The Concert in Central Park and a benefit for United Way of Canada Children's Charities at SkyDome in Toronto. Their next performance as a duo was in December 2003, at New York's Madison Square Garden during the Old Friends Tour. This concert was recorded, and released in December 2004 as the album "". Simon & Garfunkel's "Concert in Central Park" raised around $51,000 for Central Park. Benefit concerts by other musicians followed, and helped to raise awareness of the park's state. With donations from the general public and with the help of wealthy benefactors, the park was restored during the 1980s and gained recognition as
Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert (album) New Orleans who were impacted by Hurricane Katrina and to provide other general hurricane relief. Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert (album) Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert [LIVE] is an album with 77 minutes of highlights, from the roughly five-hour long "Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert" that took place in the Rose Hall Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center on September 17, 2005. All net profits from the sale of the CD will be donated to the "Higher Ground Relief Fund" established by Jazz at Lincoln Center and administered through the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to benefit the