Clemente Soto Velez

7:30 pm
JD Parron, sax, bamboo flutes, kalimba and a gorgeous bamboo sax, and William Hooker, drums.

It was nice to see and hear JD again. He played some sax, kalimba and and some bamboo instruments. The big issue for me was that Hooker played really loud most of the time which tended to drown out JD. Something was amiss with this room as the music was way-too loud for the space. I was not alone with this impression.

8:45 pm
Darius Jones, sax; Adam Lane, bass; Jason Nazary, drums.

The same held true for this set acoustic-wise. The difference was Adam and Jason modulated the volume so we all weren’t quite so blasted out. However, I tried staying for all the second set but failed as my ears couldn’t take it anymore.