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Dusty Groove now showing all 4 CDs (2 singles, 1 twofer) with ETA Nov. 22.

Kingston, NY yesterday (Sunday) Tani Tabbal (d) Quartet with Peyton Pleninger (ts), Adam Siegel (as), Michael Bisio (b). Played for about an hour and really on fire. Biggest turnout I've seen at the venue (Lace Mill). I hadn't heard either of the saxophonists before.

+1. Amazing career. I think Tommy Flanagan voiced the above (emphasis added) on Out of the Afternoon.

Thanks for the link. Always enjoyed his session work a lot and wondered why he wasn't better known. Never heard of anything as a leader, so I researched his bio online some years ago.

RIP, but what a run he had. Lou used to (I'm thinking 1990s) call in to Tony Paige at "WFAN sports radio" in NYC and have some great conversations. Sadly, audio seems to have vanished from the interwebs, just a few short transcripts remain. IIRC one episode featured (among other things) recollections of the 1954 "The Catch" World Series game that he attended at the Polo Grounds. The above "sammich" link doesn't work for me either. I'd gotten the impression the original thread disappeared years ago. You might be able to find later posts that quote it, but it'd be a big effort.

I'm going to "uptown" Kingston today for another event (Tubby's opens @ 4) and will try to purchase a ticket in person.

Pretty common around here. You put a ticket in your cart, push the button to "Pay", and you have to either download an app or establish an account, both of which AFAICT require a mobile #. I've had a similar problem with some bank-related websites, regarding authentication beyond login ID / password. Some sites will call a landline or mobile # to confirm, but nowadays many will only call mobile #s. I'll soon have to buy a cheap-ass cell phone to get around this crap, but I dread getting hosed on time by the MF &*!@$ predatory mobile companies. Used to have a flip phone and spend $5/month for limited time (unused minutes accumulated), but that got discontinued with 5G. [Added] The backdrop is that I live in a rural area and my residence does not have cell coverage, so I need to maintain a land line in order to report power outages to the lame local utility company. 🤪

An oddball release I picked up from DG some time ago and really enjoy for some reason. Lee Pan-Geun and Korea Jazz Quintet '78 Play Arirang and other assorted classics. And some Japanese releases

When I was a teenager I got into a lot of fusion (Mahavishnu, RTF, Weather Report) in "real time" as it was being released. But I got tired of it, seemed like there was a lot of bombastic and overly loud music being made (not fair to single these guys out because they're excellent musicians, but Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell and Billy Cobham, for instance, sometimes gave that impression). Never got into funk as much as I should have, so I haven't heard a lot and am inclined to underrate the genre. The Euro jazz-rock stuff I mostly discovered the past few years, surprisingly found that I dig it a lot more than contemporaneous US fusion. Never woulda thunk it. Back on topic, I listened to the rest (5-9) of the BFT and will soon post impressions. Probably sacrilegious (especially if he's well-known), but the organist in #6 sounds a trifle too much "roller rink" or "ball park" (I grew up in Chi. area and heard a lot of Nancy Faust playing in Comiskey Park and Chicago Stadium 😆) for my taste. Tenor is very good, though.

I didn't notice any of the Jones bros. playing, fwiw. 😆

Jim, I can't really make out the Michigan (sub)map on the BFT page, but Pontiac seems to be highlighted. Any significance to that?

Thank Clifford, I'd forgotten. Do you think there'll be tickets available at the door? I don't have a smartphone and the Tubby's website (as does the Local in Saugerties) uses software that requires a mobile to purchase tickets.

He didn't play it. Nobody requested anything, but in the "greatest hits department" there was a mini-medley of Lovers in a dangerous time and Wondering where the lions are about halfway through. Environment seemed a bigger theme than politics. Excellent concert, though.

Maybe not the most imaginative selection, but it's of course excellent and an "old reliable".