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Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (Blue Note)

Victor Goines Quartet, Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

Last evening, Mokoomba at District 121 in McKinney. Great band, with a wonderful lead guitarist (Trustworth Samende) and a vocalist with an amazing vocal instrument and who sings in a mere six languages (Mathias Muzaza). Unfortunately, an outdoor concert (it's hot in Texas at the end of June), but a rare opportunity to hear this group all the way from Zimbabwe up close.

Louis Armstrong, Satchmo Plays King Oliver (Audiofidelity) Bill Evans Alone (Verve) James Carter, UN (JMI)

Jimmy Smith, Off The Top (Elektra Musician) Keith Jarrett, The Survivors Suite (ECM)

Brother Jack McDuff, Ain't No Sunshine (Reel to Reel)

I'll have a double of those Ahmad Jamal and Red Garland cocktails.

I enjoyed his detective books. Very amusing. "Whether your destination is heaven or hell, you always have to change planes in Dallas."

Junior Wells & Buddy Guy, Live at Cotati Cabaret, 1984 (Cleopatra Blues/JuniorWells Estate)

Kenny Barron, BeyondThis Place (Artwork)

Victor Goines, Love Dance (Criss Cross)

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Bunk Johnson, 1944/45 (American Music)

Leyla McCalla, Sun Without the Heat (Anti) Jimmy Witherspoon with Brother Jack McDuff, The Blues is Now (Verve) Tiny Grimes, Big Time Guitar (United Artists)

Charles Mingus, Reincarnations (Candid) Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby (Elemental)

The John Reid Collection (American Music) Stephen Walker, Midnight Cocktails

Sound advice. Doing a mental tally, I've seen him with his band three times, with the Cookers twice, with Malachi Thompson twice, with Randy Weston once, and with Charles Tolliver once. All were a pleasure.

I don't recall his last name; perhaps I misunderstood and he just knows of you through the board.

By chance, I was assigned a seat with a nice fellow named Jimmy who asked about you.

Emmet Cohen Trio Saturday, February 22, 2025 7:30pm Edith O'Donnell Arts & Technology Building (ATC), ATC Lecture Hall EVENT DETAILS Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation’s pivotal figures. The internationally acclaimed jazz artist leads the Emmet Cohen Trio and headlines regularly at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Village Vanguard, and Birdland in New York. His artistry has taken him to over 30 countries. His “Live From Emmet’s Place,” a live-streamed “Harlem rent party,” unites a worldwide audience via tens of millions of internet views. Hiromi’s Sonicwonder Saturday, April 12, 2025 7:30pm Edith O'Donnell Arts & Technology Building (ATC), ATC Lecture Hall EVENT DETAILS Lauded by The New York Times as “one of jazz piano’s most brazenly virtuosic players,” Grammy Award-winning pianist Hiromi and her Sonicwonder quartet create an all-electric wonderland of thrilling improvisation, funky arrangements, and exuberant music-making. Hiromi electrifies audiences with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical, and pop, taking improvisation and composition to new heights of complexity and sophistication. Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 7:30pm LOCATION Edith O'Donnell Arts & Technology Building (ATC), ATC Lecture Hall 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021 The Branford Marsalis Quartet Sunday, October 13, 2024 3pm Arts and Technology Lecture Hall (ATC 1.102) EVENT DETAILS Critically acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times as representing “the highest echelon of jazz tenor saxophonists,” Branford Marsalis will perform virtuosic improvisations and uncompromising interpretations of jazz classics as well as original music on the Orchestra Hall stage with his quartet, known for its extraordinary energy. Formed in 1986, the group comprises Marsalis (saxophone), Joey Calderazzo (piano), Eric Revis (bass), and Justin Faulkner (drums). Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 3:00pm LOCATION Arts and Technology Lecture Hall (ATC 1.102)

We will welcome musician and storyteller Amadou Kouyate to Fort Worth on July 20th as part of our Community Visiting Artist Educator program! The program brings experts to Fort Worth to provide innovative sessions and/or performances from various music disciplines. About Amadou Kouyate: Continuing the musical lineage of his father’s heritage, Amadou performs a musical montage on the 21-string kora and rhythmic presentations on djembe and koutiro drums. His repertoire ranges from traditional songs of the 13th century to contemporary original compositions incorporating blues and jazz. In addition to his solo work, Amadou collaborates and performs with artists nationally and internationally, also with his world rock ensemble Proper SKANKS, and with Farafina Kan, WEEDOU Everything! and the Kouyate Family/Memory of African Culture. Selected credits include performances at The Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Institution, Bristol Academy and Isle of White (England), Tim Festival (Brazil), and Baltimore Rhythm Festival. He was an Adjunct Lecturer of African music and Ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland as well as Director of the African Drum Ensemble. He has also served as an Artist-in-Residence with both Montgomery College and the renowned Strathmore Music Center and has been on faculty at American University, UMBC, Goucher College, and is currently on faculty at Howard University. RSVP for Kouyate’s free all ages educational session here. Buy tickets to Kouyate’s evening concert here.

Newport Folk Festival, Best of the Blues, 1959-68 (Vanguard)

At yesterday's Q&A section of the Billy Harper concert in Austin, he was asked about his main early influences. He mentioned playing with Don Wilkerson in Houston, but more prominently, he credited being in the James Clay Band in Dallas.

Saturday night, the Billy Harper Quintet at Steve's Wine Bar in Denton. Francesca Tanksley on piano, Freddie Hendrix on trumpet, Dezron Douglas on bass, and Aaron Scott on drums. A somewhat distracting place with subpar sound. Sunday night: Billy Harper Quintet at the Stateside Theater in Austin. Much better sound, and a nice venue. Great concert. They played in the first set: Priestess, Love on the Sudan (fantastic), and Soran-Bushi, B.H. There followed a question and answer session with Billy Harper and his group. Concluding with a short second set: Thoughts and Slow Actions (mostly an utterly gorgeous tenor and piano duet) and Insights. Glad I took the trouble to go to Austin, as the Sunday venue was vastly superior.

August 3, 2024: Catherine Russell, Victor Campbell Duo, Yusa and Mahmoud Chouki, Satchmo Summerfest, New Orleans August 4, 2024: Doreen, Steve Lands and Kosmic Krewe, Shannon Powell, Jamil Sharif, Detroit Brooks, Satchmo Summerfest, New Orleans August 8, 2024: Jon Cowherd, Jazz at the Joint, Little Rock August 24, 2024: Bobby Rush, Arlington Music Hall August 26, 2024: Eric Gales, Antone's, Austin August 27, 2024: Eric Gales, Heights Theater, Houston August 28, 2024: Eric Gales, Kessler Theater, Dallas August 31, 2024: Bnois King Band, Larry Lampkin, Blues on Main, Ennis September 1, 2024: Cassandra Wilson, Stanley Jordan, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Dallas Convention Center September 9, 2024: John Hebert, Jazz at the Joint, Little Rock September 14, 2024: Abhishek Borkar (Sarod) and Yashwant Vaishnav (Tabla), Allen (?) September 20, 2024: Aba Diop Trio, Cullen Theater, Houston September 21, 2024: Mandolin Rajesh (mandolin) and Rajhesh Vaidya (veena), Frisco September 22, 2024: William Parker's Mayan Space Station, Rosette, Austin September 25, 2024: Orrin Evans with Tarbaby, Draylen Mason Music Studios, Austin September 26, 2024: Orrin Evans with Tarbaby, Deluxe Theater, Houston September 28, 2024: Abhishek Borkar (Sarod), Yashwant Vaishnav (tabla), Cullen Hall, Unverisy of Saint Thomas, Houston October 2, 2024: Buena Vista Social Orchestra, Paramount Theater, Austin October 4, 2024: Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Cullen Theater, Houston Bombino, Lowdown, Tulsa Buena Vista Social Orchestra, House of Blues, Houston Selwyn Birchwood, Charles Bender Performing Arts Center, Houston October 5, 2024: Bombino, White Water Tavern, Little Rock Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Sam's Burger Joint, San Antonio October 6, 2024: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Antone's, Austin October 10, 2024: Bruce Forman, Jazz at the Joint, Little Rock October 11, 2024: Branford Marsalis, Bates Recital Hall, Austin October 13, 2024: Branford Marsalis, University of Texas at Dallas October 11-13, 2024: Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Nikki Hill, Chris Thomas King, Kenny Neal, Little Freddie King, Crescent City Blues Festival, New Orleans October 16, 2024: Buena Vista Social Orchestra, Charles McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio October 17, 2024: Buena Vista Social Orchestra, Majestic Theater, Dallas October 19, 2024: Manas Kumar (violin), S. Akash (flute), Amit Kavthekar (tabla), Allen (?) October 22, 2024: Joel Frahm Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio October 24, 2024: Ebo Taylor, Radio/East, Austin November 14, 2024: Rex Gregory, Jazz at the Joint, Little Rock November 16, 2024: Matthew Whitaker, Eisemann Center, Richardson December 6, 2024: Shemekia Copeland, Sam's Burger Joint, San Antonio Terri Lynne Carrington's New Standards, Cullen Theater, Houston December 7, 2024: Shemekia Copeland, Kessler Theater, Dallas Dedember 8, 2024: Shemekia Copeland, Houston Blues Society December 16, 2024: Gregory Porter, Winspear Opera House, Dallas January 24, 2025: Bill Frisell Trio, Brauntex Theater, New Braunfels January 25, 2025: Lakecia Benjamin, Cullen Theater, Houston February 14, 2025: Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, Zika Hall, Houston February 22, 2025: Emmet Cohen Trio, University of Texas at Dallas March 1, 2025: Vijay Iyer Trio, Cullen Theater, Houston March 15, 2025: 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: 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