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Ravi Shankar, Portrait of Genius (World Pacific) Pee Wee Russell and Ruby Braff at Storyville, volume 1 (Savoy)

These early releases of Ali Farka Toure, on French LP reissues that dustygroove has from time to time, are his best recordings, IMO.

Click on CD Deals. This takes you to CDs under $9. Then for example Jazz (currently 362 items). There has been a corncucopia of cheap CDs on Delmark, Timeless and Sackville lately.

Ali Farka Toure, Farka (Sonafric)

Out Of/Into, Motion I (Blue Note)

Ganavya, Like the Sky, I've Been Too Quiet

Tommy Flanagan Trio featuring Kenny Burrell, Beyond the Bluebird (Timeless)

The new one is just as good as the prior two.

Duke Ellington, 1943 and 1945, volume 3 (Circle)

Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz)

It's a big band based in Tel Aviv playing Mulatu Astatke's ethio-jazz, with Mulatu on vibes, piano and percussion. It's a fantastic record (IMO), Available through Bandcamp. Recorded in 2023.

Mulatu Astatke and Hoodna Orchestra, Tension (Batov)

Kai Winding, Solo (Verve) George Lewis, Jazz At Preservation Hall (Atlantic)

Nahawa Doumbia, Vol. 2 (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

Leonard Feather Presents Bop (Mode)

This video features Emily Remler on a European TV show with a group including Barbara Dennerlein and Sonny Fortune. https://hothousejazz.net/emily-remler-barbara-dennerlein-stormy-weather-blues_447cae123.html

Jimmy Rowles, Shade and Light (Black and Blue)

I assume you are kidding or I have the wrong group? https://www.numusicgroup.com

Tommy Flanagan, Plays The Music of Harold Arlen (Inner City)

Lee Konitz with Alan Broadbent, Live Lee (Impulse)

He's a good drummer. I saw him at the Balcony Club Sunday night a bunch of times this year. January 11, 2025: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 18, 2025: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin January 23, 2025: Bill Frisell Trio, Arlington Music Hall January 24, 2025: Bill Frisell Trio, Brauntex Theater, New Braunfels Al De Meola, Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas January 25, 2025: Lakecia Benjamin, Cullen Theater, Houston Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Al Di Meola, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio Bill Frisell Trio, Continental Club, Austin January 26, 2025: Bill Frisell Trio, Continental Club, Austin Al Di Meola, Heights Theater, Houston January 28-29, 2025: Al Di Meola, State Theater, Austin February 1, 2025: Tutu Jones, KNON Blues Festival, Poor David's Pub, Dallas February 6, 2025: Davy Mooney, UNT Music Building, Denton February 8, 2025: Tray Wellington Band, Sundown at Granada, Dallas February 10, 2025: Tray Wellington Band, Radio Coffee and Beer, Austin February 11, 2025: Helen Sung, JazzTX, San Antonio February 14, 2025: Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, Zika Hall, Houston Kenny Barron Trio, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio February 15, 2025: Christian Scott/Chief Adjuah, Carver Center, San Antonio Derek Gripper, Unity of Dallas February 16, 2025: Derek Gripper, North Crowley High School Theater, Fort Worth February 19, 2025, Derek Gripper, Bates Recital Hall, Austin February 20, 2025: Derek Gripper, Stafford Civic Center February 22, 2025: Emmet Cohen Trio, University of Texas at Dallas Vanessa Collier, Tulips FTW, Fort Worth February 23, 2025: Emmet Cohen, State Theater, Austin February 28, 2025, Andrew Griffin Quintet, Music of Duke Ellington, Uptown Theater, Grand Prairie Robert Cray, Paramount Theater, Austin March 1, 2025: Vijay Iyer Trio, Cullen Theater, Houston Robert Cray, Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas March 2, 2024: Robert Cray, Heights Theater, Houston March 3-6, 2025: Matt Wilson's Good Trouble with Ben Allison, Voertman Hall, UNT, Denton 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, 2025: Charles Lloyd, Bela Fleck/Edmar Castaneda/Antonio Sanchez Trio, Ambrose Akinmusire, Barry Altschul's Axiom 5, Tigran Hamasyan, Ganavya, Sunny War, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville March 28, 2025: Ahmed, Tyshawn Sorey, Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Frisell, Alabaster DePlume, Ambrose Akinmusire, Barry Altschul 3Dom Factor, Jeff Parker, Immanuel Wilkins, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Frank Rosaly, Mike Reed's Separatist Party, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville Jason Moran's Duke Ellington Project, Cullen Theater, Houston March 29, 2025: Joe Lovano Paramount Quartet, Wadada Leo Smith + Vijay Iyer, Sun Ra Arkestra, Vernon Reid, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Calvin Weston, Ahmed, Kris Davis Trio, Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville March 30, 2025: Anoushka Shankar, Wadada Leo Smith, Vijay Iyer Fieldwork, Amaro Freitas, Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Kris Davis Trio, Steve Lehman Trio + Vijay Iyer, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville April 2, 2025: Jonathan Fisher Trio, Texas Tenors (Shelley Carrol, Quamon Fowler, Jason Davis), Sammons Center, Dallas April 4-6, 2025: Chris Thomas King, Cedric Burnside, Kenny Neal, Baton Rouge Blues Festival 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 April 24-27, May 1-4, 2025: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2025: Branford Marsalis, Carver Center, San Antonio May 1, 2025: Ebo Taylor, Radio/East, Austin May 2-3, 2025: African Vibrations Music Festival, Dallas May 28, 2025: Samara Joy, Majestic Theater, Dallas May 29, 2025: Samara Joy, Moody Theater, Austin June 2, 2025: Samara Joy, Jones Hall, Houston June 6, 2025: Jackie Venson, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio

The Music of Duke Ellington Starring the Andrew Griffith Quintet featuring Gabby Byrd Date Friday February 28, 2025 Time Doors 6:00pm Showtime 7:00pm Location Uptown Theater (map) 120 E Main St Grand Prairie TX 75050 FREEShare The Andrew Griffith Quintet featuring Gabby Byrd Andrew Griffith - Drums Chris McGuire - Tenor Sax, Clarinet, & Trumpet Gabby Byrd - Vocals Peter Rioux - Keyboard Shelley Carrol - Tenor Sax, Flute, vocals Young Heo - Contrabass Experience the timeless music of Duke Ellington with a live 90-minute concert featuring his great works, along with insights into his legacy as America's greatest composer. Join us at the Uptown Theater in downtown Grand Prairie- FREE and open to ALL!

Simultaneously listening to disc 2 of volume 1.

Cal Tjader, Last Bolero in Berkeley (Fantasy)

L. Subramaniam, Blossom (Crusaders) Mel Powell All Stars, Jam Session at Carnegie Hall (Columbia)