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The Ed Palermo Big Band at The Falcon
Courtesy of Fern Franke | Posted on December 15, 2012
Where
The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970
When
Sat, December 29, 2012
7pm-10pm
At Door
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Musicians
The Ed Palermo Big Band
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
Ed Palermo is not a “business as usual” musician. After all, when most people think of “big bands” they think of Duke and Dorsey. But go to see Ed Palermo’s Big Band and you might hear Zappa, Hendrix, the blues of Paul Butterfield & Mike Bloomfield or one of Ed’s own compositions, loaded with lush turns and unexpected twists. Gil Evans wonderfully articulated Palermo’s unusual approach to traditional instrumentation:
“(Ed) was using the instrumentation of a traditional big band yet his arrangements and songs were anything but that. When I thought the music was going a certain direction, it would suddenly turn a corner...