Didn't really get going until the afternoon today. Went into ESPN Zone (sports bar with so many tv's) at Times Square to watch the Italy v Paraguay game with Andrea today. Ate a massive meal there and then checked out times square a little after that.
Went back to Ange's and chilled for a little while and then caught three trains (which is much easier than it would be in Brisbane) to see the Mingus Big Band at the Jazz Standard. What a beautiful venue this is. We had dinner and some drinks there and enjoyed a great set from the Mingus Big Band. I didn't know any of the tunes except for one so that was cool to hear some of the different stuff they do. They also played a new chart that the bass player arranged from a piano recording Mingus did. The band line up was -
Steve Slagle, Scott Robinson – alto saxophone
Wayne Escoffery, Greg Tardy – tenor saxophone
Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Andy Hunter, Dave Taylor – trombones
Earl Gardner, Avishai Cohen, Greg Gisbert – trumpets
David Kikoski– piano
Boris Kozlov – bass
Adam Cruz - drums
Very cool line up. Had a quick chat to Andy Hunter after the gig. He's a very nice guy and a great trombonist. Going to see his quintet play this Thursday night at Fat Cat.
That's all for today.....more tomorrow.
cheers,
shane
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