Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Etc. Jazz & Other Concerts

[mjzee]

Friday, April 4: Ballister (Fred Lonberg-Holm, Paal Nilssen-Love, Dave Rempis) @ the Starlight Lounge (rooftop patio) at Khon's, 2800 Milam St., Houston.

(The same night as Wayne Shorter.)

[kh1958]

I continue to be haunted (literally...I've been stopping randomly day and night recalling certain passages, how alive they were) by the sound of those Gil Evans arrangements as played live...it's like, ok, I've heard the music on record for decades, and have formed a rich, vivid mental picture of it in a virtual 3D type of imaginary sound. And then to hear those same sounds in a REAL 3-D environment, coming out of instruments on a stage and not out of speakers "placed" somewhere...it's an upsetting experience, upsetting in a good way, but not easily recovered from, at least not for me. That writing has some kind of mojo, some kind of serious mojo...I told Brenda last night, that if I could, I would go out to hear that music played 7 nights a week, faithfully, and she could come along whenever she wanted, but I would go with her or without her. She understood, I think/hope. And then I realized that that was not a possibility even when Gil was alive, never mind now, and..geez, that just sucks.

The 1:00 gets kudos, not for being a badass college jazz orchestra in the forefront of today's jazz education whirlwind (or any other such kind of bullshit), just for having the humility and skill set to serve as honest deliverers of some of the most stimulating/evocative/deep/whatever music ever scored for an ensemble of any kind in any idiom. As well, to Ryan Truesdell, for treating this music as the orchestral music it is, and preparing the band according and appropriately.

If Ryan Truesdell comes to anywhere within non-fatal distance of where you live to do a Gil Evans Project presentation, and if you have any even modest sense of enjoyment for Gil Evans music, do what you have to do to get there. Records, no matter how well recorded/played back, do not give you the full sense of the reality of this music. I almost wish I hadn't gone, now it's like I've had a taste of it, and where to go for the next one? Where?

Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Project Date City Venue Country 05/13/14-05/15/14 New York Jazz Standard United States

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Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Venue phone: (212) 576-2232. GIL EVANS PROJECT LIVE RECORDING! – Music for Claude Thornhill TWO Sets – 7:30pm and 9:30pm BUY TICKETS 05/16/14-05/18/14 New York Jazz Standard United States

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Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Venue phone: (212) 576-2232. . GIL EVANS PROJECT LIVE RECORDING! – Music from Individualism of Gil Evans, New Bottle Old Wine, and MORE! Sets at 7:30pm and 9:30pm, with an additional 11:30pm set on Friday and Saturday BUY TICKETS

That's May 13-15 at Jazz Standard for Claude Thornhill charts, and May 16-18 for the Individualism of Gil Evans and New Bottle Old Wine.

[Steve Reynolds]

I'm going this time for sure - inspired by Jim's commentary

[mjzee]

Can't wait to see Wayne Shorter tonight. Hope I like it; hope I "get" it.

Edited April 4, 2014 by mjzee

[JSngry]

Wanted to go to Houston tonight, but life got in the way. That and tickets went faster than I could accommodate. Hope that all who are able to go are touched and moved.

Steve, hope you enjoy those Evans concerts. It's not "the same" as hearing Gil in his time, there's that gap that just has to be accepted. But I got over it with Trusedell's CD, took me about three listens to accept the fact that nobody was ever going to play with that exact feel unless they there at the time, and then...oh well, ok? It's still written at such a damn high level of...everything that if you just play it right, it takes care of itself.

Now, that's a far sight easier said than done, and to one extent or another, that's true of all music. But this stuff, shall we say, responds quite well to proper execution, if you know what I mean.

Depending on which year it was, I would give a year off my life to hear "The Barbara Song" played really well live. If we're talking about the not so good years, more than one. Quality over quality, etc.

[mjzee]

Riding home now. It felt like a very special experience. Wayne's tone was gorgeous on both soprano and tenor - he played a lot of soprano. The compositions ebbed and flowed, like a cracked mosaic. Wayne didn't solo as much as he inserted comments. It seemed like a type of musical, non-verbal story telling, as if the composer was telling stories and reminiscences from his life. In fact, almost the whole program seemed composed - while played with verve and vigor and wit, I didn't detect much improvisation. I was glad to have experienced the concert, but I can't say the music moved me.

[mjzee]

[kh1958]

That was a wonderful concert, an experience very much worth the drive. My sole complaint was that from my vantage point, the tenor was not quite loud enough in the mix; otherwise the sound was good, and once he switched to soprano about midway into the concert, he was coming in loud and clear. I thought he was amazing on soprano sax tonight.

[kh1958]

April 5, 2014: Mike Moreno, Ovations, Houston

April 5, 2014: ‘SWAR AUR SAAZ’ – PT RAMESH MISRA (SARANGI) & SRI INDRAJIT BANERJEE (SITAR), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin

April 5, 2014: San Francisco Jazz Collective, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio

April 9, 2014: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth

April 11-12, 2014: Marvin Stamm, Cezanne, Houston

April 11, 2014: Eddie Palmieri, Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival

April 12, 2014: Joshua Redman, Bass Hall, Austin

April 12, 2014: Harlem Renaissance Odyssey, music by Avery Sharpe Trio with John Blake, Carver Center, San Antonio

April 12, 2014: James Carter, GCIC Jazz Festival, San Jacinto College, Houston

April 15, 2014: Tigran Hamasyan, The Belmont, Austin

April 15, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Paramount Theater, Austin

April 16, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Granada Theater, Dallas

April 19, 2014: Ud. Shahid Parvez Sitar and Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla, Allen Public Library Auditorium

April 24, 2014: Afro Horn, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas

April 25, 2014: Greg Porter, Joe Louis Walker, NOJHF

April 26, 2014: Branford Marsalis, NOJHF

April 26, 2014: Hannibal Lokumbe/Hannibal Marvin Peterson, St. Mary's University, San Antonio

April 27, 2014: Bombino, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

April 27, 2014: Tutu Jones, Denton Arts and Jazz Festival

May 1, 2014: Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Marlon Jordan, Bernard Allison, Mauricio Tizumba, NOJHF

May 2, 2014: Pharaoh Sanders, Nicholas Payton, Walter Wolfman Washington, Mauricio Tizumba, NOJHF

May 3, 2014: Ellis Marsalis, NOJHF

May 3, 2014: Bombino, Austin Psych Festival

May 4, 2014: Terrance Blanchard, Chick Corea, NOJHF

May 10, 2014: PT TEJENDRA MAJUMDAR (SAROD), Northwest Hills Church, Austin

May 15, 2014: Nicholas Payton, Fort Worth Public Library

May 16, 2014: Jason Moran, Discovery Green, Houston

May 17, 2014: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio

May 17, 2014: Rebirth Brass Band, Kessler Theater, Oak Cliff

May 22, 2014: Bill Frisell's Guitar in the Space Age, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton

May 23, 2014: Bill Frisell, Continental Club, Austin

May 26, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Avant Garden, Houston

May 27, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Austin

June 3, 2014: Peter Brotzman, William Parker, Hamid Drake, North Door, Austin

June 17, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Kessler Theater, Dallas

June 18, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Vanguard Music Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma

June 20-21, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Jazz in June, Norman, Oklahoma

June 28, 2014: Smt Kala Ramnath (violin), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin

July 11-12, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Clarence Muse Theater, Dallas

July 19, 2014: Ud. Shahid Parvez Sitar and Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston

August 30, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Bedford Blues Festival

August 31, 2014: Robert Cray, Bedford Blues Festival

September 20, 2014: Eddie Palmieri, Jazz'SALive, San Antonio

October 10, 2014: Chick Corea, solo, Cullen Theater, Houston

February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houson

Edited April 15, 2014 by kh1958

[kh1958]

I'm looking forward to hearing sitarist Shahid Parvez on April 19 (from his website):

"Ustadji's music is novel and evolving, but his influences are numerous and easily recognizable to a knowing ear. The fine balance of traditionalism and innovation of an Ustad Vilayat Khan, the palatial structure and spiritual depth of an Ustad Amir Khan, and the dazzling brilliance and musical imperatives of an Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan are all marvelously present in Ustadji's performances. Ustadji also remains open to good music wherever he hears it.

Ustadji has now entered the peak of his formidable musical powers. He maintains a rigorous worldwide tour schedule and leaves audiences in awe after each performance. One can safely speculate that Ustadji's forefathers are extremely gratified that their tradition, developed over so many generations of hard-working musicians, is now not only heard but also learned by dozens of students around the world.

Professional Biography

Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan is privileged with both belonging to an illustrious musical family, and for achieving success in not only preserving the tradition but in pushing its boundaries to even greater heights of aesthetic beauty. He is one of the most brilliant musical gems of the famous Etawah Gharana and belongs to the seventh generation of this musical lineage. His family has produced the most revered and influential figures in Hindusthani Classical Music including the likes of Sahabdad Khansahab, Imdad Khansahab, Enayet Khansahab, Waheed Khansahab and Vilayat Khansahab.

A very young Shahid Parvez was initiated into the rich music of the Gharana by his illustrious father and Guru Ustad Aziz Khan, a famous musician and a noted composer and the son of the legendary Sitar and Surbahar virtuoso Ustad Waheed Khansahab. As is the custom, Ustad Aziz Khan first initiated his son into vocal music and tabla, before training him on the Sitar over many years with all the intensity and rigor that had made this Gharana famous. The young Shahid Parvez was recognized as a child prodigy and had started performing in public by the time he was only eight years of age. Dogged perseverance and hard work over the years have been rewarded with an extra-ordinary technical prowess and a mastery over 'Layakari'. One of the numerous achievements of Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan is to have mastered both Vocal Music and the 'Tantrakari Baaj' and then fuse them in such a way as to bring this complex amalgam within the easy reach of all.

Few instrumentalists have enjoyed so much of love and admiration as Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan has, from the music loving fraternity worldwide. He is a Top Grade artist of A.I.R. and a recipient of numerous national and international awards including the 'Sur Shringaar', the 'Kumar Gandharva Samman', the "M.L. Koser Award', etc. He is also a recipient of the prestigious "Sangeet Natak Academy Award" of 2006. He has performed in all major musical festivals in India and abroad including the Festival of India held in the US, Europe, USSR, Canada, Middle East, Africa and Australia, enthralling the audience everywhere. With numerous LP records, audio and video cassettes, CDs and DVDs, numerous awards and accolades, and a distinguished performance career in India and around the world, he is widely recognized as one of the greatest sitar-players of the world.

For Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, the Sitar and Self are identical entities, and music is not just a discipline but life itself – vibrating and pulsating and full of colour. The power of his music is most immediately encountered in the highly charged sound quality he conjures from his Sitar and the sparkling intelligence that is the hallmark of his improvisatory music. By sheer precision and an astute artistic sense he has made for himself a place in the limitless, infinite universe of Indian Classical Music. As the Rajasthan Patrika once said –"After listening to Ustad Shahid Parvez, the future of Sitar is still bright after Pandit Ravi Shankarji."

[JSngry]

This is in Allen, correct? I will try to make that.

[kh1958]

This is in Allen, correct? I will try to make that.

Yes, the Auditorium at the Allen Public Library.

[kh1958]

A cancellation/change of artists for the April 19 Indian Classical music concert.

Due to unforeseen circumstances Ud. Shahid Pervez will not be performing.

Sarangi & Mandolin Jugalbandi
Saturday, April 19, 2014
7:00:00 PM
Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013

Admission:
ICMC Members: Free
General: $30
Student: $20 Pt. Ramesh Mishra Sarangi
Snehashish Mozumder Mandolin
Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla

Mastering over one of the most difficult string instruments ' Sarangi', Pandit Ramesh Mishra is today acclaimed as an outstanding artist of India. Son of great sarangi maestro Pt. Ramnath Mishra, he started his initial intensive training at very tender age from his father and acquired further knowledge and training from finest musicians of Banaras Gharana Pandit Hanuman Prasad Mishra and late Pandit Gopal Mishra. Later on he went under the tutelage of the legendary maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. Besides a recipient of India's most prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2008 for his outstanding contribution in the field of music (sarangi), Pt. Ramesh Mishra also received of Sangeet Natak Award of Uttar Pradesh 1992, honored with Geetanjali, Uttam, Dishari Award, Jhadhu Bhatta award from West Bengal in 2007 and various other awards from different musical organizations. Both as soloist and accompanist, Pandit Ramesh Mishra traveled all over the world accompanying internationally reputed artists. In addition he has produced numerous recordings including his own solo records and earned a niche in the hearts of millions of music lovers. He is an asset to the music world and his mesmerizing melodies produced by his sarangi can be heard in many music productions including Ravi Shankar's 'live in Kremlin' and the Grammy nominated album 'Legacy' produced by the legendary Ali Akbar Khan. He was also a participating artist in the production of the "Concert for George" at Royal Albert Hall in London, November 2002. Pandit Mishra is one of the recording artist in Aero Smith's much acclaimed album " Nine Lives ".

Snehasish Mozumder is among those few established musicians in India who has mastered the art of playing Mandolin, and has blended it perfectly into the style of Hindustani Indian Classical Music. He started his initial training at the age of four with Tabla and then Mandolin under the guidance of his grandfather late Sri Bibhuty Ranjan Mozumder and then he took training under his father Sri Himanshu Mozumder and his uncle late Sri Ranjan Mozumder. Gradually he switched over to his cousin Tejendra Narayan Majumdar who is a well-known sarod player. He continued his study under late Acharya Ajoy Sinha Roy who was a beloved disciple of Baba Allauddin Khan Saheb, the founder of Maihar Gharana and he takes lesson of laykari under the guidance of Pandit Anil Palit who is a senior most disciple of Pandit Kishan Maharaj. Finally he came under the tutelage of Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. Snehasish, has performed many major festivals in India like Sankat Mochan Utsav of Varanasi, Swami Haridas Sangeet Sanmelan of Mumbai,Indian Habitat Centre of Delhi, Bhowanipur Sangeeet Sanmelan, GolPark Ramkrishna Mission of Kolkata and Saltlake Music Conference of Kolkata etc, and also he has toured Europe, UK and USA and made a very good name amongst the music lovers. He is the recipient of Surmani and Jadubhatta Awards.

Gourisankar Karmar, the grandson of famed dhrupadiya (vocalist) Jotindra Mohan Karmakar, began studying and playing tabla at the young age of three years old under the guidance of his father, Mr. Shib Shankar Karmakar - a noted disciple of the tabla maestro, the late Ustad Keramatulla Khan. In conjunction with his studies, Gourisankar pursued the art and technique of tabla seriously and soon developed superb control over the instrument. Since 1979, he has been under the tutelage of the Tabla Maestro Sankha Chatterjee. Gourisankar is an "A" grade Artist with All India Radio and Doordarshan/ Televison. He has been touring extensively internationally for the past 20 years and has a unique combination of playing styles reflecting the Farukhabad and Punjab Gharanas. He has conducted several concert tours in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. He has accompanied eminent artists such as Pt V.G. Jog, Pt A.T. Kannan, Pt Muneswar Dayal, Pt. Manilal Nag, Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee, Ud. Shahid Parvez, Ud. Shujat Khan, Pt. Kushal Das and Indrajit Banerjee. In addition to his yearly tours, he has made great progress in promoting Tabla/Indian Classical Music through teaching and has many students worldwide.

[kh1958]

April 15, 2014: Tigran Hamasyan, The Belmont, Austin

April 15, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Paramount Theater, Austin

April 16, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Granada Theater, Dallas

April 17, 2014: Tigran Hamasyan Trio, University of North Texas, COM Recital Hall (8:30)

April 19, 2014: Pt. Ramnath Mishra, Snehasish Mozumder and Gourisankar Karmakar, Allen Public Library Auditorium

April 23, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Balcony Club, Dallas

April 24, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas

April 25, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Meca, Houston

April 25, 2014: Greg Porter, Joe Louis Walker, NOJHF

April 26, 2014: Branford Marsalis, NOJHF

April 26, 2014: Hannibal Lokumbe/Hannibal Marvin Peterson, St. Mary's University, San Antonio

April 27, 2014: Bombino, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

April 27, 2014: Tutu Jones, Denton Arts and Jazz Festival

May 1, 2014: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Marlon Jordan, Stanton Moore, Bill Summers, Bernard Allison, Mauricio Tizumba, NOJHF

May 2, 2014: Pharaoh Sanders, Nicholas Payton, Walter Wolfman Washington, Mauricio Tizumba, NOJHF

May 3, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Washington Irving Memorial Park, Bixby, Oklahoma

May 3, 2014: Ellis Marsalis, NOJHF

May 3-4, 2014: Bombino, Terakaft, Austin Psych Festival

May 4, 2014: Terrance Blanchard, Chick Corea, NOJHF

May 8, 2014: Nick Moss, Continental Club, Austin

May 9, 2014: Tex Allen, Cezanne, Houston

May 9, 2014: Nick Moss, Dosey Doe Music Cafe, Conroe

May 10, 2014: PT TEJENDRA MAJUMDAR (SAROD), Northwest Hills Church, Austin

May 13, 2014: Nick Moss, Live Oak, Fort Worth

May 15, 2014: Nicholas Payton, Fort Worth Public Library

May 16, 2014: Jason Moran, Discovery Green, Houston

May 17, 2014: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio

May 17, 2014: Rebirth Brass Band, Kessler Theater, Oak Cliff

May 19, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, Brass House, Austin

May 22, 2014: Bill Frisell's Guitar in the Space Age, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton

May 23-24, 2014: Bill Frisell, Continental Club, Austin

May 26, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Avant Garden, Houston

May 27, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin

June 3, 2014: Peter Brotzman, William Parker, Hamid Drake, North Door, Austin

June 16, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, Brass House, Austin

June 17, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Kessler Theater, Dallas

June 18, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Vanguard Music Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma

June 20-21, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Jazz in June, Norman, Oklahoma

June 28, 2014: Smt Kala Ramnath (violin), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin

July 11-12, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Clarence Muse Theater, Dallas

July 19, 2014: Ud. Shahid Parvez Sitar and Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston

August 30, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Bedford Blues Festival

August 31, 2014: Robert Cray, Bedford Blues Festival

September 6, 2014: Pandit Kumar Bose (tabla) and Pandit Ramesh Misra (Sarangi), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University

September 12-13, 2014: Eddie Clearwater, Lurie Bell, Eric Gales, T-Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview

September 18, 2014: Shelley Carrol Quartet, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Fort Worth Public Library

September 20, 2104: Music Festival of India, Allen Public Library Auditorium

September 20, 2014: Eddie Palmieri, Jazz'SALive, San Antonio

October 10, 2014: Chick Corea, solo, Cullen Theater, Houston

November 7, 2014: Lonnie Smith Trio, McCollough Theater, Austin

February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin

April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houson

Edited April 20, 2014 by kh1958

[kh1958]

Thursday night at the University of North Texas College of Music Recital Hall at 8:30, the Tigran Hamisyan Trio performs.

http://www.tigranhamasyan.com

Edited April 17, 2014 by kh1958

[kh1958]

A cancellation/change of artists for the April 19 Indian Classical music concert.

Due to unforeseen circumstances Ud. Shahid Pervez will not be performing.

Sarangi & Mandolin Jugalbandi

Saturday, April 19, 2014

7:00:00 PM

Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013

Admission:

ICMC Members: Free

General: $30

Student: $20 Pt. Ramesh Mishra Sarangi

Snehashish Mozumder Mandolin

Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla

Mastering over one of the most difficult string instruments ' Sarangi', Pandit Ramesh Mishra is today acclaimed as an outstanding artist of India. Son of great sarangi maestro Pt. Ramnath Mishra, he started his initial intensive training at very tender age from his father and acquired further knowledge and training from finest musicians of Banaras Gharana Pandit Hanuman Prasad Mishra and late Pandit Gopal Mishra. Later on he went under the tutelage of the legendary maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. Besides a recipient of India's most prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2008 for his outstanding contribution in the field of music (sarangi), Pt. Ramesh Mishra also received of Sangeet Natak Award of Uttar Pradesh 1992, honored with Geetanjali, Uttam, Dishari Award, Jhadhu Bhatta award from West Bengal in 2007 and various other awards from different musical organizations. Both as soloist and accompanist, Pandit Ramesh Mishra traveled all over the world accompanying internationally reputed artists. In addition he has produced numerous recordings including his own solo records and earned a niche in the hearts of millions of music lovers. He is an asset to the music world and his mesmerizing melodies produced by his sarangi can be heard in many music productions including Ravi Shankar's 'live in Kremlin' and the Grammy nominated album 'Legacy' produced by the legendary Ali Akbar Khan. He was also a participating artist in the production of the "Concert for George" at Royal Albert Hall in London, November 2002. Pandit Mishra is one of the recording artist in Aero Smith's much acclaimed album " Nine Lives ".

Snehasish Mozumder is among those few established musicians in India who has mastered the art of playing Mandolin, and has blended it perfectly into the style of Hindustani Indian Classical Music. He started his initial training at the age of four with Tabla and then Mandolin under the guidance of his grandfather late Sri Bibhuty Ranjan Mozumder and then he took training under his father Sri Himanshu Mozumder and his uncle late Sri Ranjan Mozumder. Gradually he switched over to his cousin Tejendra Narayan Majumdar who is a well-known sarod player. He continued his study under late Acharya Ajoy Sinha Roy who was a beloved disciple of Baba Allauddin Khan Saheb, the founder of Maihar Gharana and he takes lesson of laykari under the guidance of Pandit Anil Palit who is a senior most disciple of Pandit Kishan Maharaj. Finally he came under the tutelage of Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. Snehasish, has performed many major festivals in India like Sankat Mochan Utsav of Varanasi, Swami Haridas Sangeet Sanmelan of Mumbai,Indian Habitat Centre of Delhi, Bhowanipur Sangeeet Sanmelan, GolPark Ramkrishna Mission of Kolkata and Saltlake Music Conference of Kolkata etc, and also he has toured Europe, UK and USA and made a very good name amongst the music lovers. He is the recipient of Surmani and Jadubhatta Awards.

Gourisankar Karmar, the grandson of famed dhrupadiya (vocalist) Jotindra Mohan Karmakar, began studying and playing tabla at the young age of three years old under the guidance of his father, Mr. Shib Shankar Karmakar - a noted disciple of the tabla maestro, the late Ustad Keramatulla Khan. In conjunction with his studies, Gourisankar pursued the art and technique of tabla seriously and soon developed superb control over the instrument. Since 1979, he has been under the tutelage of the Tabla Maestro Sankha Chatterjee. Gourisankar is an "A" grade Artist with All India Radio and Doordarshan/ Televison. He has been touring extensively internationally for the past 20 years and has a unique combination of playing styles reflecting the Farukhabad and Punjab Gharanas. He has conducted several concert tours in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. He has accompanied eminent artists such as Pt V.G. Jog, Pt A.T. Kannan, Pt Muneswar Dayal, Pt. Manilal Nag, Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee, Ud. Shahid Parvez, Ud. Shujat Khan, Pt. Kushal Das and Indrajit Banerjee. In addition to his yearly tours, he has made great progress in promoting Tabla/Indian Classical Music through teaching and has many students worldwide.

This turned out to be anything but a last minute substitute concert--these musicians were were all masters--I've never seen a Sarangi before, it's a bowed instrument that produces a sound that resembles a violin. Pandit Ramesh Mishra was astounding on this instrument. At concert's end, it was announced that he had recently returned to music after being hospitalized for two and a half years.

Snehashish Mozumder's mandolin playing was on the same high level. As was the tabla player. A wonderful concert. My only disappointment was that the concert schedule for the Indian Classical Music Society of DFW does not currently include any more instrumental concerts for the rest of 2014.

[kh1958]

April 23, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Balcony Club, Dallas

April 24, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas

April 25, 2014: Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn with Sam Newsome, Meca, Houston

April 25, 2014: Greg Porter, Joe Louis Walker, NOJHF

April 25, 2014: Bob Moses Trio, St. Mary's University, San Antonio

April 26, 2014: Branford Marsalis, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

April 27, 2014: Bombino, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

April 27, 2014: Tutu Jones, Denton Arts and Jazz Festival

May 1, 2014: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Marlon Jordan, Stanton Moore, Bill Summers, Bernard Allison, Mauricio Tizumba, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 2, 2014: Pharaoh Sanders, Nicholas Payton, Walter Wolfman Washington, Mauricio Tizumba, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 3, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Washington Irving Memorial Park, Bixby, Oklahoma

May 3, 2014: Ellis Marsalis, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 3-4, 2014: Bombino, Terakaft, Austin Psych Festival

May 4, 2014: Terrance Blanchard, Chick Corea, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 8, 2014: Nick Moss, Continental Club, Austin

May 9, 2014: Tex Allen, Cezanne, Houston

May 9, 2014: Nick Moss, Dosey Doe Music Cafe, Conroe

May 10, 2014: PT TEJENDRA MAJUMDAR (SAROD), Northwest Hills Church, Austin

May 13, 2014: Nick Moss, Live Oak, Fort Worth

May 15, 2014: Nicholas Payton, Fort Worth Public Library

May 16, 2014: Jason Moran, Discovery Green, Houston

May 17, 2014: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio

May 17, 2014: Rebirth Brass Band, Kessler Theater, Oak Cliff

May 19, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, Brass House, Austin

May 22, 2014: Bill Frisell's Guitar in the Space Age, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton

May 23-24, 2014: Bill Frisell, Continental Club, Austin

May 26, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Avant Garden, Houston

May 27, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin

June 3, 2014: Peter Brotzman, William Parker, Hamid Drake, North Door, Austin

June 16, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, Brass House, Austin

June 17, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Kessler Theater, Dallas

June 18, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Vanguard Music Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma

June 20-21, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Jazz in June, Norman, Oklahoma

June 28, 2014: Smt Kala Ramnath (violin), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin

July 11-12, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Clarence Muse Theater, Dallas

July 19, 2014: Ud. Shahid Parvez Sitar and Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston

August 30, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Bedford Blues Festival

August 31, 2014: Robert Cray, Bedford Blues Festival

September 6, 2014: Pandit Kumar Bose (tabla) and Pandit Ramesh Misra (Sarangi), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University

September 12-13, 2014: Eddie Clearwater, Lurie Bell, Eric Gales, T-Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview

September 18, 2014: Shelley Carrol Quartet, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Fort Worth Public Library

September 20, 2104: Music Festival of India, Allen Public Library Auditorium

September 20, 2014: Eddie Palmieri, Jazz'SALive, San Antonio

October 10, 2014: Chick Corea, solo, Cullen Theater, Houston

November 7, 2014: Lonnie Smith Trio, McCollough Theater, Austin

February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin

April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houtson

Edited April 22, 2014 by kh1958

[epistrophy arts]

Austin Texas

May 27, 8pm

Museum of Human Achievement

Lyons and Springdale in the Blue Genie Art Complex (MAP)

$10 admission at the door.

All Ages

Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones) and Tom Rainey (drums) are celebrating the release of their first duo recording titled And Other Desert Towns by touring the States. The duo's music draws on the several years and many projects they have shared since they began working together. Their experiences of playing original compositions, free improvisations and even standard songs inform this intimate setting of improvised duets. Between them, they regularly perform with Anthony Braxton, Tim Berne, Mary Halvorson, Kris Davis, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Angelica Sanchez and many others.

"And Other Desert Towns is showing well the paths of intuition they’ve established between one another. Rainey is consistently one of the most inventive drummers in New York (…) Laubrock is, as always, wonderfully lyrical and traipses about as freely as Rainey, occasionally matching pace with him but more often scurrying in circles around his quick figures." - New York City Jazz Record

Ingrid Laubrock - saxophones

Tom Rainey - drums

www.ingridlaubrock.com

$10 all ages admission. tickets available at the door

BYOB

This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office/Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin's future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.

About Epistrophy Arts:

Epistrophy Arts is a grass-roots cultural organization dedicated to presenting the finest in adventurous and improvised music in Austin, Texas. Since January of 1998 we have presented over 70 concerts with living

legends, unsung heroes and rising talents in the field of adventurous music.

[Trumpet Guy]

Playing with The Bob Moses Trio this Friday April 25 at The Fiesta Jazz Festival in San Antonio. This group is actually called "The Heart Breath Trio" with drummer Bob Moses, guitarist, Michael Gregory Jackson and trumpeter Phil Grenadier. Come hear us, if you can

[mjzee]

Playing with The Bob Moses Trio this Friday April 25 at The Fiesta Jazz Festival in San Antonio. This group is actually called "The Heart Breath Trio" with drummer Bob Moses, guitarist, Michael Gregory Jackson and trumpeter Phil Grenadier. Come hear us, if you can

Good luck in San Antonio! And try to play Houston, if you can!

[kh1958]

I wish I could be in Houston tonight, as the Afro Horn concert last night was tremendous. Led by Francisco Mora-Catlett (longtime Sun Ra Arkestra drummer and member of M'Boom), with a very strong group, including Sam Newsome on soprano saxophone, and Alex Harding on baritone saxophone.

[kh1958]

April 26, 2014: Branford Marsalis, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

April 27, 2014: Bombino, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

April 27, 2014: Tutu Jones, Denton Arts and Jazz Festival

May 1, 2014: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Marlon Jordan, Stanton Moore, Bill Summers, Bernard Allison, Mauricio Tizumba, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 2, 2014: Pharaoh Sanders, Nicholas Payton, Walter Wolfman Washington, Mauricio Tizumba, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 3, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Washington Irving Memorial Park, Bixby, Oklahoma

May 3, 2014: Ellis Marsalis, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 3-4, 2014: Bombino, Terakaft, Austin Psych Festival

May 4, 2014: Terrance Blanchard, Chick Corea, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 7, 2014: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz. Fort Worth

May 8, 2014: Nick Moss, Continental Club, Austin

May 9, 2014: Tex Allen, Cezanne, Houston

May 9, 2014: Nick Moss, Dosey Doe Music Cafe, Conroe

May 10, 2014: PT TEJENDRA MAJUMDAR (SAROD), Northwest Hills Church, Austin

May 13, 2014: Nick Moss, Live Oak, Fort Worth

May 14, 2014: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz. Fort Worth

May 15, 2014: Nicholas Payton, Fort Worth Public Library

May 16, 2014: Jason Moran, Discovery Green, Houston

May 17, 2014: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio

May 17, 2014: Rebirth Brass Band, Kessler Theater, Oak Cliff

May 19, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, Brass House, Austin

May 21, 2014: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz. Fort Worth

May 22, 2014: Bill Frisell's Guitar in the Space Age, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton

May 23-24, 2014: Bill Frisell, Continental Club, Austin

May 26, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Avant Garden, Houston

May 27, 2014: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin

May 28, 2014: Shelly Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth

June 3, 2014: Peter Brotzman, William Parker, Hamid Drake, North Door, Austin

June 16, 2014: Peggy Stern Trio, Brass House, Austin

June 17, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Kessler Theater, Dallas

June 18, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Vanguard Music Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma

June 20-21, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Jazz in June, Norman, Oklahoma

June 28, 2014: Smt Kala Ramnath (violin), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University, Austin

July 11-12, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Clarence Muse Theater, Dallas

July 19, 2014: Ud. Shahid Parvez Sitar and Gourisankar Karmakar Tabla, Jones Hall, University of St. Thomas, Houston

August 28, 2014: Lila Downs, House of Blues, Houston

August 30, 2014: Joe Louis Walker, Bedford Blues Festival

August 30, 2014: Lila Downs, House of Blues, Dallas

August 31, 2014: Lila Downs, San Antonio

August 31, 2014: Robert Cray, Bedford Blues Festival

September 6, 2014: Pandit Kumar Bose (tabla) and Pandit Ramesh Misra (Sarangi), Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University

September 12-13, 2014: Eddie Clearwater, Lurie Bell, Eric Gales, T-Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview

September 18, 2014: Shelley Carrol Quartet, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Fort Worth Public Library

September 20, 2104: Music Festival of India, Allen Public Library Auditorium

September 20, 2014: Eddie Palmieri, Jazz'SALive, San Antonio

October 10, 2014: Chick Corea, solo, Cullen Theater, Houston

November 7, 2014: Lonnie Smith Trio, McCollough Theater, Austin

February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, Cullen Theater, Houston

March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston

April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin

April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houtson

Edited May 4, 2014 by kh1958

[JSngry]

Tex Allen?

Who knew?

[kh1958]

This is Tex Allen the trumpet player, who played with Gil Evans (Svengali), not Tex Allen the singing cowboy actor.

http://old.nyc10044.com/wire/2103/allen.html

One leader date on Muse.

http://www.amazon.com/Late-Night-Tex-Allen/dp/B000000GO1/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1398615480&sr=1-1&keywords=Tex+Allen

Edited April 27, 2014 by kh1958

[JSngry]

Oh, I know who he is. Phylicia Rashād's brothr, also played on a mid-70s Louis Hayes Muse date, iirc. And I think I have an old Lab Band "Spring Concert" LP, '69, I think, that he takes a solo on with one of the bands. Also have that Muse leader date, it's a good enough "late night" album.

Just did not know he was still around. Not a name you hear every day, or every year, or even every decade, sometimes.