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Criolo – July 21, 2012

Posted on July 29, 2012 by parker

Criolo  –  Central Park Summerstage  –   July  21, 2012 The headliner here was Bebel Gilberto, but no sketches of her.  As for her music, I was expecting (or at least hoping for) a nuanced treatment of Brazilian folk roots.  No … Continue reading →

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Sketchcrawl 36 – Ninham Mountain, Carmel, NY

Posted on July 17, 2012 by parker

Sketchcrawl 36  –  Ninham Mountain, Carmel  –  July 14, 2012 Unlike previous Sketchcrawl, there was no NYC activity, so I went local, to Ninham Mountain, to feed the deerflies, mosquitoes, and various other blood-feeding Diptera; my version of communing with … Continue reading →

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Charles Bradley – July 12, 2012

Posted on July 17, 2012 by parker

Charles Bradley  –  World Financial Center  –  July 12, 2012 Here’s my suggestion for an SAT analogy question – oops, they’ve been discontinued.  Okay, let’s make it for the GAT – the Gambino Attitude Test:  Tina Turner is to Bettye … Continue reading →

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Nellie McKay – July 11, 2012

Posted on July 17, 2012 by parker

Nellie McKay  –  Madison Square Park  –  July 11, 2012 McKay has mastered aspects of the cabaret/supper-club room sensibility, then uses it as a springboard for sly devastating humor both in her programming and banter.  Her solid chops, endearing kooky … Continue reading →

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La India / Zon del Barrio – July 10, 2012

Posted on July 17, 2012 by parker

La India / Zon del Barrio  –  Rockefeller Park  –  July 10, 2012 Both of these groups had relatively full Latino mini-orquestras backing up, so there was never any thin-ness of sound.  ZDB dedicated their set to the recently passed … Continue reading →

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Mark Morganelli & Jazz Forum/Arts Band – July 5, 2012

Posted on July 17, 2012 by parker

Mark Morganelli  & Jazz Forum/Arts  Band – Pickwick Plaza (Greenwich) – July 5, 2012 Morganelli is my hero.  He’s got deep jazz cred going back to the NYC loft scene (which I totally missed out on), relocated to the burbs, … Continue reading →

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Gretchen Parlato / Gregory Porter – June 27, 2012

Posted on June 30, 2012 by parker

Gretchen Parlato/Gregory Porter – Madison Square Park – June 27, 2012 Two GP vocalists at one gig, neither of which I was familiar with beforehand, both proving worthy.  Additional post-production research was therefore necessary, for more background filler (or, trivia, … Continue reading →

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Busking New York – June 27, 2012

Posted on June 30, 2012 by parker

Busking New York –  Herald Square Subway Station  –  June 27, 2012 With a little extra time on the way downtown, and needing to transfer at Herald Square, I took advantage of one of the spots given over to buskers.   … Continue reading →

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Carolina Chocolate Drops – June 23, 2012

Posted on June 24, 2012 by parker

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

Posted on June 24, 2012 by parker

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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