jazzfest update

this year's jazz by the boulevard fest will run september 21-23, with headliners joshua redman (dewey's kid, who just released a rollinseque new ceedee called back east -- the title's a play on sonny's way out west, yadig?), cuban expat arturo sandoval to fulfill the latin jazz requirement, ray charles alum david "fathead" newman in the local (actually dallas) giant role, james hinkle's ex-employer marcia ball, and the fort worth jazz orchestra. the festival folks are looking for volunteers, too -- which is how my dtr and i usedta get to see the plays for free back when the fort still had shakespeare in the park (deep sigh). locals we'd like to see in the lineup: dave williams' ornettology, denton hip-hop / improv outfit liquid bounce, fort worth-via-k.c. blues poet wes race (who's cut some ace but as-yet-unreleased spoken word 'n' jazz sides with ex-juke jumpers sumter bruton and jim colegrove, who'll be playing their own reunion shows at j&j's blues bar august 31-september 1). conspicuous by his absence (yet again): ronald shannon jackson.