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Sax Clips From The Puck

By Kevin Danenberg | Published: February 1, 2010
Here’s a roughly-edited sampling of sax clips from last Saturday night’s BlackTails gig at The Puck: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video We sold out the joint and made a lot of friends. It was definitely a party. A word about The Puck. It’s a really awesome venue. [...]
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Macarena Sax Jam

By Kevin Danenberg | Published: November 2, 2009
This is a fun clip of an impromptu jam that broke out after our gig last Friday. The whole gig was a bit like this, featuring live musicians jamming with a DJ. Half the band has put its instruments away by the time we did this, though, and the DJ is holding the [...]
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Soul and Donuts

By Kevin Danenberg | Published: September 8, 2008
This weekend was Duke Baxter’s third Martha’s Vineyard gig.  It was in a tiny town called West Chop, which had a post office almost as small as a lunch box.  But don’t let that fool you.  "They have their own rules in West Chop, " somebody told us in Oak Bluffs.  Perhaps this is one [...]
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9 Goes To 10

By Kevin Danenberg | Published: January 9, 2008
On Monday night, my friend Josh Irving played at a fairly new Brazilian jazz club in New York called Cachaça.  Josh is a saxophonist I’ve known for nearly nine years now (has it been that long already?).  His quartet featured long time collaborator George Dulin on piano, Danny Zanker on bass, and special guest [...]
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It’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses

By Kevin Danenberg | Published: September 10, 2007
Farther than a full tank from Chicago, Martha’s Vineyard is the final resting place of John Belushi. This weekend, the Blues Brothers star and soul music fanatic surely crashed the wedding in spirit as the Duke Baxter Band put on a memorable show for our very hip and generous hosts. Sittin’ on the dock of [...]
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