Babs Gonzales's Tales of Manhattan
Music Roadtrip
Video Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlzU20pz9kw
Description: Babs Gonzales’ *Tales of Manhattan* turns the neon canyon of Broadway and West 45th Street into a bebop storybook, where hustlers, hoofers, and late-shift dreamers all seem to riff in 4/4 time. Released in 1959, the album catches Gonzales at the moment when big-band glamour was fading and bop poets like him were recasting Times Square as a stage for hip, streetwise narratives. Standing at this corner today, you can almost hear his sly, half-sung patter drifting from the marquees and taxi horns, the city itself improvising behind him. This Times Square spot is one of the featured stops in the MusicRoadTrip.com App.
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