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Pat Lamanna – March 16, 2013

Posted on April 3, 2013 by parker

Pat Lamanna  –  Hudson Valley Folk Guild, Poughkeepsie  –  March 16, 2013 I’ve known Lamanna since the days of Steady Eddie & Ready (that would be the mid 1970’s); we used to play at a coffeehouse run by Pat and … Continue reading →

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Kimberly Wilson – March 14, 2013

Posted on March 16, 2013 by parker

Kimberly Wilson  –  Greenwich High School  –  March 14, 2013 Two posts in a row from “work”!  Astounding.  No need to go into the details of why the school schedule and doings accounted for this performance – some time needed … Continue reading →

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Poor Old Shine – March 1, 2013

Posted on March 2, 2013 by parker

Poor Old Shine  –  Greenwich High School Auditorium  –  March 1, 2013 These guys have gotten into Americana/bluegrass big time; they’re young, fresh, and are moving up.  Unusual musical instruments in their bag of tricks include musical saw and pump … Continue reading →

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Salute to Angelo Gilardino – February 15, 2013

Posted on February 24, 2013 by parker

Salute to Angelo Gilardino  –  Manhattan School of Music  –  February 15, 2013 Angelo Gilardino had a substantial career as a concert guitarist, performing hundreds of premieres of works dedicated to him by composers throughout the (guitar) world.  After over … Continue reading →

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Wycliffe Gordon – February 4, 2013

Posted on February 11, 2013 by parker

Wycliffe Gordon  –  Paul Hall  –  February 4, 2013 Juilliard School’s jazz program has really hit the jackpot this year regarding its guest artists, mentors, artists-in-residence, whatever they call them.  Gordon is the latest; here he collaborates with two distinct … Continue reading →

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Focus: British Music Since WWII – January 29, 2013

Posted on February 11, 2013 by parker

Focus: British Music Since WWII –  Paul Hall –  January 29, 2013 Juilliard School’s annual Focus Festival, put together by Joel Sachs, is a standby for me;  performance sketches are mostly of students.  I could get to only one concert … Continue reading →

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Jordi Savall & Juilliard 415 – January 26, 2013

Posted on February 11, 2013 by parker

Jordy Savall & Juilliard 415  – Alice Tully Hall  –  January 26, 2013 Savall is the hero of the early music movement – rescuing, retrieving, and putting again to life the written music of pre-Bach times.  Many of these pieces … Continue reading →

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Sketchcrawl 38 – January 19, 2013

Posted on January 21, 2013 by parker

Sketchcrawl 38  –  January 19, 2013 The NYC Sketchcrawlers (about a dozen) covered 42nd Street from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Grand Central Station.  I got no further than Times Square.  I broke out the paints for the International Grocery … Continue reading →

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Andrew Cyrille – January 17, 2013

Posted on January 21, 2013 by parker

Andrew Cyrille  – David Rubenstein Atrium  – January 17,  2013 The complete name of this group is “Andrew Cyrille’s 21st Century Big Band Unlimited”, which doesn’t fit on a single line here,  so we have the triumph of form over … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Pelt Quintet – January 13, 2013

Posted on January 21, 2013 by parker

Jeremy Pelt Quintet  –  Greenwich Library  –  January 13, 2013 Greenwich Library continues to dominate the interregnum with this final concert of their season.  Front row seat makes it hard to fit entire entities on the page.

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