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Willie Martinez: New Yorker of the Week

It’s not a concert hall or a jazz bar stage. It’s not even a crowded restaurant. And yet to Willie Martinez, this sidewalk on President Street in Red Hook is one of his favorite spaces to perform.

The Villager

Jazz musicians bring lively energy to East Village community garden

 On Aug. 25 El Sol Brillante, an extremely lush garden at 522 East 12th St., partnered with Ariana’s List and the Jazz Foundation of America to present Willie Martinez and His Latin Jazz Collective in a free show as part of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival.