Musical Market Friday!

Week after week I tell @dswigle that I have forgotten to take any pictures of a market for her #marketfriday. Last Friday was no different. I said something like "I'd rather be dancing" to which the ever effervescent @dswigle replied "Make a market post out of dance! I'm sure you could do it!"

It just so happened I would be at the fabulous Maureen's Jazz Cellar in Nyack NY to experience Making Music Dance, an extraordinary band led by my dear friend and phenomenal tap musician, Heather Cornell, that very night.

"You know, I COULD!"

I felt me some powerful Steem Inspiration coming on.

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This piano at the bar marks the spot of the best seats in the house at Maureen's Jazz Cellar in Nyack NY!

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The cool people start lining up to get in well before a show starts. This night's show is the band Making Music Dance, and for a late show (10pm) it has drawn quite a crowd. Many of these people are musicians themselves, and several of those came quite far to see this show.

It may be a tiny club in the mostly sleepy town of Nyack NY, but Maureen's Jazz Cellar packs a musical wallop and is well worth the trip.

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Here's the month's shows. By the way, the Tuesday night open mic is the best open mic in the world! The Budman (more on him in a bit) shuts people up even at open mic, so you have a roomful of musicians listening to you, and a house band to die for if you need one. There's nothing else like it. Come.

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Down into the cellar we go. There's Brianne Higgins at the bottom - greeter, bartender, designer, schlepper, SIL to Maureen Budway (more on her in a bit) and co-owner - greeting and seating the crowd.

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Nina. These guys are serious about music. I forgot to take pix of the several shots of Jerry Garcia strewn about the place, and if you're ever near Nyack on a Thursday, Maureen's Dead Night is the place to be.

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That's David Budway in the middle, aka The Budman - greeter, bartender, schlepper, famed musician and co-owner - helping the band set up.

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The lights dim and the Budman gives the spiel, which I am paraphrasing here: "No talking and I will shut you up if you try it (and he did at least once during this show), silence your phones, and see that portrait on the right? That's my sister Maureen Budway, who was a masterful singer of power and grace, gone from us for several years now, and we opened this club to honor her." Then he introduces the band and the band members.

This night's musicians are, from left to right, Tony Romano on guitar, Sylvain Leroux on flute and assorted noise makers, Heather Cornell on sand, floor, cajon and balafon, and Andy Alguire on balafon and congas.

The band humbly soaks up the love while David sets the mood.

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And we're off.

I know nearly nothing about taking images, and for this post I've utterly failed to post one of those slick Dtube links as a video (even though I spent HOURS trying), so please go check out Heather and this band at https://www.manhattantap.org/.

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And just like that, the evening is over and the Budman lovingly makes sure his marvelous piano is well tucked in for the night.

There are many many magical evenings of mind-blowing music from all over the world at this club, an international music market. I'm heading over there tomorrow for some middle eastern jazz.

Please join me!

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This is my entry to @dswigle's marketfriday, where we all show and find marvelous treasures. https://steempeak.com/marketfriday/@dswigle/market-friday-goes-house-hunting

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Notes: @thetroublenotes please have a show here!
To the writers among us (that's everyone), I apologize for all the cliches, this was WAAAY more work than I expected it to be, so I took the easy way out!

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