Upcoming D.C.-Area Jazz Shows 1/31 Albert “Tootie” Heath w/ Ethan Iverson & Ben Street at Bohemian Caverns 2/1 Don Byron Gospel Quintet at The Atlas Performing Arts Center 2/1 Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding & Leo Genovese at The Warner Theatre 2/1 Rudy Royston 303 at An Die ...

Sorry for the long list, catching up after some travel and other distractions - Atomic - Boom Boom Available Jelly - Happy Camp Black Host - Life In The Sugar Cane Mines Ceramic Dog - Your Turn Joe Henderson - Mode for Joe Joe Henderson - In 'N' Out Joe Henderson - Power to the People (via Spotify) ...

Yes, I just saw him Thursday night in NY. Quite a shock.

Peter Evans - Zebulon Jason Moran - Ten Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land Mostly Other People Do The Killing - Shamokin!!! Mostly Other People Do The Killing - Slippery Rock! Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers - (s.t.) Horace Silver Quintet - Horace-Scope Horace Sil...

Art Farmer - Early Art (via Spotify) Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce - When Farmer Met Gryce (via Spotify) Art Farmer - Soul Eyes (via Spotify) Keith Jarrett - No End Keith Jarrett - Concerts Bregenz München Woody Shaw - The Complete Muse Sessions Tarbaby - The End of Fear Tarbaby - The Ballad of Sam Langford...

Ben Allison - The Stars Look Very Different Today Bill Frisell - Before We Were Born Bill Frisell - Disfarmer Bill Frisell - Beautiful Dreamers Jewels & Binoculars - The Music of Bob Dylan Jewels & Binoculars (Play the Music of Bob Dylan) - Floater Jewels & Binoculars - Ships With Tattoo...

I missed Ellery in Baltimore last night unfortunately. I'm fighting off a cold and didn't fell like making the trip. The Bill Cole show was cancelled/postponed because of the weather.

Ralph Alessi/Fred Hersch - Only Many (via Spotify) Dave Douglas - Charms of the Night Sky Dave Douglas - Mountain Passages Dave Douglas Quintet - Live at the Jazz Standard Dave Douglas - Keystone Dave Douglas Quintet - Time Travel Michael Moore Trio - Holocene Michael Moore Quintet - Rotterdam Micha...

Air - Air Mail Barry Harris - Plays Tadd Dameron and Thelonious Monk (via Spotify) Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd - Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project Michael Moore Trio - Chicoutimi Michael Moore Trio - Bering Michael Moore Quartet - White Widow Michael Moore Quintet - Osiris Wadada Leo Smit...

Bohemian Caverns has been closed the last few weeks due to structural damage caused by a car crash. All shows were cancelled through today. Anyone planning to attend Taylor Ho Bynum on 11/1 should check the club website to confirm it's still on. 11/4 Nilson Matta & Roni Ben Hur at Blues Alley 11...

Dave Douglas Sextet - Pathways Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music, Vols. 1 & 2 Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk -Monk's Music Thelonious Monk/Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan Meets Monk Wynton Kelly Trio w/Wes Montgomery - Smokin' at the Half Note Wes Montgomery - The Incredibl...

I saw "In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey" at the AFI Theater in Silver Spring over the weekend. I have always liked John Fahey, but I have never really gone too deeply into his back catalogue and was eager to see this. The documentary is only an hour and skips over signi...

Classic Earl Hines Sessions 1928-1945 (Mosaic) Frank Lowe - The Flam (via Spotify) Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - (s.t.) Thelonious Monk - Alone in San Francisco William Parker - Wood Flute Songs (Anthology/Live 2006-2012) Wadada Leo Smith & Ed Blackwell - The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer ...

Best Violent Femmes w/opening act Alex Chilton at a VFW hall in Baton Rouge, LA in 1985. (This was a big VFW hall with low ceilings. No one seemed to know who Alex Chilton was and he was booed throughout his set. He didn't care. The Violent Femmes were great and the the crowd was crazy) David Bowie...

Nils Petter Molvær- Solid Ether Grachan Moncur III - Mosaic Select 1 Ben Monder - Hydra Thelonious Monk Quintet - 5 By Monk By 5 Thelonious Monk Quartet - The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection Joe Pass - Virtuoso (via MOG) Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 Isobel Campbell & Ma...

Adam Lane Trio - Absolute Horizon Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music Red Mitchell/Warne Marsh - Big Two Roscoe Mitchell - Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes Hank Mobley - Soul Station Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series, Vol. 7 (No Direction Home: The Soundtrack) Mark Lanegan - The Night Porter (L...

Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood - Black Pudding Wow. Listened to this one I picked up at my favorite record store a few days ago with absolutely no idea about who these guys were and what to expect, and I think it's a wonder. Are others by Lanegan as good? I just saw Lanegan live on Monday and was ...

Geri Allen - Grand River Crossing: Motown & Motor City Inspirations (via Spotify) Joey Baron - Just Listen Charlie Haden/Paul Motian w/Geri Allen - Etudes Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods Charles Mingus - Mingus Dynasty Gabriele Mirabassi - 1 - 0 (uno a zero) Mario Pavone Orange Double Tenor - Arc...

Alice Coltrane - Huntington Ashram Monastary/World Galaxy Charlie Hunter & Bobby Previte - Groundtruther Vic Juris - Free Admission Kneebody - (s.t.) Kneebody - You Can Have Your Moment Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Charl...

Upcoming D.C.-Area Jazz Shows The Wadada Leo Smith shows on 10/25 & 26 are new on the list at the Atlas Theater on H Street. It's a complete performance of "Ten Freedom Summers" in 3 performances over 2 days. The Library of Congress has cancelled all its early October music performance...

It's new on Concord Records. Very good, very similar to the their other recordings. I'm not familiar with that group but I did listen to a few samples on eMusic and they sounded funky almost somewhere between fusion and smooth, is that a fair representation of them or did I just hear some lame samp...

walto wrote:

Fred K wrote:

I haven't heard that recording, but I'm a fan of Kneebody.

It's new on Concord Records. Very good, very similar to the their other recordings.

The Claudia Quintet - September Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness/Lord of Lords Alice Coltrane - Ptah the Daoud Vijay Iyer w/Prasanna and Nitin Mitta - Tirtha Vijay Iyer - Solo Kneebody - The Line Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter - Et Cetera Wayne Shorter - Schizophrenia Wayne Shor...

Ralph Alessi - Baida Scott Amendola Band - Believe Scott Amendola/Charlie Hunter - Pucker Ketil Bjornstad - La notte Ceramic Dog - Your Turn Charlie Hunter/Scott Amendola - Not Getting Behind Is The New Getting Ahead Lee Konitz/Stefano Bollani - Songs for Paolo (via Spotify) Lee Konitz/Paul Bley - O...

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Hard Bop Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow - Trios Gary Burton - Alone at Last (via Spotify) Gary Burton/Pat Metheny/Steve Swallow/Antonio Sanchez - Quartet Live! New Gary Burton Quartet - Guided Tour (via Spotify) Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda...