I see elegant, formally dressed dancers all through RAGTIME NIGHTINGALE as well. Some of these duets are seriously cinematic: listening more than once to TICO-TICO / BESAME MUCHO, I found myself imagining the brightly colored musical film for which they had invented a provocative soundtrack. PLANXTY starts as a small utterance of grief and ends up a funeral procession, without its volume increasing that much.īut lamenting is not always what Danny and Brian have in mind. In an entirely different way, HYMN TO FREEDOM begins as a solo human being’s prayer - for what and to whom I leave to you - and ends up as a jubilant prayer meeting.
I call it a show-stopper because once it had concluded, I was overpowered and needed to pause before moving on to the next track. It is the most quiet and searching show-stopper I can imagine, beginning with pensive suspended chords, an improvisation that hints at Beiderbecke and Gershwin, before gaining emotional power as it climbs to a moving end. They work together splendidly as a telepathic team, hearing each other’s impulses and subtexts as well.īut leave aside the gorgeous rapid beauties of the up-tempo performances –CHARLESTON RAG, DOLL DANCE, RUBBER PLANT RAG, TROUBLESOME IVORIES, to consider BLACK AND BLUE, which Brian says he began, musingly, in an effort to get into the mind of Thomas Waller - whose affecting song about racial prejudice this is. You won’t find players who are more deft at fast tempos than these two, and their quickest skirmishes still make great artistic sense: the listener never feels pummeled with notes. Brian and Danny romp with great grace and power, and they can show off in the most impressive musical ways. And in a few instances that impression is correct.
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The title of the CD - even for those who shy away from professional sports, like me - would explicitly suggest that virtuosic larger-than-life musical athleticism is in store. Ragtime, stride, novelty piano, deep blues, venerable pop tunes, and more. Handy, Nacio Herb Brown, Jimmy McHugh, Joseph Lamb, and a few slightly less expected sources: Oscar Peterson, Glenn Jenks, Billy Joel, and an original by Brian. Students of the music will notice some well-deserved homages to great composers and players: Eubie Blake, Fats Waller, W.C. The songs: Charleston Rag / Jimmy McHugh Medley (Spreadin’ Rhythm Around – I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed) / Memphis Blues / Doll Dance / Wolverine Blues / Black and Blue / Tico Tico – Besame Mucho / Root Beer Rag / Hymn to Freedom / Violet Wedding (A Song for Marcia) / Rubber Plant Rag / Ragtime Nightingale / Troublesome Ivories / Planxty. Their new CD is a delightfully varied offering: New to the festival scene, but no stranger to delicious offerings, Wedos Tacos from Monterey will serve a chipotle agave taco with tequila-infused slaw and avocado crema.Holland (left), Coots (right), for those who have never had the good fortune to see and hear them in person or in action or both.
Not too sweet and very refreshing, Giammanco describes it as the perfect end-of-summer drink.Īnd for those who are underage or not (yet) tequila’s biggest fan, the festival will feature dozens of taco vendors both Saturday and Sunday, including Tacos Auténticos from Salinas, Garcia’s Fish Tacos from Watsonville and Tacos Moreno from Santa Cruz. In-house bartenders will mix their famed pineapple-chili and strawberry-jalapeño margaritas, with Tajín on the rim, and will roll out a brand new watermelon margarita. Sunday’s festivities highlight the people’s favorite tequila cocktail: the margarita. Giammanco describes the selected vendors as mom and pop craft-distilleries “trying to grow their brand one taste at a time.” Giammanco, who grew up in Monterey, highlights Tequila Alderete, a family-operated tequila brand hand-crafted in small batches and distilled in copper pots, and Blue Iguana Tequila, which is made from 100 percent blue agave, double distilled, kosher and barrel-aged in handmade bottles. The two-day Tequila and Taco Music Festival, which originated in Oxnard, will feature top-shelf tequila tastings on Saturday. Instead, expect to be able to talk with award-winning craft tequila makers from Dulce Vida Spirits, which boasts a product derived from a mature agave plant slow-roasted for 20 hours before its “honey water” is distilled in the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico. SANTA CRUZ > California’s largest traveling tequila and taco festival is coming to San Lorenzo Park this weekend, and according to Vincenzo Giammanco, the festival’s promoter, you won’t need a lime and salt to enjoy your drink.
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