{"id":198,"date":"2010-09-04T21:09:26","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T21:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkergambino.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2016-12-03T09:26:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T09:26:44","slug":"charlie-parker-festival-august-28-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Parker Festival – August 28, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlie Parker Festival\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marcus Garvey Park\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 August 28, 2010<\/p>\n

The usual superiorly-situated amphitheatre in Garvey Park was closed for repair, so the Charlie Parker Festival was moved to a flat area of the lower portion of the park, sparing me the arduous ascent of many dozens of stairs.\u00a0 However, the relocation led to a minor bummer detracting from my enjoyment!\u00a0 Having gotten there early I thought I had chosen a primo seat, fronted by a small fence and an aisle – I would actually be able to stretch out my legs.\u00a0 But that all backfired, as the aisle became a congregating site for the standees, partially or totally obstructing the view.\u00a0 Quelle drag!\u00a0 As a result, the sketching was difficult, and after a while, essentially impossible.\u00a0 To make it worse, the chatty chatty chatties; ain’t you here for the music?\u00a0 Nonetheless, I got some, mostly of the opening “Revive Da Live” group.\u00a0 After the second group (JD Allen, and he burned it up!) I abandoned the good-acoustics-no-see seat to split my time between wandering around to where I could see the stage, and lurking backstage to grab autographs (I didn’t get them all).\u00a0 I had a Jason Moran portrait from 2003 that hadn’t yet been autographed, so I got that signature after his set; it’s a cheat but I’m throwing it in here anyway.\u00a0 Charlie Rangel put in an appearance, so a few enforcers were eyeing me and shooing me slightly away when he swept by.\u00a0 A guy borrowed my pen to get the congressman’s signature, but I was playfully imagining the awkward situation of Rangel noticing and approaching me to sign, and I would have to tell him that I’m here for the musicians’ signatures, sorry.\u00a0 Alas by the time top-billed McCoy Tyner got on I was burnt.\u00a0 He plays the dynamic extremes, and I could hear the loud passages clearly, but the soft stuff was lost, competing with, among other things, the park’s perpetual drum circles.\u00a0 I stayed for a few numbers, my appreciation level diminshed; the wanderings broadened and I eventually ducked.<\/p>\n

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Ben Williams<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jaleel Shaw<\/p><\/div>\n

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Corey King<\/p><\/div>\n

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Justin Brown<\/p><\/div>\n

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Raydar Ellis<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jason Moran<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nasheet Waits<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charlie Parker Festival\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marcus Garvey Park\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 August 28, 2010 The usual superiorly-situated amphitheatre in Garvey Park was closed for repair, so the Charlie Parker Festival was moved to a flat area of the lower portion … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[570,19,297,299,17,298,302,7,163,300,749,16,301,73],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}