The Concert in Central Park influential concert promoters, developed the idea of helping Central Park financially with a free open-air concert, under the legal guidance of Bob Donnelly. The city would use profits from merchandising, television, and video rights to renovate the park. Earlier park performances by Elton John and James Taylor showed that this concept could be a success. Davis authorized the project, and Delsener entered discussions with cable TV channel HBO to decide who would perform. They decided on Simon & Garfunkel, a group that had formed in New York City in the 1960s, and had been one of the most successful folk
The Kitchen Concert states "This marks a slight but significant change of direction. In place of free or structured improvisation, "The Kitchen Concert" documents a first, rather tentative, confrontation with written forms of her own." "All compositions by Marilyn Crispell" The Kitchen Concert The Kitchen Concert is an album by American jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell, which was recorded live at The Kitchen, New York City in 1989 and released on the English Leo label. The primary inspirations on the album include the blues, African drumming and the music of Lennie Tristano. The pieces were commissioned by the New York arts organisation Roulette as