The Columbia Chronicle
By Copy Chief
Attendees danced on the pavement of Midway Plaisance Sept. 27 as the Willie Pickens Quartet grooved through the jazz standard “Afro Blue” at the ninth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival.
Pianist Pickens said little throughout the performance, but his excited energy had the audience clapping along and dancing in the street by the final number.
“I wanted [the audience] to take away that jazz is still alive, and jazz is music that can make you feel good,” Pickens said after hisband’s performance.
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