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Busking Seattle – August 2-3, 2013

Busking Seattle  –  August 2-3, 2013 The area around Pike Place Market in Seattle is a natural hub for that city’s busker community.  In addition to musicians of various ilk, other forms of entertainment were proffered, including the guy I … Continue reading

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Big Island Hawai‘ian Music Festival – July 13, 2013

Big Island Hawai‘ian Music Festival  –  Afook-Chinen Auditorium, Hilo  –  July 13, 2013 One highlight of our month-long vacation on Big Island (Hawai‘i) was our good fortune to be there for this music festival.  And the timing was perfect for … Continue reading

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Susana Baca/Calexico – June 16, 2013

Susana Baca/Calexico  –  New Haven Green  –  June 16, 2013 Although she was not the headliner, Baca (Peru’s Minister of Culture!) was the primary draw for me.  Her music is not of the Peruvian Andes; it is of the African … Continue reading

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Paquito D’Rivera – April 2, 2013

Paquito D’Rivera               April 2, 2013       Paul Hall This concert ended Juilliard Jazz’s season of excellent artist-in-residence events (see Wycliffe Gordon February 4, 2013 and George Coleman October 16, 2012).  Like the other NEA Jazz Masters that I’ve seen, D’Rivera shows … Continue reading

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Andrew Cyrille – January 17, 2013

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

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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Bill Charlap Trio – November 18, 2012

Bill Charlap Trio  –  Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium  –  November 18, 2012 Charlap arrived with his full sympatico trio-mates,  the two unrelated Washingtons.  I would have to look it up (actually I just did), but believe that Kenny was on … Continue reading

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Yosvany Terry Quintet – November 17, 2012

Yosvany Terry Quintet  –  El Museo del Barrio  –  November 17, 2012 Terry has been on my to-see list for a while, and even an ill-fated trip to Harlem for a to-be-cancelled gig.  So finally – and it turns out … Continue reading

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Jazz and Colors – November 10, 2012

Jazz and Colors  –  Central Park   –  November 10, 2012 Jazz and Colors was a great concept serving as a continuation of Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s “The Gates”.  It involved 30 different bands located throughout the Central Park, all playing the … Continue reading

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Christian McBride & Inside Straight – October 27, 2012

Christian McBride & Inside Straight  –  Vassar College  –  October 27, 2012 McBride has assembled the cream of the crop for this combo, all serious players.   He has a semi-standup-comic narration to go along with it (he has done a … Continue reading

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