Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Today is Oct. 1.

Singer Ann Richards, who worked with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the 1950s, was born in San Diego on this day in 1935. She married Kenton in 1955, two weeks after she turned 20.

Bass player Dave Holland, a former Miles Davis sideman and in-demand sideman and bandleader, was born this day in 1946 in Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, England. His poll-winning quintet is one of the strongest and most consistent bands working in modern jazz today.

On this day in 1929, singer Victoria Spivey recorded "Moanin' the Blues."

On this day in 1935, the Benny Goodman Band closed its unforgettable and history-making five-week run at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles. Opening night at the Palomar launched the Big Band era.

Here's how it happened: Goodman landed a radio show on NBC called "Let's Dance" in 1934. He took his new band on the road the next summer, but the coast-to-coast tour did poorly until it ran into phenomenal success at the Palomar. The Swing Era had begun -- and soon Goodman was "the King of Swing."

Goodman also was the first major white bandleader to incorporate black musicians into his band on national tour, hiring both pianist Teddy Wilson and vibes player Lionel Hampton.

On this night in 2001, Clark Terry was the honoree at the Veritas Therapeutic Community's annual "An Evening with Friends of Charlie Parker" concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.

Looking at today's hip happenings...

On the New York jazz scene... Carl Allen and his band New Spirit are at the Jazz Standard tonight through Sunday. His band features Donald Harrison on alto sax, Marcus Printup or Terell Stafford on trumpet, Eric Reed on piano and Robert Hurst on bass. Bassist Ben Allison's Peace Pipe band is at Joe's Pub tonight. Guitarists Vernon Reid and James "Blood" Ulmer bring their Band "Raw Blues" into Iridium all week. Karrin Allyson and Joey Defrancesco are at the Blue Note this week. Pianist Brad Mehldau's trio is at the Village Vanguard through Sunday. Trumpeter Mac Gollehon's quartet is at the Zinc Bar tonight and Wednesday.

The Willem Breuker Kollektief is at the Bop Shop in Rochester, N.Y., tonight.

In the Boston area... pianist McCoy Tyner is at Ryles jazz club in Cambridge tonight through Thursday. The Robbie Lee quartet is at The Regattabar in Cambridge tonight. The Tony DeBlois quartet featuring Bill and Bo Winiker is at Scullerrs jazz club in Boston.

On the Chicago jazz scene... Men of Note are at Andy's tonight. Jimmy Sutton's Four Charms are at the Green Mill. The Chris Potter quartet is at the Jazz Showcase through Sunday. Von Freeman and Friends are at the New Apartment Lounge on Tuesdays. The Bobby Broom trio is at Pete Miller's Steakhouse in Evanston tonight. Marshall Vente is at Philander's in Oak Park.

In New Orleans... the Ted Hefko quartet is at the Blue Nile tonight. New Orleans Streetbeat is at the Crescent City Brewhouse. Ingrid Lucia is at the Ritz Carlton's French Quarter Bar. Maurice Brown's Chi-Town is at the Funky Butt. Louis Ford is at Satchmo's Jazz Room in Harrah's casino. The ReBirth Brass Band is at the Maple Leaf. Greg Stafford leads tonight's band at Preservation Hall. The Rob Wagner trio is at the Seaport Cafe. The Burke Ingraffia quartet is at Snug Harbor. The Ian McPhail quintet is at the Spotted Cat.

In California... pianist Bill Charlap's trio is at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles this week. Singer Lea Delaria is at the Center Theater in Long Beach with keyboardist Patrice Rushen and drummer Ndugu Chancler tonight as part of the Los Angeles edition of the Verizon Music Festival. The Ron Kobayashi trio with Debbie Ebert is at Steamers Jazz Cafe in Fullerton tonight. Saxophonist Pete Christlieb is at Charlie O's in Valley Glen every Tuesday in October with John Heard on bass, Ron Anthony on guitar, and Mike Stephans on drums. Acoustic Alchemy is at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz tonight. Mark Levine, David Ewell and Alan U'ren are at Bacar in San Francisco tonight. The Bill Bell quartet is at Yoshi's in Oakland.

The Michel Camilo trio is at the Blue Note in Tokyo, Japan, through Saturday.

On the recording front...

Today is the long-awaited release date for the Columbia/Legacy Jazz package of "The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux: 1973-91." The 20-disc box set documents virtually every musical moment of the trumpeter's visits to Switzerland's acclaimed summer jazz festival. It also was the setting for the first of two concerts in his final summer where he went back to performing classic arrangements from his pre-electronic career.

Warner Bros. is just out with BWB's "Groovin'," a new smooth jazz recording by Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum and Norman Brown. Their sidemen on this funky collaboration include Christian McBride, Gregory Hutchinson and Ricky Peterson.

Hammond B-3 player Tony Monaco is out today with his third CD as a leader. This one on Summit Records is called "Intimately Live at the 501." It teams Monaco with longtime triomates Louis Tsamous on drums and Robert Kraut on guitar.

Previously unreleased solo CDs by two master instrumentalists are coming out today from Pablo. "Meditation" is drawn from an early 1992 Joe Pass engagement at Yoshi's in Oakland, Calif. "Solo," by Oscar Peterson, was recorded at 1972 concerts in Amsterdam and Baalbek, Lebanon. Also due out from Pablo is "Blues Around the Clock," a compilation celebrating the singing of Joe Turner, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Jimmy Witherspoon, T-Bone Walker, and Muddy Waters, who generally walk what annotator Willard Jenkins calls "the invisible line between blues and jazz."

Los Angeles electric violinist and bandleader Susie Hansen is out today with a new CD called "The Salsa Never Ends" on the Jazz Caliente label. The musicians on the project are the members of her band, plus the great tenor sax player Justo Almario is featured on two songs.

Percussionist John Santos and the Machete Ensemble are just out with their sixth and newest CD, "SF Bay." It features Orestes Vilato on timbales.

Pianist Ed Tancredi and his Boston-based band, Bandon 33, are just out with their newest CD, "Ongoing Dreams." It's on the Fresh Sound label. Miguel Zenon, Luis Rodriguez, Jerry Bergonzi, Dino Govoni and Nestor Toro are featured on saxophone on this exploration of Latin jazz originals.