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Bill Frisell Trio (Thomas Morgan, Rudy Royston) - Monday night.

April 4-6, 2025: Chris Thomas King, Cedric Burnside, Kenny Neal, Baton Rouge Blues Festival April 6, 2025: Vid Ramana Balachandran & Vid Patri Satish, Unity Church of Dallas April 8, 2025: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Antone's, Austin April 10, 2025: Jacke Venson, Main Street Arts Festival, Fort Worth April 11, 2025: Brad Mehldau Trio with Christian McBride, Cullen Theater, Houston April 12, 2025: Hiromi's SonicWonder, University of Texas at Dallas                          Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Lowdown Tulsa April 14, 2025: Jeff Hamilton Trio, Parker Jazz Club, Austin   April 15, 2025: Jeff Hamilton Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio                                Grand Flute Duo, Vid Hemanth & German, Guruvayur Temple, Carolllton April 16, 2025: Stacey Kent, Dallas Museum of Art April 18, 2025: James Brandon Lewis and Chad Taylor, Talento Bilingue de Houston April 19, 2025: Joey Alexander Trio, The Mansion, Austin                           Shelley Carrol Quartet, Monks Jazz Club, Austin                            Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth April 23-27, 2025: Dobet Gnahore, Etran de L'Air, Zar Electrik, Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette April 24, 2025: Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Shemekia Copeland, Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap, Leroy Jones, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2025: Branford Marsalis, Carver Center, San Antonio                           Etran de L'Air, Austin Psych Festival                          Youssou N'Dour, Stanley Clarke, Lila Downs, Kenny Neal, Marimba Nandayapa, Blodie's Jazz Jam, Mahmoud Chouki, Doreen, Detroit Brooks with Dee Dee Bridgewater, New Orleans Groovemasters (Herlin Riley, Shannon Powell, Jason Marsalis), Secret Six Jazz Band, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 26, 2025: Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Orquesta Akokan, Austin Blues Festival                           Chris Thomas King, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Kyle Rousell, Zar Electrik, Marimba Nandayapa, Tom McDermott and Aurora Nealand, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival                          Ud. Abir Hussain (Sarod) & Ud. Tari Khan (Tabla), ICMC, Dallas April 27, 2025: John Primer, Jackie Venson, Austin Blues Festival                          Branford Marsalis, Bill Frisell with Thomas Morgan and Brian Blade, Eric Gales, Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Tribute with Nicholas Payton and Dr. Michael White, Etran De L'Air, People Museum, Charlie Gabriel, Tuba Skinny, Leon Anderson, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival                          Larry Lampkin, Fort Worth Blues Festival, Southside Preservation Hall April 30, 2025: The Boss Baritones: Gary Smulyan and Frank Basile, Parker Jazz Club, Austin May 1, 2025: Ebo Taylor, Radio/East, Austin                       Ronnie Baker Brooks, Cedric Burnside, George Wein Tribute with Randy Brecker, Mr. Sipp, Thandisma Mazwai, Helen Gillet, Pasotano, Gladney, Peter Harris and Firm Roots, Louis Ford, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival                      Tim Hagans, Parker Jazz Club, Austin May 2, 2025: Joshua Redman with Gabrielle Cavassa, Benin International Musical, Alfredo Rodriguez Trio, Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses, Trumpet Mafia, Pasotano, Steve Lands, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival                        Eddie Gomez Trio, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas                       Dobet Gnahore, African Vibrations Music Festival, University of Texas at Dallas May 3, 2025: Leyla McCalla, Benin International Musical, Jason Marsalis, Joy Clark, Las Hermanas Garcia, Nicholas Payton and Triune, Yusa Cuban Soul, Victor Campbell, Jamil Sharif, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival                         Zar Electrik, African Vibrations Music Festival, University of Texas at Dallas May 4, 2025: Kamasi Washington, Terence Blanchard, Las Hermanas Garcia, D.K. Harrell, Jessie McBride Big Band, Stephanie and Rachel Jordan, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 10, 2025: Pt. Rakesh Chaurasia, Unity Church of the Hills, Austin May 28, 2025: Samara Joy, Majestic Theater, Dallas May 29, 2025: Samara Joy, Moody Theater, Austin May 30, 2025: Natalia Lafourcade, Windspear, Dallas June 2, 2025: Samara Joy, Jones Hall, Houston June 3, 2025: Chuck Redd, JazzTX, San Antonio June 6, 2025: Jackie Venson, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio June 7, 2025: Pt. Basant Kabra (sarod) and Pt. Nityanand Haldipur (flute), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin                               Pt. Ravi Chary (Sitar) & Amit Kavthekar (Tabla), ICMC, Dallas  September 13, 2025: Pt Sandeep Chatterjee (Santoor) & Shubhojyoti Guha (Tabla), ICMC, Dallas October 5, 2025: Niladri Kumar (Sitar), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin October [?], 2025: Pt. Rakesh Chaurasia (Flute), ICMC, Dallas

The Cleveland Quartet - The Complete RCA Album Collection, disc 4.

The Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith duo concert at Big Ears last weekend was really fantastic. The preceding concert, Wadada Leo Smith's Revolutionary Fire Love, was also quite good and featured Iyer in a larger group.