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Paramount Blues, Hometown Skiffle (Black Swan)

Also added to the lineup: Charles Lloyd Sangam with Zakir Hussain & Eric Harland

Dusko Goykovich, Swinging Macedonia (Enja)

November 29, 2024: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Wirth December 6, 2024: Shemekia Copeland, Sam's Burger Joint, San Antonio Terri Lynne Carrington's New Standards, Cullen Theater, Houston Jonathan Kreisberg, Starr Theater, Fayetteville Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth December 7, 2024: Shemekia Copeland, Kessler Theater, Dallas Jonathan Kreisberg, Low Down, Tulsa Richard Bona, Royal Palace Restaurant and Lounge, Addison Dedember 8, 2024: Shemekia Copeland, Houston Blues Society Richard Bona, Royal Palance Restaurant and Lounge, Addison December 16, 2024: Gregory Porter, Winspear Opera House, Dallas December 27, 2024: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth January 4, 2025: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 11, 2025: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 18, 2025: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 24, 2025: Bill Frisell Trio, Brauntex Theater, New Braunfels January 25, 2025: Lakecia Benjamin, Cullen Theater, Houston Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Al Di Meola, Heights Theater, Houston February 6, 2025: Davy Mooney, UNT Music Building, Denton February 14, 2025: Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, Zika Hall, Houston February 15, 2025: Christian Scott/Chief Adjuah, Carver Center, San Antonio February 22, 2025: Emmet Cohen Trio, University of Texas at Dallas March 1, 2025: Vijay Iyer Trio, Cullen Theater, Houston March 8, 2025: Matt Wilson, Starr Theater, Fayetteville March 15, 2025: Yasmin Williams, Reverend Robert B. Jones, Sr. Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band,, Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival March 18, 2025: Anoushka Shankar, Eisemann Center, Richardson March 19, 2025: Anoushka Shankar, Wortham Center, Houston March 27-30, 2025: Wadada Leo Smith, Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell, Bela Fleck, Edmar Castaneda and Antonio Sanchez, Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, Steve Lehman), Joe Lovano's Paramount Quartet, Sun Ra Arkestra, Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey, Zakir Hussain, Adam Rudolph and Tyshawn Sorey, Alabaster dePlume, Amaro Freitas Trio, Ambrose Akinmusure, Barry Altschul's 3 Dom Factor, Dan Weiss Even Odds Trio, Immanuel Wilkins Blues Blood, Jamaaladeen Tacuma/Vernon Reid/Calvin Weston, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosali, Jeff Parker, Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Kris Davis Trio, Mike Reed's Separatist Party, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Tigran Hamsyan, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 28, 2025: Jason Moran's Duke Ellington Project, Cullen Theater, Houston April 11, 2025: Brad Mehldau Trio with Christian McBride, Cullen Theater, Houston April 12, 2025: Hiromi's SonicWonder, University of Texas at Dallas April 24-27, May 1-4, 2025: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2025: Branford Marsalis, Carver Center, San Antonio May 2-3, 2025: African Vibrations Music Festival, Dallas May 28, 2025: Samara Joy, Majestic Theater, Dallas June 6, 2025: Jackie Venson, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio

Junior Mance Trio, Milestones (Sackville)

Kenny Burrell, Tin Tin Deo (Concord) Stan Getz, Greatest Hits (Prestige)

Last night, Marvin Stamm at the Kitchen Cafe. At 85, he was seated and it took a couple of songs to get warmed up. After that, beautiful flugelhorn playing for the rest of the evening.

Last Sunday evening, 2 sets with the Melissa Aldana Quintet at the Village Vanguard. I believe I read the claim on the board somewhere that the Village Vanguard has had its seating realigned and Blue Noteified (made crowded and uncomfortable), but this proved to be incorrect. They do have a new awning, but otherwise the seating is the same as it ever was. Monday evening, a set of the Todd Marcus Quintet with Don Byron at Blues Alley in D.C.. Actually the first time I had ever been there. Very good set featuring bass clarinet/clarinet front line.

There is also a sequel, Shakill's II.

The Fabulous George Lewis Band, Kentucky 1955 (American Music)

Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris (Prestige)

Definitely missed. I learned a lot from his posts and point of view.

September 6, 1959. It is post-stroke for trumpeter Charlie Love, so sometimes he is a bit shaky. https://www.jazzology.com/item_detail.php?id=AMCD-118

The liner notes describe the session as a "party" in the "large shack" where Emile Barnes repaired mattresses. In the New Orleans heat, all band members removed their shirts. The band sounds different from traditional New Orleans jazz, in fact like a ragtime orchestra. Some great clarinet from Paul Barnes.