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January 2005:
Pianist Danny Mixon, who looks and sounds like Bud
Powell, is Entertainment Director of the Lenox Lounge in Harlem. Next
month he is scheduled to tour Florida with a vocalist from St. Louis as
part of the state’s celebration of Black History Month. He is scheduled
to appear in my city with a bassist I recorded with in the 1990’s, as
well as with my saxophone repair man. Mixon appears once a month at the
Lenox Lounge with his trio, which features the great Michael Carvin
(from the Billy Bang band) on drums. I caught this group on my 21st
birthday in Harlem. Almost everyone in the audience were musicians (I
went with my band mates, and we ran into others from music school). If
you are ever in New York, I would stop by the Lenox Lounge to hear Mixon
jamming with his band. You can make a dinner out of it- the club serves
the best Soul Food (there is another 24 hour Soul Food restaurant right
across the street as well). I am patiently waiting to catch Mixon here
in Florida next month; I’m going to have a big talk with him about
what’s new in Harlem.
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