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LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Nov. 28 – Dec. 4)

by whitperson on Nov 28, 11

in Concert Calendar

| photo by Mike Swanson

This week in the live music scene calms down a bit, with much slimmer pickings than the last few weeks. But there’s still some good stuff to sink your teeth into, including a few more two- and three-night runs (playing off of last week’s theme). Check it: READ MORE

LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Oct 10 – 16

by whitperson on Oct 10, 11

in Concert Calendar

| photo by whitperson

This week in shows, there’s some great jazz, including Pat Metheny (Tues @ The Blue Note), Wynton Marsalis (Fri & Sat @ Lincoln Center), and Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman (Sun @ Bailey Hall). Other than some classic jazz, there’s a nice mix of funk, folk, rock, and a ton of live electronic dance music to round out the week.

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Marco Benevento & Friends @ The Theatre at Trump Plaza, Atlantic City 10/30/10 Late-Night

by Justin Ward on Nov 3, 10

in Photo Galleries,Reviews

& Friends @ Trump Plaza, 10/30/10 Late-Night

This past weekend featured three of the best Phish shows I’ve ever been fortunate enough to witness, but there’s one event that got pretty overshadowed by all the madness on the Boardwalk. There were two after-parties booked at the Trump Plaza next door to the Boardwalk Hall where Phish was booked, the first being a Karl Denson after-show following the Friday night sets and the second being a Marco Bevenento & Friends after-show the morning following Phish’s “Get the Led Out” concert. Our crew made it to the Marco show, something we wouldn’t miss given the stellar lineup he had planned backing him up; it was none other than from the Slip and Surprise Me Mr. Davis and local boy from MMW.

After the opener of “Greenpoint,” always my favorite, the band tore through a set of Marco originals and jazz-wank standards and played to a posh-ass nightclub in a Donald Trump themed hotel. Even my bottled water had Trump’s face on it — Trump Ice — and the show was a ridiculously good time by all standards I could ever apply. My buddy Mike Kochan got some amazing shots from the show, too. Read on for his full set…