Bluesman David Bromberg will point the way with his quartet at Madison Square Park on July 14
Oval Lawn Series
Madison Square Park
23rd to 25th Sts. between Madison & Fifth Aves.
Wednesday, July 14, free, 7:00
Admission: free
www.madisonsquarepark.org
www.davidbromberg.net
The incomparable David Bromberg, who recently played a pair of shows at City Winery, returns to Manhattan for his last scheduled New York City gig this year, a free concert Wednesday night in Madison Square Park. On a bit of a resurgence since the release of his outstanding 2007 disc, TRY ME ONE MORE TIME, his first in seventeen years, Bromberg will be joined by Nate Grower on fiddle, Butch Amiot on bass, and Mitch Corbin on various stringed instruments. The guitar virtuoso and fine violin maker mixes folk, blues, ragtime, and bluegrass like nobody’s business, whether he’s playing solo, with the David Bromberg Quartet, the Bromberg Big Band, or the Angel Band. Bromberg, who will go solo September 4 at Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, is also staging a summer workshop this weekend at Ashokan Center in the Catskills, which includes a Friday-night concert and hands-on instructions from the master himself. We’ve caught Bromberg in several incarnations over the last few years, and he never fails to put on an entertaining show, so don’t miss this great chance to see him at a beautiful venue, and for free.