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Bump.

We'll be re-airing Proving Herself: Melba Liston, First Lady of Trombone in March, but I'm upping it now in honor of her centennial today.

A new-to-me Lacy album --> I'd never heard of Tchangodei. An interesting contrast to the Waldron duos. There's this one as well -->

I have the CD that offers 2 tracks where Jim Hall is added, Mulligan leaves the baritone sax to Desmond and plays the piano.

Agreed!

hahaha, yeahh There was a guy that used acid a few times ... untill he understood the danger i guess. One of the guru's of climbing was a real alcoholic, soooo drank a lot up the rock.

Shakatak - Night Birds

January 13, 2026: Peggy Stern Quintet, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin January 16, 2026: Delvon Lamarr Trio, Windmills, The Colony January 17, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Delvon Lamarr Trio, Windmills, The Colony January 23, 2026: Al Dimeola, Kessler Theater, Dallas Ken Peplowski Quartet, Windmills, The Colony January 24, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's Austin Al Dimeola, Heights Theater, Houston Ken Peplowsi Quartet, Windmills, The Colony January 31, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Hamilton de Holanda Trio, Windmills, The Colony Jason Moran (Ellington Tribute, solo and with UT Jazz Orchestra), Bates Recital Hall, Austin February 2, 2026: Ari Hoenig Trio with Tivon Pennicott, Drink and Think, Denton February 3, 2026: Ari Hoenig Trio, Parker Jazz Club, Austin February 4, 2026: Ari Hoenig Trio with Tivon Pennicott, Doc's, Houston February 5, 2026: Ari Hoenig Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio February 7, 2026: Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 17, 2026: Peter Bernstein Quintet, Parker Jazz Club, Austin February 19, 2026: Bruce Saunders Quintet with Peter Bernstein, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin February 20, 2026: Shemekia Copeland and Ally Venable, Granville Arts Center, Garland February 21, 2026: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston February 24, 2026: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Trio, Parker Jazz Club, Austin February 25, 2026: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio February 26, 2026: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Trio, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 5, 2026: Pat Metheny, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio March 6, 2026: Pat Metheny, Paramount Theater, Austin Jackie Venson, Windmills, The Colony March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston Jackie Venson, Windmills, The Colony March 13, 2026: T.K. Blue and African Rhythms Alumni, A Tribute to Randy Weston, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas March 20, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin March 21, 2026: Sunny War, Anne Harris, Sable Sisters (Kaia Kater), Buffalo Nichols, Jake Blount, Justin Robinson, Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth March 22, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston March 26, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith Clone Row, Isaiah Collier, William Hooker Quartet, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 27, 2026: Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet, John Scofield Trio, Ghost Train Orchestra: The Music of Moondog, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, Miles Okazaki Trickster, Nate Smith, Ned Rothenberg, Nik Bartsch, Sullivan Fortner Trio, Tim Berne, Thomas Fujiwara: Dream Up, Saha Gnawa, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 28, 2026: Darius Jones Trio, Either/Orchestra, Incerto, Marquis Hill Blacktet, Mary Halvorson, Miles Okazaki: The Compete Monk, , Nate Smith, Nik Bartsch Ronin, Patricia Brennan Septet, Shabaka, Yasmin Williams and William Tyler, Incerto, Electrical Field of Love, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 29, 2026: Brandon Woody's Upendo, Chicago Underground Duo, Dave Douglas Gifts Quartet, Either/Orchestra Plays Eithiopiques, Julian Lage Quartet, Marc Ribot, Matt Mitchell's Zealous Angles, Miles Electric Band, Nels Cline: Lovers, Openness Trio, Tom Skinner,, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee April 1, 2026: Samara Joy, Winspear Opera House, Dallas Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Majestic Theater, Dallas April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas Samora Joy, Austin City Limits April 4, 2026: Samora Joy, Tobin Center, San Antonio Melissa Aldana, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 12, 2026: John Beasley's Unlimited Miles (John Beasley, Mark Turner, Sean Jones or Marquis Hill, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Williams, Terreon Gu)), Eisemann Center, Richardson April 23-26, 2026: Ron Carter Quartet, Hiromi Sonicwonder, Nicholas Payton featuring Butcher Brown Presents the Supreme Blue, Monty Alexander "Jamericana", Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra featuring Andromeda Turre, Catherine Russell, Astral Project, Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses, Kyle Roussel, Mahmoud Chouki, Peter Harris Presnts Firm Roots, Roger Lewis and Baritone Bliss, Tuba Skinny, Jamil Sharif, Louis Ford, Parlor Greens (w/Jimmy James), Tribute to Ragtime Piano Legends feat. Terry Waldo, Tom McDermott, and David Boeddinghaus, Love Is Supreme: A Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Derek Douget, Trevarri Huff-Boone and Ricardo Pascal,, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Kenny Neal, Little Freddie King, Chris Thomas King, Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Sevana (Jamaica), Nidia Gongora (Columbia); Yusa (Cuba), Joy Clark, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 1, 2026: Jackie Venson, Main Street Crossing, Tombull April 30-May 3, 2026: Herbie Hancock; Terence Blanchard with Ravi Coltrane; Dianne Reeves; Isaiah Collier, Uptown Jazz Orchestra; Charlie Gabriel; Jason Marsalis, Victor Campbell, Alexey Marti, Steve Masakowski Family Band, Doreen, Sasha Masakowsti as Trash Magnolia, Trumpet Mafia featuring Keyon Harold, Leroy Jones, Stephen Walker, Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers feat. Dr. Michael White and Shaye Cohn, Jackie Venson, Larry McCray, D.K. Harrell, Leyla McCalla, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, Lila Ike (Jamaica), New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin May 17, 2026: Lucia, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston

The Heath Brothers, Marchin' On

You aren't wrong. Writeups from German jazz sources mentioned him as a sort of pioneer of "third stream" in jazz (which was a big thing over here in the 50s and 60s - obviously there were many who did not dare to stray too far from good old classical music into outright "toe-tapping" jazz and felt more comfortable when they still had their aural reference points reminding them of classical music ). The third stream as heard elsewhere is not that evident to me all in all with the Sauter recordings (and the "Eddie Sauter in Germany" LP I mentioned certainly is not as far out as the concert piece from the Donaueschingen festival that Ghost of Miles speaks of in his text for his Night Lights show, but then Donaueschingen always was a meeting place for the "weirdos in jazz" ). But a certain tendency is there, and I also am among those who need to be in the mood to really dig the Eddie Sauter scores. FWIW, just before Christmas I bought an original copy of the Sauter-Finegan's "Return of the Doodletown Fifers" on United Artists, and my first listening impression was that I need to revisit the record later when I am more in the mood for this. (Which often does happen, as I do enjoy my doses of Kentons, Raeburns and Thornhills too. File under "another chapter in progressive jazz", then! )

Mosaic now has some discographies on their site.

Some of Sauter's work is swinging, such as the Goodman stuff. But it seems when he is given free rein he goes toward a kind of neo-classical orchestral style of writing which strays pretty far from the jazz tradition. I guess I'm an old fogey but I like a fair amount of toe tapping kind of thing in the music I listen to. I am going to give Sauter some more chances. My first impression is maybe not my cup of tea...

Martin Wind, Philip Catherine & Ack van Rooyen - White Noise (Laika)

I had missed this radio show the earlier times round, so it is a nice reminder. Just one detail about the script about your show that's accessible under your link: Eddie Sauter made much more of a splash here on the German jazz scene than is apparent from your rather short mention of his activities in Germany. And he really added a asting page of history to late 50s jazz here. As for the reasons hinted at why his stay with that radio big band ended, it is certainly much less "problematic" than your text sounds. It all boiled down to the permanent problem that no big band in those settings could survive at that time on an all-out jazz repertoire, so a percentage of more commercial "dance band tunes" had to be accommodated. And this contrast probably grated Eddie Sauter more in the long run than it would have certain other band leaders. But it wasn't really a question of the perception of the quality of Sauter's work as such by the deciders. Recommended listening for everyone: the 2-LP set "Eddie Sauter in Germany" on Big Band International 2706. BTW, admittedly I have not looked in detail at the texts accompanying your shows past and present for some time, but I see now that you no longer have a setlist of the tunes broadcast during a show (so that the readers can check beforehand what they will be listening to). Pity, because these setlists came in handy ...

Pablo Live 2308-216 - Benny Carter "Live And Well In Japan!" - rec. 1978 - Engineer (remix): Val Valentine

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That's a great video, thanks for sharing. I'm glad there's higher quality versions out now too. Did the Dave Coleman track from the acetate ever turn up? I'm curious if it's an outtake our part of something that was eventually released, since it says excerpt.

Love Dance and Double Exposure are indeed about to be released. A friend received preview copies. I think this series is only being released on LP. I would love to get a CD of Double Exposure ... someday.