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Monday, May 4th, 2015

Delfeayo Marsalis, a man on the move.

Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis danced, played, snapped his fingers, and did all he could to create a second-line/Congo Square-type atmosphere in Syracuse on Saturday night. He was the featured guest for the CNY Jazz Sitrus After Hours program at the Sheraton Hotel. We caught a portion of the show. Here are some of the photos.

Delfeayo plays with Larry "The Loot Man" Luttinger on drums.

Delfeayo plays “We the People” with Larry “The Loot Man” Luttinger on drums.

Marsalis gives some dap to high school piano prodigy Will Gorman during the jam session.

Marsalis gives some dap to Syracuse piano prodigy Will Gorman (aka Wild Willy) during the jam session.

Marsalis, puffin' and puffin' and blowin' the doors off at the Sitrus Lounge.

The Jazz Master: Huffin’ and puffin’ and blowin’ the doors off at the Sitrus Lounge.

Tags:After Hours, Connective Corridor, Delfeayo Marsalis, Jazz, Jazz @ Sitrus, Larry Luttinger, Music, Sheraton Hotel, Trombone, Will Gorman
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Three if by Air

Friday, May 1st, 2015

King, Solazzo and Horrace at Hancock Airport.

Enough is enough. We are going to stop limiting Bill Horrace by calling him a jazz guy. Of course, he can go there, but his musical abilities and ambitions go well beyond the J-word. We’ve seen him (along with a variety of his band incarnations) play pop, folk and soul everywhere from a moving bus to storefronts downtown. In his latest cultural creation, Horrace’s band was the initial guest at the Hancock Airport Music Series, which took place this morning. He was joined by Dave Solazzo on keys and Kinyatta King on drums.

The pleasant tones seemed to put everyone in a good mood, and had airport staff and travelers bopping through the terminal. The tall, peaked ceiling provided surprisingly wonderful acoustics.

We are not sure where he’ll resurface next, but hopefully Horrace will someday lay down his version of some aquaboogie on a boat (or along the shores of Onondaga Lake).

Bill Horrace, our choice for CNY's Secretary of Transportation.

Bill Horrace gets our vote for Central New York’s Secretary of Transportation.

Tags:2015, Bill Horrace Band, Bill Horrace Trio, Dave Solazzo, Kenyatta King, Music, Music@SYR, Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Transportation, Travel
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Happy International Jazz Day

Thursday, April 30th, 2015

We thought we’d share our first glimpse of the Jazz at the Plaza series, coordinated by the Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation. The turn out on Wednesday was great, but we hope the Le Moyne College location doesn’t replace the usual Jazz in the City block parties.

Tags:2015, CNYJAF, International Jazz Day, Jazz, Jazz in the City, Le Moyne College, Melissa Gardiner, Music, Phil Leone, Phil Young, Plaza, Will Gorman
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See What You Believe

Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

DJ Afar spinning at Funk & Waffles (Downtown).

Tags:2015, DJ Afar, DJs, Downtown, Funk n Waffles, Hip Hop Culture, Syracuse
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Songs in the Key of Jazz

Monday, April 27th, 2015

Kirsten Tegtemeyer along with E.S.P. played the Sitrus Lounge on Friday night. Hard to believe another season for this jazz series is almost over. The next featured artist will be Nancy Kelly.

Kirsten Tegtmeyer (with E.S.P.) played the Sitrus Lounge on Friday night. It’s hard to believe another season for this jazz series is almost over. The next featured artist will be Nancy Kelly.

Tags:2015, Connective Corridor, ESP, Jazz, Jazz @ Sitrus, Kirsten Tegtmeyer, Music, Nancy Kelly, Sheraton Hotel, Vocalists
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Week in Review

Sunday, April 26th, 2015

Swae Lee

The Brown brothers of Tupelo, better known as Rae Sremmurd, served up some serious ear drama during their set at the 2015 Block Party show (Carrier Dome).