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I'd take just about any jazz at a Sunday street fair, but special props to this dude for hauling his vintage Hammond BV to the corner of Smith and Butler in Carroll Gardens. (The guitar and drums are no slouches, either.) Damn, they're gonna blow a hole in the pavement if they keep this up.

June 28, 2009 in Jazz | Permalink