FESTIVAL/CRUISE: NYC 2010 Winter Jazzfest: Part 2 of 3

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 So this is the Horn of Plenty. It's the first night of the NYC Winter Jazzfest and one thing's for certain: I can't write in the dark. In its sixth year, the festival features a line-up of fifty smartly selected bands performing at five venues in the West Village. Kicking it off at (Le) Poisson Rouge, Darcy James Argue conducted his eighteen piece big band Secret Society. The up-tempo opener, "Transit," churned waves of horn stabs while trumpetist Ingrid Jensen soloe...

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