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Carolina Chocolate Drops – June 23, 2012

Carolina Chocolate Drops  –  New Haven Green  –  June 23, 2012 This is the second dynamite concert of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas.  Opening band Caravan of Thieves, gypsy-swing oriented, was cool enough placeholder, giving me time to … Continue reading

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Eddie Palmieri – June 21, 2012

Eddie Palmieri  –  Rockefeller Park  –  June 21, 2012 This incarnation of Palmieri’s band is the “Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet”.  No matter what the band is called, the Latin jazz is inevitably blazing, and this gig was no exception.  Well worth … Continue reading

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Dianne Reeves – June 16, 2012

Sing the Truth (Soul Sisters) – New Haven Green – June 16, 2012 Unsure how to notate this gig, as their own press has shown some ambiguity.  The overall event is the weeks-long International Festival of Arts and Ideas, and … Continue reading

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Ted Rosenthal Quintet – June 1, 2012

Ted Rosenthal Quintet  –  New York Historical Society  –  June 1, 2012 Institutions are really coming out of the woodwork to sponsor music series, much to love!  Rosenthal has dedicated his most recent works to Monk, taking some compositional liberties … Continue reading

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Ted Brown – May 20, 2012

Ted Brown  –  White Plains Public Library  –  May 20, 2012 Brown was an unfamiliar quantity for me.  Apparently a follower of Lenny Tristano, as were several of his band mates.  They grooved with the comfort of a bunch of … Continue reading

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Booker T. Jones – May 10, 2012

Booker T. Jones  –  Brooklyn Bridge Park  –  May 10, 2012 Jones is the Booker T. of the MG’s and others, having been in the band of a zillion hits since the early 1960’s.  While he spent most of his … Continue reading

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Wall to Wall Gertrude’s Paris – May 5, 2012

Wall to Wall Gertrude’s Paris – Symphony Space – May 5, 2012 This year’s Wall-to-Wall celebrated the 1920’s Paris of Gertrude Stein.  Performances began even before we got into the theatre, with Marni Rice leading her band, Chanson Chamber Salon, … Continue reading

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Art to the Avenue – May 3, 2012

The town of Greenwich hosts an event called “Art to the Avenue” every spring.  Many establishments on or near Greenwich Avenue display the works of local artists (mine is at Greenwich Hospital this year) for a month;  opening festivities include … Continue reading

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SketchCrawl #35 – April 21, 2012

SketchCrawl #35  –  Columbus Circle & Lincoln Center  –  April 21, 2012 The sketchcrawl is a loosely organized global coalition of sketchers.  On the chosen date, individuals aggregate regionally, and then go at it.  For this one, there was said … Continue reading

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Ethos Percussion Group – March 23, 2012

Ethos Percussion Group – Skinner Hall, Vassar College – March 23, 2012 Three of the five works performed by Ethos were commissioned for them, so they were a custom fit, not likely to be heard elsewhere.  “Ziggurat (interior)” by John … Continue reading

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