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Also on Saturday afternoon, Central Park's SummerStage series offers some of the world's hottest beats and rhythms in a joint concert. Hie Brooklyn-based Afrobeat band Antibalas will perform, and Israeli musicians will display their reworked klezmer and gypsy music with the Balkan Beat Box ensemble. And British artists in Ska Cubano will offer their original mix of Jamaican beats and Cuban flavor (Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 212-360-2756).
SummerStage doesn't stop there, though. The free festivities continue on Sunday, as Seu Jorge, Jose Gonzalez, the Alex Cuba Band, and DJ Cut Chemist take the stage. Each group has its own appeal: Gonzalez is known for tender acoustics, the Alex Cuba Band has a pop-Afro-Cuban blend, and Chemist is all about retro spinning. Despite all that, Jorge is the top draw. He's best known for his work in "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou," in which he sailed the seas alongside Bill Murray and contributed his Portuguese-flavored David Bowie repertoire to the soundtrack. His 2005 album "Cru," from which he'll likely sing, offers an unlikely, enjoyable mix of Brazilian anthems and covers of Elvis Presley and Serge Gainsbourg tunes. With this kind of lineup, celebrating South America on a thoroughly North American weekend suddenly makes a whole lot of sense
(Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 212-360-2756).
06/30/06
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