Last evening I went to see Wynton Marsalis and the “Jazz at Lincoln Center” group. I guess they call themselves that no matter if they are in Lincoln Center (which I think must be in New York City) or Guanajuato or wherever they are. The piano player was pretty good and they had a guy (Jerrod Grimes, I think his name was) who was a very talented tap-dancer. There were drums and trumpets and trombones and saxophones and probably some other stuff—oh, a big acoustic bass of course, it wouldn’t be jazz without that, would it?
Then, at noon today there was music in the bandstand (or “kiosk”) in the Union Garden. It was billed as percussionists and it turned out that the marimba was a big part of the show. These guys were from Michoacan. To perform one of the numbers they all sat on wooden boxes about the size of orange crates. The boxes had round holes cut in the backs of them, with microphones adjusted so they were right next to the holes. Then the musicians all started slapping on the fronts of the wooden boxes with their hands. I am not sure of the name of this musical instrument.
I include a couple of pictures of interesting vehicles, including a scooter with a roof on it and the smallest beer delivery truck I’ve ever seen.
Luego, a mediodía de hoy había música en el quiosco de música (o "kiosco") en el Jardín Unión. Fue descrito como percusionistas y resultó que la marimba fue una parte importante del espectáculo. Estos chicos eran de Michoacán. Para llevar a cabo uno de los números que todos se sentaron en cajas de madera del tamaño de cajas de naranja. Las cajas tenían agujeros redondos cortados en la parte de atrás de ellos, con los micrófonos ajustado por lo que fueron junto a los agujeros. A continuación, los músicos Todo comenzó golpeando en los frentes de las cajas de madera con sus manos. No estoy seguro del nombre de este instrumento musical.
Incluyo un par de fotos de los vehículos interesantes, incluyendo un scooter con un techo en él y el camión de cerveza más pequeño de entrega que he visto nunca.
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