraordinary. All of Jeanne's and Patty's work is major, of course. Sheila Jordan - Portrait of Sheila Patty Waters - You Thrill Me Jeanne Lee w/ Ran Blake - The Newest Sound Around John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Several months later... Giuseppe Logan (who spells his first name with an "e" at the end) appeared again at (though not in) the Vision Festival in NYC this year and seems to be in better circumstances. He told us that he has an apartment of his own now in the East Village, which I was told by a very reliable source was acquired with the help of the Jazz Foundation. He's trying to play his alto saxophone with very few teeth, which is virtually impossible; the only other person I've known to do it successfully was the great Clarence "C" Sharpe. Mr. Logan seems to have trouble playing the alto saxophone for more than a few minutes, and it's hard to know why for sure, teeth or otherwise, but it seems to me that he stops because he's not happy with his playing. On the other hand, there was an upright piano in back of the room used as a dining hall by the Vision Festival for six nights, and Giuseppe Logan sat there and played the piano for hours on end for several evenings, and what he played was really lovely and fascinating, hesitantly delivered, but with exquisite harmonics. (He was working on "Giant Steps" for most of one evening while we were there.) This is from a man who probably hasn't had the opportunity to spend time with a piano for half a century. According to “The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the ‘6O’s" (Leonard Feather) and some other sources, Giuseppe Logan was born in Philadelphia on May 22, 1935. After singing in choirs and playing in his school band, he made his professional debut at 15. He studied with Dennis Sandole and others, and also at New England Conservatory. When interviewed for “The Encyclopedia,” he stated that politics, religion, and philosophy play an active role in all arts, and his ambition was to write a symphony. A somewhat mysterious figure, Mr. Logan was self-taught on piano and drums from age 12 before switching to reeds. At 15 he began playing gigs (his most conventional job was with Earl Bostic). In 1964 he moved to New York and became closely involved with the “free jazz” scene. Mr. Logan (who at that time played alto, bass clarinet, flute, tenor, piano, and Pakistani oboe) worked with Bill Dixon, Pharoah Sanders, and Archie Shepp, then formed his own quartet, which also included a young Don Pullen, Eddie Gomez, and Milford Graves; they appeared at the October Revolution in Jazz in 1964. Later on, Giuseppe Logan had a different quartet with Dave Burrell, was a member of Byard Lancaster‘s band, and toured with Patty Waters. He recorded three sets as a leader for ESP (reissued on CD) and also made guest appearances on records by Ms. Waters and Roswell Rudd (the latter for Impulse!). About his recordings, these comments appear in the "All Music Guide" and elsewhere: One of the most uncompromisingly “out” free jazz records of its time is The Giuseppe Logan Quartet (re-released on ESP CD in ‘O8). This 1964 session features Giuseppe Logan on tenor and alto sax, Pakistani oboe, clarinet, flute, and even bass, backed with a piano-bass-drums trio featuring drummer Milford Graves, who doubles on tabla, adding the then-unique Indian percussion sound to the opener, “Tabla Suite.” The other four tracks are slightly more restrained than that wild start, but while pianist Don Pullen and bassist Eddie Gomez occasionally slip into recognizable chord patterns and time signatures (particularly on the almost conventional opening section of the 15-minute “Bleeker Partita”), the completely free playing of Mr. Logan and Mr. Graves keeps the set firmly in free jazz territory. “More” with the same quartet was released on ESP in ‘65 and reissued on Calibre in 2OO2; and “At Town Hall” was released on ESP also in ‘65 and is not known to have been rereleased. Sonny Murray made these comments to "Paris Transatlantic": "They had a nice band with Giuseppe Logan. I was never sure when they first started if any of them knew what to do (laughs) but then I found out Giuseppe had a Masters degree, Don Pullen was highly educated, and Milford was good on all that Latin percussion. It was a great group, really. Giuseppe Logan lost his mind, which was really sad. That came about because his wife left him and took his son with her. He had a twelve-year-old son who could read music backwards, play the trumpet, and was a real genius. Giuseppe was very proud of his boy. When his wife left, that threw him into a tailspin he never recovered from, and he searched down south, everywhere, and he could never find his son or his wife." Coming back to this year's Vision Festival, Henry Grimes and Giuseppe Logan felt an immediate rapport, and Henry invited Giuseppe to play during Henry's solo set. It was the first time they had played together, there was no piano in that particular space, and Giuseppe only played his alto saxophone with Henry for about two minutes, but those were the most beautiful and emotional two minutes imaginable. It was the first time, but let's hope it won't be the last. http://www.henrygrimes.com musicmargaret[@]earthlink.net

Pretty close to mine, though I would want to put Patty Waters and Annie Ross in there too somehow.

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He had others, as well, from what I'm told (by Bernard, but on this I trust him). Yoko was very into Patty Waters, of course.

The recordings made for Savoy take an interesting turn right after the 1962 Bill Dixon-Archie Shepp session. Take a look at the below sessions. Which have you heard? Which sessions did Dixon produce? MG 12178 Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet Bill Dixon (tp) Archie Shepp (ts) Don Moore (b -1,2,4) Reggie Workman (b -3) Paul Cohen (d -1,2,4) Howard McRae (d -3) NYC, October, 1962 1. 63-114 Trio 2. 63-115 Quartet 3. 63-116 Peace 4. 63-117 Somewhere MG 12180 Jack Brokensha - And Then I Said Jack Brokensha (vib) Howard Lucas (p) Don Jordan (b) Art Mardigan (d) March 17, 1963 SJB63-093 March of the Siamese Children SJB63-094 Little Niles SJB63-096 And Then I Said SJB63-097 Johnny Guitar SJB63-099 When the Sun Comes Out SJB63-103 Engulfed Cathedral MG 12182 Paul Bley - Footloose! Paul Bley (p) Steve Swallow (b) Pete LaRoca (d) NYC, August 17, 1962 SPB6464 Floater SPB6465 When Will the Blues Leave SPB6467 Around Again same personnel September 12, 1963 SPB63-259 Syndrome SPB63-261 King Korn SPB63-264 Cousins SPB63-265 Vashkar SPB63-266 Turns MG 12183 Bill Barron - The Hot Line Bill Barron, Booker Ervin (ts) Kenny Barron (p) Larry Ridley (b) Andrew Cyrille (d) NYC, March 31, 1962 SBB6335 Bill's Boogie SBB6336 Groovin' SBB6337 Now's the Time SBB6338 A Cool One SBB6339 Jelly Roll SBB6340 Playhouse March SBB6342 Work Song MG 12184 Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary Five/Bill Dixon 7-Tette Bill Dixon (tp) Ken McIntyre (as, ob) George Barrow (ts) Howard Johnson (bars, tuba) Hal Dodson, Dave Izenzon (b) Howard McRae (d) NYC, February 4, 1964 64-059 Winter Song 1964 64-060 The 12th December Ted Curson (tp -1,2) Don Cherry (tp -3) John Tchicai (as) Archie Shepp (ts) Ronnie Boykins (b) Sunny Murray (d) NYC, February 5, 1964 1. 64-061 Where Poppies Bloom 2. 64-062 Like a Blessed Baby Lamb 3. 64-063 Consequences MG 12185 Joseph Scianni - New Concepts Joseph Scianni (p) David Izenzon (b) March 18, 1965 Daniel's Den Junk Age A Monday Idea Little Pink Missile Man Running Soul Talk Memphis Ramble See Saw MG 12187 Vinson Hill Trio Vinson Hill (p) Ronnie Markowitz (b) John Lee (d) April 11, 1966 Night and Day Pokes Theme Indian Spiritual Bess Lavender's Theme Young and Foolish After Rubato Jazz MG 12188 Valdo Williams - New Advanced Jazz Valdo Williams (p) Reggie Johnson (b) Stu Martin (d) December 20, 1966 Desert Fox Bad Manners Move Faster The Conqueror MG 12189 Robert F. Pozar - Good Golly, Miss Nancy Mike Zwerin (tb, btp) Kathy Morris (cello) Jimmy Garrison (b) Robert Pozar (d) 1966 The Mechanical Answering Service of Chris and Martha White Robin Hood Renfield Keying in Your Bank Maia Good Golly, Miss Nancy MG 12190 Marc Levin - The Dragon Suite Jonas Gwanga (tb) Marc Levin (fl, brass) Calo Scott (cello) Cecil McBee (b) Frank Clayton (d) NYC, 1967 Morning Colors The Dragon and the Rainbow Form with the Modern Men The Rainbow Twilight Dance Meditation The Sea, The Fire, The Earth MG 12191 Ed Curran - Elysa Marc Levin (cor, flh, mel) Ed Curran (cl, as) Kiyoshi Tokunaga (b) Robert Pozar (d) NYC, 1967 Cire Why Mid Tempo Looking Back Duos Lady A Nicole Drac MG 12192 Paul Jeffrey's Electrifying Sounds Jimmy Owens (tp) Paul Jeffrey (el-sax) George Cables (p) Larry Ridley (b) Billy Hart (d) NYC, August 8, 1968 Made Minor Blue I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry The Dreamer Ecclesiology Green Ivan A.V.G MG 12193 The Marzette Watts Ensemble George Turner (cor) Marty Cook (tb) Marzette Watts (ts) Frank Kipers (vln) Bobby Few (p) Joony Booth, Cevera Jeffers, Steve Tintweiss (b) Tom Berge, J.C. Moses (d) Amy Schaefer, Patty Waters (vo) NYC, 1968 October Song F.L.O.A.R.S.S. Medley Lonely Woman Joudpoo Marzette Watts (ts) Bill Dixon (p) unknown (b) unknown (d) same location, date Play It Straight MG 12194 Charles Moffett - The Gift Charles Moffett (tp, vib, d) Paul Jeffrey (ts, acl) Wilbur Ware (b) Codaryl Moffett, Dennis O'Tootle (d) NYC, 1969 Avant Garde Got Soul Too Adverb The Gift Blues Strikes Again Yelricks MG 12195 The Doug Carn Trio Doug Carn (org) Gary Starling (b) Albert Nicholson (d) NYC, 1969? Walk Right In Butter from the Duck My One and Only Love Motherless Child Free Blues Yna Yna Delight

Yeah, any of the Dutch Fontana titles would be great, but prying them out of Alan Bates' hands would be mighty difficult I would think. I was pretty sure that Spiritual Infinity was a mass of aborted takes and nothing complete exists. Somebody was going to do the Colbeck a few years ago but I guess it fell through. Fine LP. The Marzette on Savoy is a good idea because a lot of people want to hear it, but it's not exactly earth-shattering music. The Patty Waters track is by far the best.

patty waters is ... beyond words, thanks once again!!! xD

Patty Waters, specifically You Thrill Me on Water.

They ARE in the reissue game. Stollman is at the helm. I gripe but then again it's great to see this stuff out and getting decent distribution/press, and the ZYX licensed issues, Calibre/Get Back "licensed boots," etc. are long OOP anyway. Still, uncovering some of the archived material in a creative way would be nice. If repackaging is their MO, I'd like to see something like a "College Tour" boxed set with music from Ran Blake, Patty Waters, Burton Greene and Sun Ra. As far as new material, the best thing they've done IMO is the Talibam! CD.