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Johnny Colon  –  Museo del Barrio  –  June 16, 2018 When you say “boogie-down Bronx” (as I hope you do), you are partially referencing the work of Colon, who was one of the originals of the breakout boogaloo craze of … Continue reading →

Brewster Music Festival  – Wells Park  –   June 9, 2018 What could be more convenient?  A festival right in my hometown, thanks to the Town of Southeast Cultural Arts Commission.  Only had time for a couple of hours of … Continue reading →

Marcia Ball  –  CHIRP, Ballard Park, Ridgefield  –  June 5, 2018 CHIRP just keeps getting better and better, quite an extensive lineup for this year, congratulations Ridgefield.   Blues belle Ball has got her red beans cookin’, I don’t know … Continue reading →

Victor Goines & Friends  –  Woodlawn Cemetery  –  June 3, 2018 Goines is an oft-seen element of the Jazz-at-Lincoln-Center/New Orleans pipeline, occasionally a group leader, as he was in this instance.  He’s got some cool friends indeed – top-shelf pianist … Continue reading →

Thornetta Davis  –  Rubenstein Atrium  –   May 10, 2018 Davis is Detroit’s Queen of the Blues, and there’s no mistaking that – I told her that she must have gone to Aretha-school.  Her band provides a full sound to … Continue reading →

Four-Ever Yours String Quartet  –  New York Botanical Garden  –  May 5, 2018 This was a NYC Urban Sketchers event, in conjunction with a few other things going on at the NYBG.  So what do I do?  Go to the … Continue reading →

Downtown Comes Uptown  –  Rubenstein Atrium  –  April 26, 2018 Because uptown isn’t sufficiently alt-; there’s a feeder program from Rockwell Music Hall so that the uptown crowd doesn’t have to descend into the hurly-burly (I’m projecting here, having never … Continue reading →

SketchCrawl #59  –  Van Cortlandt Park  –  April 21, 2018 ———– by Paula ————– by Laura ————- by Mark —————- by Paula —————– by Mark —————- by Leslie ————- by Leslie ————— by Mel ————- by Joan ————– by Janet … Continue reading →

Shamisen and Shakuhachi  –  Greenwich Library  –  April 22, 2018 I had no clue how to title this post – “Japanese Music” seemed too crass.  So I named it for the musical instruments.  What an intriguing presentation – the fruit … Continue reading →

Arturo O’Farrill Sextet  –  Bronx Library Center  –  April 14, 2018 This is a family affair, and a royal jazz family to boot.  Arturo is already the second generation of O’Farrill players, and he’s brought along two sons into the business. … Continue reading →