Submitted by Al Kanovsky 4/7/13
Just down the street from Arts Garage is a restaurant called "DADA". On weekend nights they have music late. sometimes JAZZ, sometimes BLUES. The guys and I needed a little "late night' and that's where we headed. The music last night was, as described by AndresValencia (trombone/leader)
as "Punk/Ska".
The band hadn't started when we sat down. The waiter looked at the 3 "older" guys and informed us that the music might be too loud for us. He didn't get it. That's what we came for. Other band members were vocalists Steve Abbott and Alex, Evan Noto(drums), Evan Kosefsky(gtr), Iiro Maki(bass) and John Boes(tenor sax). I must admit we got what we came for. Talented musicians, playing what for me was an unfamiliar style, playing it loud, playing it good and playing it late. 'twas a heck of a nite out.
Today the schedule reads, Riverfront JAZZ Brunch inFort
Lauderdale and then onto The Funky Biscuit for the finale of the
Biscuit Fest and a great BLUES Jam.
Be there or be blue!!!!!!
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Arts
Garage continued in its presentation of
good and sometimes unusual music. Last night, they had the Texas Gypsies from the Dallas/Ft. Worth
area. As their name implies they play Gypsy style JAZZ as inspired by Django
Reinhardt. The quartets members are Steve Curry(guitar/vocals), Mike
Sizer(clarinet/tenor sax), John Hewitt(bass/vocals) and Andy Griffith on drums.
The band originally formed almost 10 years ago. The play list had ballads, jump
tunes and gypsy melodies. Some were songs I remembered but they also
did a few originals well. The audience at Arts, comes to listen and
that's what they did. The band, much like Latin musicians can't escape clave,
can't and don't try to escape their Texas
roots. The Western/Swing influence is ever present.
The play list included "Avalon", written
in 1929, a beautiful ballad "By My Side', "Besame Mucho"
done in Espanol and others, past and present. They wanted to close the show
with "Mambo Italian" but were implied for and encore. They obliged
and did two more. During the finale, a young gal ( in Texas they say "thang"), jumped up
on stage to shake her you know what. I don't know what her parents might have
thought of her performance, but I was proud of her. I was
joined by my BJB pals, Mark and Richard and my buddy Bette. The guys brought
pizza, beer and wine. I brought self-made pico de gallo and chips. Bette
brought her cute self. Richard after leaving the service opened a JAZZ club in Cambridge , Mass.
called the "1369 JAZZ Club. He operated it from 1976 to 1982 and featured
national players as well as locals from Berklee and the Academy.
Just down the street from Arts Garage is a restaurant called "DADA". On weekend nights they have music late. sometimes JAZZ, sometimes BLUES. The guys and I needed a little "late night' and that's where we headed. The music last night was, as described by Andres
The band hadn't started when we sat down. The waiter looked at the 3 "older" guys and informed us that the music might be too loud for us. He didn't get it. That's what we came for. Other band members were vocalists Steve Abbott and Alex, Evan Noto(drums), Evan Kosefsky(gtr), Iiro Maki(bass) and John Boes(tenor sax). I must admit we got what we came for. Talented musicians, playing what for me was an unfamiliar style, playing it loud, playing it good and playing it late. 'twas a heck of a nite out.
Today the schedule reads, Riverfront JAZZ Brunch in
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