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Harriet Tubman - "The Terror End Of Beauty"

Last Tuesday, the night before I left for Knoxville, I saw Johnny Marr at the Great American Music Hall club in SF. I've seen him a number of times and he never disappoints. This one was no exception.

I was there. Very interesting presentation. The fact that Roscoe basically played solo for an entire hour (mostly on Bass Sax!) was astounding - especially at his age. And it seemed like Tyshawn was very unsure about how to contribute. He played very little. I saw 22 performances. Highlights were: William Hooker Quartet Masada I w/Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron Roscoe & Tyshawn Marc Ribot/Mary Halvorson "Secret Show", Friday night at the Postmodern Sound Exchange Halvorson: Canis Major Electrical Field of Love: Harriett Tubman + Georgia Anne Muldrow Patricia Brennan Septet (Adam O'Farrill, Marcus Gilmore, Mauricio Herrera, Jon Irabagon, Mark Shim, Kim Cass) - lots of energy and the crowd that night was electric! Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters: w/Calvin Weston and Ernie Brooks Dave Douglas GIFTS Quintet: w/Tomeka Reid, James Brandon Lewis, Rafiq Bhatia, Ian Chang

Seeing Miles Electric Band at SFJAZZ on Sunday Keyon Harrold trumpet Darryl Jones bass Jason "DJ Logic" Kibler DJ Jean-Paul Bourelly guitar Greg Spero keyboards Robert Irving III piano, keyboards, music director Munyungo Jackson percussion Rasaki Aladokun percussion Antoine Roney reeds Vince Wilburn drums, artistic director

It's always a struggle! I have several of those shows on my list too, but I also included the conflicts. I tend to make many of those decisions on the fly ... depending on my mood and logistics. Since it's impossible to see all the shows you want to see, I comfortable with whatever I see. Roscoe and Tyshawn is a must-see, though! I saw Parker's Expansion Trio in Chicago at the Sound & Gravity Festival last September. Definitely worth seeing.

Bauhaus meets Japan

I wasn't familiar with his work until I got this, and it opened my eyes. One of my favorite Mosaic boxes!

I always liked Kral Space (not too crazy about the cover, though)

He has a second album, but I think that's about it. Also very good! But otherwise he's a role player for other musicians. I can see that he would be happy to be recognized.

They mentioned it in last week's newsletter: "We are deeply disappointed to announce that both Adrian Sherwood and Chucho Valdés have had to cancel their planned performances at Big Ears, due to circumstances beyond their control."

Allison's brother. An excellent album with a band of Bill Frisell, Jerry Douglas, Steve Jordan.

Yes. She's done both. BTW, she was the last performance I saw before COVID hit. I remember it well.

I like Juliana. If I remember, I was a disappointed with that album because the drums sounded like cheap samples.