The city of Huntsville sponsors a weekly "Concerts in the Park" event during the summer. The performers set up on the back deck of the Huntsville Museum of Art and people bring folding chairs and picnic meals and dogs. Some people dance. This week there were 2 acts: Mambo Gris Gris and the Rocket City Jazz Orchestra.
Mambo Gris Gris (web page) was good fun, playing latin flavored dance music. They had a great sax player and Huntsville string master Jim Cavendar on electric bass (who's guitar work with the Rolling Jazz Review is always amazing, if you get a chance to see that band).
The Rocket City Jazz Orchestra (web page) played second and covered a range of big band and swing tunes, both with and without a vocalist. The vocalist did a great job with the appropriate tune, "Summertime, from Porgy & Bess.
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