John Medeski

Walking the normal route to Lincoln Center, I found myself taking a detour away from the main plaza bringing me into Damrosch Park. The first thing I saw there a crowd gathered around the bell of a large sousaphone. These sights were accompanied by the sounds of loud, fast and powerful marching music. However, there was no parade, there were no colorful military uniforms, instead there were the fun-loving folks of Slavic Soul Party. They rallied a crowd around them with their melodic horn lines and solid drum beats. After joining the crowd and dancing around rubbing elbows with spectator and musician alike, we all found ourselves slowly grooving toward the large stage of the Damrosch Park Band shell. [click to continue…]

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