Philip Frazier plays sousaphone bass lines that carry New Orleans rhythm-and-blues, mambos and interpolated pop hits (like TLC's "Waterfalls") over a parade beat laced with funk; tenor saxophone and pairs of trumpets and trombones deliver melody, harmony and solos.
When the members of the L.A.-based R&B trio KING take the stage, they deliver lush harmonies; their signature sound layers ethereal vocals and romantic lyrics over dreamy synth beats.
"We still have a peace process which needs to deliver, and continue to a point where we as a people have reconciled, and have harmony.
Jus Post Bellum delivers gorgeous harmonies inspired by the Civil War.
They forgot lyrics, sang out of key, delivered rank harmonies, missed notes, blew takeoffs and landings, and laid down clams by the dozen.
But the most entertaining act on this tour might be T. O. K., a four-piece dancehall boy-band that delivers sweet harmonies on top of wicked rhythms.
(212-475-8592) — Nov. 18-23: The Brazilian songsmith Ivan Lins delivers suggestive harmonies and buoyant rhythms that cut through the slickness of his pop-fusion presentation.
Cheap fruit and vegetables, including breadfruit and taro, ensures it is a real locals' market, and there is usually an eclectic soundtrack of Pacific reggae beats, Polynesian hip-hop and the occasional church group delivering heavenly harmonies during an impromptu live performance.
Guitarists went bounding around the stage in loosely coordinated choreography; backup singers became goofy, rubbery dancers, then paused to deliver tidy close harmonies.
Highlights should be the Dells, who still deliver heart-scorching harmonies after 50 years, and Ms. Jackson, who will explore the countless ways a man can do a woman wrong and a woman can do a man right.
