#1788: Program #1788

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

From the New Sounds Live concerts at Merkin Hall. Acoustic guitarist Ben Verdery and electric guitarist Vernon Reid and ensemble present "After Hendrix," including arrangements of Jimi Hendrix songs.

PROGRAM #1788, from New Sounds Live (First aired on Wed. May 10, 2000)

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Benjamin Verdery

Live, Merkin Hall, 3/16/00

Hendrix: Little Wing/Purple Haze [5:00]

I.Marshall: Soepa [13:00]

Verdery's recording of the Hendrix pieces is on his CD "Ride The Wind Horse," on Newport Classics (being reissued by Sony). For info, see www.gamisim.com/benvnews.htm

Vernon Reid and ensemble

Live, Merkin Hall, 3/16/00

Mysterious Power [5:00]

Jazz Train II: Negotiation [5:30]

Hendrix: Burning of the Midnight Lamp [5:00]

Jazz Train II: Sex [4:30]

Hendrix: Up From the Skies [5:30]

Reid has many recordings, with his rock band Living Colour and more recent solo and ensemble projects. For info, go to http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/8797/ (the Vernon Reid website).

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