Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Etc. Jazz & Other Concerts

[kh1958]

More than a little annoying, and I wasn't able to go to the Indian classical concert this afternoon, so only live music disappointment today.

But at least I got the message before I left. Once I drove to Austin to hear a Hugh Masekela/Miriam Makeba concert only to be told on arrival at the Paramount Theater that the band was stuck in Dallas; now that was annoying.

Edited April 8, 2017 by kh1958

[JSngry]

Hate that kind of thing. I drove down to Waco once in mid-day to do a soundcheck for what was supposed to be an opening band for what was supposed to be an Ohio Players concert. Got to the venue, an arena/convention center, whatever, and there was nobody there. I mean NOBODY. Apparently I had left an hour before the bandleader got the word that the concert was cancelled. Or so he said. Whatever. Driving to a gig that's not there is one of the suckiest forms of suck, unless you're going to a place where you can have fun with the money you're not gonna make. Waco ca. 1979 was not such a place.

[kh1958]

The fun options in Waco are undoubtedly still rather limited in scope.

[JSngry]

Oh, they got fun in Waco, but you gotta know where to look, and then you gotta be ready to run when you get found.

[kh1958]

Henry Threadgill (postponed to Friday, July 28th)

postponed to Friday, July 28th (Presented by Liminal Sound and Epistrophy Arts

By Liminal Sound (OTHER EVENTS)

SCOTTISH RITE THEATER

207 W 18th St, Austin, TX 78701

[JSngry]

a-HA!

[kh1958]

May 4, 2017: Eric Gales, Antone's, Austin

May 4, 2017: Lee Konitz Quartet, Cedric Burnside Project, A Salute to Louis Armstrong featuring Nicholas Payton, Pedrito Martinez Rumba Project with Roman Diaz, Charlie Gabriel, Irwin Mayfield, Donald Harrison, Lisa Fischer, Changui Guantanamo, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 5,, 2017: Terence Blanchard E-Collective, Jason Marsalis,  Louis Ford, Pedrito Martinez Rumba Project with Roman Diaz, Alvin Youngblood Hart, William Bell, Ron Holloway, Doreen, Changui Guantanamo,New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 5, 2017: Vijay Iyer, Cullen Theater, Houston

May 5, 2017: Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Octet, Carver Center, San Antonio

May 6, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Antone's, Austin

May 6, 2017: Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Indrayuddh Majumdar, Gourisankar Karmaker (Sarod Jugalbandi), University Theater, University of Texas at Dallas

May 6, 2017: Kenny Barron Trio, SF Jazz Collective Plays the Music of Miles Davis, Henry Butler, New Orleans Groove Masters (featuring Herlin Riley, Jason Marsalis, and Shannon Powell), Cynthia Sayer, Pedrito Martinez Rumba Project with Roman Diaz, Gregory Agid, Jeremy Davenport, Septeto Santiaguero, Changui Guantanamo, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 7, 2017: Chucho Valdes Quintet, Ellis Marsalis, Buddy Guy, Nicholas Payton, Walter Wolfman Washington, Bill Summers, Dayme Arocena, Khari Allen Lee with Davy Mooney, Septeto Santiaguero, Changui Guantanamo, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 10, 2017: Branford Marsalis, Dallas City Performance Hall

May 14, 2017: Shri. P Unnikrishnan, Bates Recital Hall, Austin

May 20, 2017: Duwayne Burnside, Antone's, Austin

May 23, 2017: E.J. Matthews, The Goat, Dallas

June 7, 2017: Helen Sung, Cezanne, Houston 

June 10, 2017: Nishat Khan and Gourisankar, Bates Recital Hall, Austin

June 16, 2017: Jean Luc Ponty, Granada Theater, Dallas

June 16, 2017: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Norman, Oklahoma

June 17, 2017: Jean Luc Ponty, One World Theater, Austin

June 17, 2017: Stanley Jordan, Big Bib Too Event Center, San Antonio

June 23, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas

June 24, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Fitzgerald's, Houston

July 15, 2017: Rahul Sharma, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston

July 28, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin

October 1, 2017: William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 8, 2017: Lila Downs, Tobin Center, San Antonio

October 19, 2017: Robert Cray, Paramount Theater, Austin

October 20, 2017: Robert Cray, Majestic Theater, Dallas

November 9, 2017: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin

November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin

November 30, 2017: John McLaughlin, Paramount Theater, Austin

February 2, 2018: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 24, 2018: Mingus Big Band, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 13, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Cullen Theater, Houston

 

Edited May 2, 2017 by kh1958

[kh1958]

ATEC Team's Creation to Add Interactive Harmony to Jazz Artist's Show 

Professor, Students Build Sculpture That Will Play Role in April 21 Concert by Grammy Winner Terence Blanchard

April 14, 2017

ATEC assistant professor Andrew Scott discusses the interactive backdrop he and his team built for Grammy Award winner Terence Blanchard's performance on Friday, April 21, in the Edith O'Donnell Arts and Technology Building lecture hall. If you don't see the video, watch it on Vimeo.

By now, visitors to the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building have grown used to seeing an alternating set of distinctive, cardboard sculptures strewn across all corners of the first floor.

Angular renderings of mermaids, chess knights, masks and an array of abstract forms provide a jolt of creative panache for passers-by. It’s all courtesy of the 3-D Studio and Digital Fabrication Lab led by Professor Andrew F. Scott at UT Dallas.

Stepping into the lab, visitors are met with a workspace in constant motion. At the moment, graduate students are buckling down — weaving their way through a series of tall, steel frames and multiple piles of broad cardboard panels. Scott and his team are in the homestretch of wrapping up a massive undertaking: a relief sculpture that will serve as the interactive backdrop for an upcoming Terence Blanchard concert.

The final work — flat and tall — will stand at a little over 15 feet high and 31 feet wide.

“Think of it as a canvas that we’ll be projecting light onto,” Scott said. “It’s going to be synchronized dynamically to the musical performance, so the music is going to drive the visual performance. In many ways, I see our role as being the sixth member of Terence’s group.”

Members of Scott’s team started with a model a fourth of the size of the final product, giving them an opportunity to test the visual projections they’ve been developing. Another model — half the size — followed suit.

“This model was built in a way that mimicked how we were going to create the full-scale version,” Scott said. “We sort of look at it as skeleton, muscle and skin. We have a steel framework that forms the skeleton of the piece. This carries the loads used to lift it. Attached to that, we have a 2-ply cardboard grillage muscle system that ties into the skeleton. That supports the thin cardboard skin, which is the face of the work.”

While Scott has been working in the realm of 3-D-fabricated art since he was a graduate student at The Ohio State University, his work in projection mapping is relatively new — a product of his appointment to the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication in 2015.   

Terence Blanchard Live

American jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard will perform alongside his quintet the E-Collective at UT Dallas. A five-time Grammy winner, Blanchard has been one of the world’s leading jazz artists since his debut in the 1980s. He has released 20 albums and has composed the scores for films such as “Malcolm X,” “Love & Basketball,” “Cadillac Records” and “Chi-Raq.”

The performance is made possible by the School of Arts & Humanities and the School of Arts, Technology, & Emerging Communication (ATEC).  

When: Friday, April 21, 8 p.m.

Where: Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building Lecture Hall

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“The biggest shift to my move here and the way it informed my work is that, heretofore, I’d been really concentrating on object making,” he said. “Upon my arrival here, I began to incorporate all the constituent aspects of ATEC into my creative process. I started to do work with light, work with animated content in it and work driven by music. All of these things came together and marked a really dramatic shift in my artistic practice.”

He began projecting photos of people on to his 3-D sculptures. His work became a metaphor for the ways in which society projects certain images and ideas onto them, particularly African-American men.

Shortly after that, he showed his first projection-mapped piece, “Reliquary,” at the PULSE Art and Technology festival in Georgia. The piece caught the eye of his longtime friend and Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Terence Blanchard.

“We have a very long history; we’ve been friends for many years, and we were trying to find ways that we could collaborate,” Scott said.

He ended up working with Blanchard to create the cover art for the musician’s 2015 album “Breathless.” The piece he created for the album, part of Scott’s Black Man Grove series, depicts a sole fist raised in the air with mangrove roots growing out of the wrist.

Blanchard and Scott will continue their creative partnership with this upcoming concert. It’ll be the first time that Scott’s work interacts with a live performance. 

Over the final 20 days before their deadline, Scott and his team will focus on the visual elements that will be projected on to the sculpture’s façade. Referencing music taken from Blanchard’s live performances, the students are developing visuals of different textures and styles. 

This is ATEC graduate student Vic Simon’s first foray into the field of projection mapping.

“I spent a whole lot of time over the winter break doing preparation — learning about projection mapping and MadMapper,” he said. “It’s been a wild ride, but it’s a really cool piece of creative technology, and I’m very excited about it.”

Students in the course — Topics in Arts and Technology: Projection Mapping — become well-versed in an array of programs used to realize the finished product. Software such as MadMapper and MODUL8 are used to manipulate and edit video in real time. 

ATEC graduate student Michael Bradley has split his time between building the sculpture and writing software to help create visualizations for the show.

Bradley said that unlike other courses he’s taken, Scott invites students to combine their individual — and often vastly differing — skills in pursuit of a common goal. 

“We have media specialists, fabrication specialists, 3-D modelers, programmers, engineers,” Bradley said. “It’s hard, if not impossible, to work so closely with people like this for 15 or so weeks and not pick up a thing or two from them. I’m learning about new software like in other classes sure, but in this case, when we have a problem to solve or a hole to fill everyone steps up with their own experiences, and Scott composites all the ideas we have into a working solution.”

Next week, the sculpture will be moved to the lecture hall in the ATEC building, where the team will add the final touches.

Scott often likens the way his team has worked this semester to Blanchard’s jazz ensemble — seemingly disparate creative parts coming together to create harmony. The students in the lab work in time, synchronizing the rhythm of their workflow.

“The whole is a manifestation of the interaction between the parts, and a lot of the times, you don’t know how the parts are going to come together dynamically until you’re in a live, improvisational creative process,” Scott said. “It’s going to be alive and animated. It raises a lot of artistic questions, and it raises a lot of artistic directions that could probably keep me busy for the next 20 years. It makes teaching very exciting because I can often look at some of the ways my students approach those elements, and they approach it in a way I never would. It gives me an opportunity to learn from them and edify my artistic growth.”

The relief sculpture, constructed by ATEC Professor Andrew F. Scott and his students, depicts a modified peace sign emblazoned in between a set of eyes. 

 

[epistrophy arts]

The official date for the Henry Threadgill and Zooid reschedule in Austin is August 12! 

 

https://threadgillatx.ticketleap.com/henry-threadgill/

 

 

[kh1958]

May 12, 2017: Delfeayo Marsalis, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth 

May 14, 2017: Shri. P Unnikrishnan, Bates Recital Hall, Austin

May 20, 2017: Duwayne Burnside, Antone's, Austin

May 24, 2017: Joe McPhee, Spring Street Studios, Houston

May 26-27: Kenny Neal, Billy Branch, Mr. Sipp, James Boogaloo Bolden, Little Walter Blues Festival, Alexandria, Louisiana

June 7, 2017: Helen Sung, Cezanne, Houston 

June 10, 2017: Nishat Khan and Gourisankar, Bates Recital Hall, Austin

June 16, 2017: Jean Luc Ponty, Granada Theater, Dallas

June 16, 2017: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Norman, Oklahoma

June 17, 2017: Jean Luc Ponty, One World Theater, Austin

June 17, 2017: Stanley Jordan, Big Bib Too Event Center, San Antonio

June 17, 2017: Eric Gales, Oak Point Amphtheater, Plano

June 23, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas

June 24, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Fitzgerald's, Houston

July 14, 2017: EJ Matthews, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving

July 15, 2017: Rahul Sharma, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston

August 12, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin

October 1, 2017: William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 8, 2017: Lila Downs, Tobin Center, San Antonio

October 19, 2017: Robert Cray, Paramount Theater, Austin

October 20, 2017: Robert Cray, Majestic Theater, Dallas

November 9, 2017: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin

November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin

November 30, 2017: John McLaughlin, Paramount Theater, Austin

February 2, 2018: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 24, 2018: Mingus Big Band, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 13, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Cullen Theater, Houston

Edited May 13, 2017 by kh1958

[kh1958]

Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III:   Joe McPhee (Poughkeepsie, NY) - reeds and brass Fred Longberg-Holm (Chicago, IL) - percussion Michael Zerang (Chicago, IL) - percussion

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8pm Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios 1824 Spring Street, Houston, Texas 77007

[mjzee]

11 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III:   Joe McPhee (Poughkeepsie, NY) - reeds and brass Fred Longberg-Holm (Chicago, IL) - percussion Michael Zerang (Chicago, IL) - percussion

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8pm Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios 1824 Spring Street, Houston, Texas 77007

I might check this out.

[kh1958]

Updated New Mexico Jazz Festival Schedule. Consecutive nights at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe (Buika and Pharoah Sanders) sounds good once again. The Lensic tickets are actually currently on sale.

12TH ANNUAL NEW MEXICO JAZZ FESTIVAL, JULY 13-AUGUST 5, 2017

FESTIVAL LINE UP: TICKETS ON SALE SOON!

July 13 | Thursday | Pat Martino (Outpost)

July 14 | Friday |  Pat Martino (Outpost)

July 15 | Saturday | Dexter Gordon Tribute Project: Doug Lawrence with NEA Jazz Master JImmy Cobb and his trio feat. Tadataka Unno, piano & John Webber, bass (Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater)

July 16 | Sunday | Inpost Artspace Opening (Outpost)

July 16 | Sunday | Dexter Gordon Tribute Project: Film Screening Round Midnight 30 year Anniversary w. Maxine Gordon & Steve Feld (Outpost)

July 19 | Wednesday | Jane Bunnett & Maqueque (Music on Hill/St John's College/Santa Fe)

July 20 | Thursday | Jane Bunnett & Maqueque (Outpost)

July 21 | Friday | Jane Bunnett & Maqueque (Outpost)

July 22 | Saturday | Route 66 Summerfest (Rt 66 Nob Hill) | Los Lobos + More!

July 23 | Sunday | César Bauvallet (Outpost)

July 25 | Tuesday |  Davina & the Vagabonds (Santa Fe Bandstand: Santa Fe Plaza)

July 27 | Thursday | Ambrose Akinmusire  (John Lewis Celebration at South Broadway Cultural Center)

July 28 | Friday | Buika (Lensic/Santa Fe)

July 29 | Saturday | Pharoah Sanders (Lensic/Santa Fe)

July 30 | Sunday | Ravi Coltrane (Outpost)

August 5 | Saturday | René Marie (AAPAC 10th Anniversary Celebration at African American Performing Arts Center)

ALL ACTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Edited May 11, 2017 by kh1958

[kh1958]

May 24, 2017: Joe McPhee, Spring Street Studios, Houston

May 26, 2017: Don Braden, Antone's, Austin

May 26-27, 2017: Kenny Neal, Billy Branch, Mr. Sipp, James Boogaloo Bolden, Little Walter Blues Festival, Alexandria, Louisiana

May 27, 2017: Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin

June 3, 2017: Ingrid Jensen, Helen Sung, Peggy Stern, LuluFest, Jones Auditorium, Austin

June 9, 2017: Kenny Neal, Fitzgerald's, Houston

June 10, 2017: Nishat Khan and Gourisankar, Bates Recital Hall, Austin

June 16, 2017: Jean Luc Ponty, Granada Theater, Dallas

June 16, 2017: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Brookhaven Village, Norman, Oklahoma

June 17, 2017: Harold Lopez-Nussa, Andrews Park, Norman, Oklahoma

June 17, 2017: Jean Luc Ponty, One World Theater, Austin

June 17, 2017: Stanley Jordan, Big Bib Too Event Center, San Antonio

June 17, 2017: Eric Gales, Oak Point Amphtheater, Plano

June 23, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas

June 24, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Fitzgerald's, Houston

June 25, 2017: Marvin Stamm, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton

July 7, 2016: Lazy Lester, Antone's, Austin

July 8, 2017: Lazy Lester,Carl Weathersby, Benny Turner,  Antone's, Austin

July 9, 2017: Lazy Lester, Benny Turner, Ike Stubblefield B3 Trio, Antone's, Austin

July 14, 2017: EJ Matthews, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving

July 15, 2017: Rahul Sharma, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston

July 21, 2017: Little Freddie King, Antone's, Austin

July 22, 2017: Eddie Shaw, Carl Weathersby, Little Freddie King, Antone's, Austin

July 28, 2017: Rotem Sivan, Cezanne, Houston

August 12, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin

August 31, 2017: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin

September 1, 2017: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston

September 2, 2017: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio

September 7, 2017: Theo Croker, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

October 1, 2017: William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 8, 2017: Lila Downs, Tobin Center, San Antonio

October 19, 2017: Robert Cray, Paramount Theater, Austin

October 20, 2017: Robert Cray, Majestic Theater, Dallas

November 9, 2017: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin

November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin

November 19, 2017: Eddie Palmieri, One World Theater, Austin

November 30, 2017: John McLaughlin, Paramount Theater, Austin

December 7, 2017: Latin Jazz All Stars (Steve Turre, Elio Villafranca, Nestor Torres), South on Main, Little Rock, Arksnasa

February 2, 2018: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 24, 2018: Mingus Big Band, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 5, 2018: Melissa Aldana, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

April 13, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Cullen Theater, Houston

Edited May 25, 2017 by kh1958

[GA Russell]

1st Annual LuluFest
In Austin, Texas
To Be Presented Saturday, June 3
By Ritenuto Foundations, Inc.
In Collaboration with
The St. Edward's University Music Department
& Festival Founder/Artistic Director
Peggy Stern

  

Women Bandleaders, Including
Helen Sung, Ingrid Jensen, Albanie Falletta,
Susanna Sharpe, & Peggy Stern,
Are the Focus of LuluFest     

 

May 22, 2017

 

Pianist/composer Peggy Stern is passionate about creating opportunities for women bandleaders to present their music. In 2004, she founded the Wall Street Jazz Festival, which was held for 12 consecutive years in Kingston, New York, for exactly that purpose. After relocating to Austin, Texas in the spring of  2013, Stern was inspired to continue the festival's concept in Austin's forward-thinking community.

 

Her new brainchild, the first annual LuluFest, is a women-led band festival that will premiere on Saturday, June 3, with concerts from 5 to 10pm and workshops scheduled throughout the day. The festival, presented by Ritenuto Foundation, Inc., in collaboration with the St. Edward's University Music Department and founder/artistic director Peggy Stern, will feature a broad spectrum of music -- from jazz to Western swing to Latin and Brazilian. The concert series will be held on Saturday, June 3, from 5:00 to 10:00 pm, at the Jones Auditorium in the Ragsdale Center at St. Edward's University, 3001 S. Congress Avenue, Austin.

 

The focus of LuluFest will be women bandleaders, both seasoned and up-and-coming, who have committed their lives to music.

 

"These festivals are my attempt to even things out, between men and women bandleaders," says Stern. "Obviously we have a long way to go, but having women in charge of the music they are presenting helps to change the tone of the jazz culture, for future (and present) composers and leaders."

 

The evening concert schedule is as follows:

5pm: Albanie Falletta Trio, featuring Masumi Jones

6pm: Susanna Sharpe Brazilian Quartet

7pm: Ingrid Jensen Quartet

8pm: Helen Sung Trio

9pm: Estrella Salsa, featuring Peggy Stern, Suzi Stern (no relation), Joey Colarusso, Ingrid Jensen, Daniel Durham, Mike Longoria

 

Daytime workshops will be instrument specific: Piano (Helen Sung); Trumpet (Ingrid Jensen); Vocals (Suzi Stern); Drums (Masumi Jones). From 12 to 1:30pm, the workshops will take place in St. Edward's University's Carriage House, and from 2 to 3:30pm, a master class will be held in the Jones Auditorium.

 

Workshop passes can be bought separately at $30 for adults and $15 for students, or interested musicians can buy a festival pass for $50 that grant access to both the workshops and concerts.

 

More information about the artists, the concept of the Festival, and fees and directions can be found at lulu-fest.com. This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

 

 

Pianist/composer and native Philadelphian Peggy Stern lived, worked, and taught in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle, and toured widely throughout Europe, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Japan, before relocating to Austin in 2013. Her music has a particularly broad ethnic base -- in addition to European and American classical music, it draws from Brazilian, African, Jewish, Irish, Cuban, and traditional jazz influences. Joining the vibrant music scene in her new home city, she intends to create a new (for her) musical genre, which she calls Cowboy Jazz.

 

Peggy has recorded and/or toured with such musicians as Lee Konitz, Diane Schuur, David "Fathead" Newman, Gary Peacock, Gene Bertoncini, Bud Shank, Thomas Chapin, Machito, Gerry Mulligan, and Emily Remler, to name a few. Among the many women bandleaders whom she booked to appear at her Wall Street Jazz Festival were Sheila Jordan, Ingrid Jensen, Christine Jensen, Jay Clayton, Dena DeRose, Su Terry, Claire Daly, Jamie Baum, Teri Roiger, Roberta Piket, Virginia Mayhew, Laura Dubin, Sheryl Bailey, Allison Miller, Marilyn Crispell, Jenny Scheinman, Natalie Cressman, and her own Estrella Salsa.

 

Peggy Stern's most recent recording is Z Octet (2016, Estrella Productions).

 

"It has been 16 years since Peggy Stern last applied her piano, composing and arranging talents to a mid-sized ensemble. Z Octet was worth waiting for . . . . Stern's writing weaves piano, clarinet, cello, trombone, flute, bass and drums into rich and often surprising textures. . . . The CD ends with an unlisted bonus track that makes enchanting use of cello, trombone and flute. The whole album is a bonus." -- Doug Ramsey, Rifftides

 

"This is Duke Ellington's brilliance, Maria Schneider's local color, and Miles Davis' diamond hard seriousness all melded and tempered by a singular mind and talent into a cogent and familiar musical statement." -- C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz

 

"Peggy Stern has taken from her experiences playing in the bands of Eddie Henderson, Machito and Lee Konitz to weave a very special tapestry of indefinable music that bobs and weaves like a boxer named Ali." -- Mike Greenblatt, Classicalite

 

"This is music possessed of great explosions, bristling rhythms, dynamic contrasts starkly illuminated, and with unrelenting dramatic thrust. It is a record to die for." -- Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama   
 

 

Photography: Brenda Ladd

 

Web Sites: peggystern.com, lulu-fest.com  

[kh1958]

June 17, 2017: Harold Lopez-Nussa, Andrews Park, Norman, Oklahoma

                         Jean Luc Ponty, One World Theater, Austin

                         Stanley Jordan, Big Bib Too Event Center, San Antonio

                         Eric Gales, Oak Point Amphtheater, Plano

June 23, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas

                         Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin

June 24, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Fitzgerald's, Houston

                          Marvin Stamm/Bill Mays, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas

June 25, 2017: Marvin Stamm/Bill Mays, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton

                         Larry Lampkin, Poor David's Pub, Dallas

July 1, 2017: Bnois King, Babb Bros, Dallas

July 7, 2017: David Gerald, Levitt Amp, Denison

                      Lazy Lester, Antone's, Austin

Julyy 8, 2017: Carl Weathersby, Benny Turner, Lazy Lester, Antone's, Austin

July 9-10, 2017: Lazy Lester, Ike Stubblefield, Benny Turner, Antone's, Austin

July 14, 2017: EJ Matthews, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving

July 15, 2017: Rahul Sharma, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston

July 21, 2017: Little Freddie King, Antone's, Austin

July 22, 2017: Little Freddie King, Eddie Shaw, Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin

July 28, 2017: Rotem Sivan, Cezanne, Houston

August 4, 2017: Calvin Johnson, Antone's, Austin

August 12, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin

August 26, 2017: Bobby Rush, Uptown Theater, Grand Prairie

August 29, 2017: Buddy Guy, Brady Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma

August 31, 2017: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin

September 1, 2017: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston

September 2, 2017: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio

September 3, 2017: Buddy Guy, Bedford Blues Festival

September 7, 2017: Theo Croker, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

October 1, 2017: William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 6, 2017: Lila Downs, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 8, 2017: Lila Downs, Tobin Center, San Antonio

October 13, 2017: Herbie Hancock, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 19, 2017: Robert Cray, Paramount Theater, Austin

October 20, 2017: Robert Cray, Majestic Theater, Dallas

October 25, 2017: Crosscurrents: Davie Holland and Zakir Hussain, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

November 4, 2017: Sandip Chatterjee (santoor), Subhajyoti Guha (tabla), Allen Library

November 9, 2017: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin

November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin

November 19, 2017: Eddie Palmieri, One World Theater, Austin

November 30, 2017: John McLaughlin, Paramount Theater, Austin

December 7, 2017: Latin Jazz All Stars (Steve Turre, Elio Villafranca, Nestor Torres), South on Main, Little Rock, Arksnasa

February 2, 2018: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 24, 2018: Mingus Big Band, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 5, 2018: Melissa Aldana, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

April 13, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Cullen Theater, Houston

Edited June 17, 2017 by kh1958

[kh1958]

Hindustani Santoor Recital - Celestial Strings
Saturday, November 04, 2017 4:00:00 PM Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013 Admission: ICMC Members: Free General: $30 Student: $20	Sandip Chatterjee   Santoor Subhajyoti Guha   Tabla
Sandip Chatterjee, a disciple of Pt Tarun Bhattacharya and vocal maestro Pt Ajoy Chakraborty, is a rich and accomplished Santoor player of our time. He has been heralded as the torch bearer of two Gharanas at the same time – MAIHAR and PATIALA. Sandip has been extensively performing in many music festivals and concerts all around the globe. And, he has also collaborated with many overseas musicians across genres such as Jazz, Rock, Contemporary and Fusion. His collaborations in ‘Calcutta Express’ with famous Jazz Guitarist Guy Strazz; ‘Shanti’ with famous Saxophonist Claudio Gigilio and afro-Cuban percussionist Fulvio Farkas; ‘Emotion’ with Swedish Jazz saxophonist Elin Larsson; ‘Feelings’ with guitar player Giuliano Modarelli have been very much acclaimed in Jazz & contemporary world music genre. His collaboration ‘Calcutta Express’ has been nominated as finalist in the Indo Acoustic Project’s “Best CD’s of 2006” award in the World Music category. He has 21 CD's to his credit. His ethnic aesthetics had also won him many awards and laurels such as “President of India Award”, “Jadubhatta Award”, “Sangeeth Ratna Award”“ Abhinaba Kala Sanman” etc. His expertise has also been utilized by renowned music directors like A.R. Rehman, Jatin Lalit, Gulshan Kumar, Ravindra Jain, Pt. V.Balsara and others. Subhajyoti Guha was introduced to tabla at an young age by his father Dr S R Guha and later since1983 he has been training under tabla maestro Pt Sankha Chatterjee. Subhajyoti received the President's award in 1989 and presently is a grade A artiste of AIR and TV and performs regularly in major concerts worldwide. Over the last 15 years he has accompanied many musical stalwarts such as Ud Shahid Parvez, Pt Vishwamohan Bhatt, Pt Ronu Majumder , Pt Nayan Ghosh, Vidushi Purnima Chaudhuri and Vidushi Kala Ramnath. Subhajyoti has also extended his horizons into the experimental music scenario and performs with other genres and with his band AMEYA based out of Toronto. Academically he holds a masters degree in applied mathematics but is living his dream of teaching and performing worldwide as a tabla player.

[kh1958]

Out of the blue, interesting concerts in Annette Strauss Square in October:

 

PRESENTED BY AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND AEG PRESENTS

HERBIE HANCOCK

8:00PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 STRAUSS SQUARE

2389 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201

CENTER PRESENTS

LILA DOWNS

7:30PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2017 STRAUSS SQUARE

2389 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201

CENTER PRESENTS

CROSSCURRENTS: ZAKIR HUSSAIN AND DAVE HOLLAND

7:30PM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017 STRAUSS SQUARE

2389 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201

CROSSCURRENTS IS:

Zakir Hussain, tabla

Dave Holland, bass

Chris Potter, saxophone

Ganesh Rajagopalan, violin/vocals

Louiz Banks, keyboards

Sanjay Divecha, guitar

Gino Banks, drums

Edited June 15, 2017 by kh1958

[kh1958]

June 23, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Granada Theater, Dallas

                         Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin

June 24, 2017: Lucky Peterson, Fitzgerald's, Houston

                          Marvin Stamm/Bill Mays, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas

June 25, 2017: Marvin Stamm/Bill Mays, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton

                         Larry Lampkin, Poor David's Pub, Dallas

July 1, 2017: Bnois King, Babb Bros, Dallas

July 7, 2017: David Gerald, Levitt Amp, Denison

                      Lazy Lester, Antone's, Austin

Julyy 8, 2017: Carl Weathersby, Benny Turner, Lazy Lester, Antone's, Austin

July 9-10, 2017: Lazy Lester, Ike Stubblefield, Benny Turner, Antone's, Austin

July 14, 2017: EJ Matthews, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving

July 15, 2017: Rahul Sharma, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston

July 21, 2017: Little Freddie King, Antone's, Austin

July 22, 2017: Little Freddie King, Eddie Shaw, Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin

July 28, 2017: Rotem Sivan, Cezanne, Houston

August 4, 2017: Calvin Johnson, Antone's, Austin

August 12, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin

August 26, 2017: Bobby Rush, Uptown Theater, Grand Prairie

August 29, 2017: Buddy Guy, Brady Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma

August 31, 2017: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin

September 1, 2017: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston

September 2, 2017: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio

September 3, 2017: Buddy Guy, Bedford Blues Festival

September 7, 2017: Theo Croker, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

October 1, 2017: William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 6, 2017: Lila Downs, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 8, 2017: Lila Downs, Tobin Center, San Antonio

October 13, 2017: Herbie Hancock, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 19, 2017: Robert Cray, Paramount Theater, Austin

October 20, 2017: Robert Cray, Majestic Theater, Dallas

October 25, 2017: Crosscurrents: Dave Holland and Zakir Hussain, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

November 4, 2017: Sandip Chatterjee (santoor), Subhajyoti Guha (tabla), Allen Library

November 9, 2017: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin

November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin

November 19, 2017: Eddie Palmieri, One World Theater, Austin

November 30, 2017: John McLaughlin, Paramount Theater, Austin

December 7, 2017: Latin Jazz All Stars (Steve Turre, Elio Villafranca, Nestor Torres), South on Main, Little Rock, Arksnasa

January 28, 2017: Billy Hart Quartet, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio

February 2, 2018: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 24, 2018: Mingus Big Band, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 5, 2018: Melissa Aldana, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

April 13, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Cullen Theater, Houston

 

Edited June 20, 2017 by kh1958

[kh1958]

July 14, 2017: EJ Matthews, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving

July 15, 2017: Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas

July 21, 2017: Little Freddie King, Antone's, Austin

July 22, 2017: Little Freddie King, Eddie Shaw, Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin

July 28, 2017: Rotem Sivan, Cezanne, Houston

July 30, 2017: Lazy Lester, Poor David's Pub, Dallas

August 4, 2017: Calvin Johnson, Antone's, Austin

                          Nicholas Payton, Sachmo Summerfest, U.S. Mint, New Orleans

August 5, 2017: Jamil Sharif, Leroy Jones, Bill Summers, Shannon Powell, Satchmo Summerfest, New Orleans

August 6, 2017: Calvin Johnson, Ashlin Parker Trumpet Mafia, Jeremy Davenport, Palm Court Jazz Band, Ellis Marsalis, Satchmo Summerfest, U.S. Mint, New Orleans

August 12, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin

August 26, 2017: Bobby Rush, Uptown Theater, Grand Prairie

August 29, 2017: Buddy Guy, Brady Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma

August 31, 2017: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin

September 1, 2017: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston

September 2, 2017: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio

September 2, 2017: Bnois King, Larry Lampkin, Ronnie Earl, Ally Venable, Bedford Blues Festival

September 3, 2017: Buddy Guy, Bedford Blues Festival

September 7, 2017: Theo Croker, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

September 9, 2017: Rajhesh Vaidhya (veena) & Ronu Majumdar (Flute), Unity Church of Dallas

September 15, 2017: Oz Noy, Guitar Sanctuary, McKinney

September 16-17, 2017: Denton Blues Festival

October 1, 2017: William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 6, 2017: Lila Downs, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 8, 2017: Lila Downs, Tobin Center, San Antonio

October 13, 2017: Herbie Hancock, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 14, 2017: Robert Cray, Guitar Lightning Lee, Louis Gearshifter Youngblood, King Edward, Grady Champion, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans

October 15, 2017: Bobby Rush, Little Freddie King, Walter Wolfman Washington, Robert Finley, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans

October 19, 2017: Robert Cray, Paramount Theater, Austin

October 20, 2017: Robert Cray, Majestic Theater, Dallas

October 25, 2017: Crosscurrents: Dave Holland and Zakir Hussain, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

November 4, 2017: Sandip Chatterjee (santoor), Subhajyoti Guha (tabla), Allen Library

November 9, 2017: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin

November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin

November 19, 2017: Eddie Palmieri, One World Theater, Austin

November 30, 2017: John McLaughlin, Paramount Theater, Austin

December 7, 2017: Latin Jazz All Stars (Steve Turre, Elio Villafranca, Nestor Torres), South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

January 28, 2017: Billy Hart Quartet, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio

February 2, 2018: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 24, 2018: Mingus Big Band, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 5, 2018: Melissa Aldana, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

April 13, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Cullen Theater, Houston

 

Edited July 14, 2017 by kh1958

[Listening]

On 5/8/2005 at 9:35 AM, kh1958 said:

After the Melvin Sparks debacle, I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread where anyone in the Dallas or Austin area might give advance warning on upcoming significant jazz concerts.

 

Unfortunately, I don't know of anything at present.

This is coming up~

HENRY THREADGILL IN AUSTIN

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 11th

9pm

MASTER CLASS with Henry Threadgill

University of Texas Music Bldg

2406 Robert Dedman Dr

Austin TX 78712

The Henry Threadgill Master Class will be a Q&A session.

 It is an open form session that can go where ever the questions lead. 

 

SATURDAY AUGUST 12th

8pm

CONCERT: Henry Threadgill’s Zooid 

Scottish Rite Theater 

207 West 18th Street

Austin Texas 78701

 

Personnel: Henry Threadgill: alto saxophone, flute, bass flute; Jose Davila: trombone, tuba; Liberty Ellman: guitar; Christopher Hoffman: violincello; Elliot Humberto Kavee: drums, percussion.

 

Tickets: https://threadgillatx.ticketleap.com/henry-threadgill/dates

$50: concert
$50: master class
$75: single VIP ticket
$35: students / seniors / musicians 

For more information 

please visit:

http://liminalsoundseries.com/henrythreadgill/

Edited July 29, 2017 by Listening
time of events added

[Chuck Nessa]

Wow. Say "hey"  to Henry for me if you have a chance.

[kh1958]

Unfortunately, I probably will not be able to go to Austin on that date. 

Edited June 26, 2017 by kh1958

[kh1958]

August 12, 2017: Henry Threadgill, Scottish Rite Theater, Austin

                            Bnois King, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving

August 25, 2017: Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin

                            E.J. Matthews, Texas Musicians Museum, Irving

August 26, 2017: Bobby Rush, Uptown Theater, Grand Prairie

August 29, 2017: Buddy Guy, Brady Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma

August 31, 2017: Buddy Guy, Moody Theater, Austin

September 1, 2017: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston

September 2, 2017: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio

September 2, 2017: Bnois King, Larry Lampkin, Ronnie Earl, Ally Venable, Bedford Blues Festival

September 3, 2017: Buddy Guy, Bedford Blues Festival

September 7, 2017: Theo Croker, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

September 8, 2017: Carl Weathersby, Antone's, Austin

September 9, 2017: Rajhesh Vaidhya (veena) & Ronu Majumdar (Flute), Unity Church of Dallas

September 15, 2017: Oz Noy, Guitar Sanctuary, McKinney

September 16-17, 2017: Denton Blues Festival

September 29, 2017: Lonnie Smith Trio, Ike Stubblefield Trio, Antone's, Austin

October 1, 2017: William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby Rush, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 2, 2017: Vieux Farka Toure, Empire Control Room, Austin

October 6, 2017: Lila Downs, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 8, 2017: Lila Downs, Tobin Center, San Antonio

October 12, 2017: Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge, Kessler Theater, Dallas

October 13, 2017: Herbie Hancock, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 14, 2017: Robert Cray, Guitar Lightning Lee, Louis Gearshifter Youngblood, King Edward, Grady Champion, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans

October 15, 2017: Bobby Rush, Little Freddie King, Walter Wolfman Washington, Robert Finley, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans

October 19, 2017: Robert Cray, Paramount Theater, Austin

October 20, 2017: Robert Cray, Majestic Theater, Dallas

October 25, 2017: Crosscurrents: Dave Holland and Zakir Hussain, Annette Strauss Square, Dallas

October 28, 2017: Anupama Bhagwat (sitar), Durgabari Auditorium, Houston

November 4, 2017: Sandip Chatterjee (santoor), Subhajyoti Guha (tabla), Allen Library

November 9, 2017: Stanley Jordan, One World Theater, Austin

November 10, 2017: Javier Limon, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio

November 11, 2017: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Austin

November 18, 2017: Eddie Palmieri, Laurie Auditorium, San Antonio

November 19, 2017: Eddie Palmieri, One World Theater, Austin

November 30, 2017: John McLaughlin, Paramount Theater, Austin

December 7, 2017: Latin Jazz All Stars (Steve Turre, Elio Villafranca, Nestor Torres), South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

January 28, 2017: Billy Hart Quartet, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio

February 2, 2018: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 24, 2018: Mingus Big Band, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 5, 2018: Melissa Aldana, South on Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

April 13, 2018: Brad Mehldau, Cullen Theater, Houston

                         Antonio Sanchez, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio

Edited August 11, 2017 by kh1958

[kh1958]

AUSTIN, TX

Friday, September 29, 2017

Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio
Antone's 
305 E. 5th Ave.
Austin, TX  
8 PM