EVENT: An All-Star Tribute Recalls the Downtown Loft Scene

Mark Morganelli waited until the last possible moment to blow his horn at the Rose Theater on Monday night. Walking out during the concert’s finale — “Ow!,” a standard Dizzy Gillespie ditty — he joined an all-star jam in progress, sidling up to the clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera. His fluegelhorn solo was brief and by no means flashy. Its directness and modesty suited Mr. Morganelli, just as it suited the tone of the evening...

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