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Paul Burt – July 2, 2015
Paul Burt – July 2, 2015 There’s not too much to write about this one. Burt is my Big Island buddy for various capers, also a bowl turner. I’d hoped to catch him in action carving out curlicues on the … Continue reading
Christine Lavin / Don White – May 17, 2015
Christine Lavin / Don White – Cole Auditorium, Greenwich Library – May 17, 2015 This was a weird hybrid kind of gig. Lavin was the known quantity going in, and the obvious draw; White much less so. Each is an … Continue reading
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Tagged Christine Lavin, Cole Auditorium, Don White, Greenwich Library, guitar, Sensitive New Age Guys
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José James – June 12, 2015
José James – Prospect Park – June 12, 2015 Our attendance at this concert was partly nudged along by Jake. He knows he has to be careful about what he touts to me, and exercises appropriate restraint (especially if I … Continue reading
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Tagged bass, drums, guitar, jazz, Jose James, Nate Smith, Prospect Park, Solomon Dorsey, Takuya Koroda, trumpet, vocals
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Ku-umba Frank Lacy / 10³²K – February 26, 2015
Ku-umba Frank Lacy / 10³²K – Rubenstein Atrium – February 26, 2015 Much as I resist quoting from official promo materials, this concert was so far out on the unique scale that I’ll relinquish. First, the name of the trio, … Continue reading
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Tagged 10³²K, Andrew Drury, bass, drums, jazz, Justin Hicks, Kevin Ray, Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Lincoln Center, Rubenstein Atrium, vocals
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BackCountry Jazz – February 21, 2015
BackCountry Jazz – Cole Auditorium – February 21, 2015 Once again Bennie Wallace has put together a sterling presentation, this year focusing on the music of Duke Ellington.
Manuel Valera New Cuban Express – November 7, 2014
Manuel Valera New Cuban Express – Bronx Museum of the Arts – November 7, 2014 One more new venue for me, hooray for the Bronx. I’d earlier caught a permutation of parts of this combo under Yosvanny Terry’s leadership; here … Continue reading
Bertha Hope – October 26, 2014
Bertha Hope – Morris High School – October 26, 2014 Here’s someone who was totally not on my radar screen at all; Hope was married to a minor NYC player, Elmo Hope, also a pianist. For a while they shared … Continue reading
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Tagged Angeleisha Rogers, bass, Bertha Hope, Bronx, jazz, Jure Pukl, Kim Clark, Morris High School, piano, tenor saxophone, trumpet
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Sketchcrawl 45 – October 18, 2014
Sketchcrawl 45 – The High Line – October 18, 2014
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Junot Diaz – October 7, 2014
Junot Diaz – SUNY Purchase – October 7, 2014 Diaz is the latest of the MacArthur “genius” grant recipients that I’ve captured. My experience of reading him is limited to shorter excerpts that he has published in The New Yorker … Continue reading