We’re off to Jazz Fest!
Tonight is the third and final night of UMM’s annual Jazz Festival, and is the night when we have tickets. Hurrah!
Currently listening to: North Texas State University (now University of North Texas) Lab ‘76. They have an excellent jazz program there, and we used to catch them whenever we could when we lived in Wichita Falls. I bought a lot of their annual recordings in the late 70’s and early 80’s, and can now play them for the first time in years because of my nifty new turntable! Lab ‘76 was one of the first we bought, and is still one my faves. I think it was one of the first albums to really open up some experimental doors for me, indicating that it was possible for jazz to explore some pretty interesting territories. In retrospect it wasn’t all that experimental, but it was pretty eye-opening for a teenager in the cultural wastelands of north Texas. I listened to “Myth of Sisyphus” just about to death and still dig it nearly 30 years later. Cool.
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