Sunday afternoon in the park
November 13th, 2012 by Mr. C
I was roaming around Washington Square Park looking for the Rwandan drummers from the Sweet Dreams documentary but instead ran into Sneak Thievery – an orchestra dishing out some hot & smoky jazz & blues tunes! Sneak Thievery band members were armed with a trumpet, banjo, upright bass, & drums as they took us back to the times of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Bessie Smith, & Louis Armstrong! They even encouraged me to pop out my quirky two-step! Their rendition of St. James Infirmary blew my toupe off!
I never did find the Rwandan drummer performance at the park because I had to dance back to IFC Center for the screening of DRIVERS WANTED.
After that I ran into Paul the Birdman of Washington Square park along with his friend Larry Reddick tending to their flightful friends of the park! No lie, they had a pigeon that they were identifying as Choco! Check out this gothamist article for more information on The Birdman and Choco?!
Tags: birdman, blues, jazz, pigeons, washington square park
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