My American friend invited me to her friend's guitarist, Vinnie Zummo's show, at the Blue Note Jazz Club NY. The show was so cool and his wife who is a singer sang very nicely. There are some Blue Note clubs in Japan too. NY is the original one. I felt a difference between the original one and the one in Tokyo where I've been before. NY's Blue Note is smaller and cozy. We can go relax. I think that the Japanese one aims for a high-class image.
On my way to Blue Note, I watched a parade in the street from Port Authority to Greenwich village. There were many people in wheel chairs and people wearing fire department T-shirts. It seemed that they were victims and family members of the victims of September 11th.