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Concert Review: Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation

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Concert Review: Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation Sound Liberation: Adriana Valdés - soprano voice, David Banks - r&b voice, Charles Coleman - bari voice, Gene Pritsker - guitar/rap, Franz Hackl - trumpet, Paul Carlon - sax, Greg Baker - guitar, Jose Moura - bass, Joe Abba - drums Special Guests: Carla Auld - flute, Erik T. Johnson & Robert C. Ford - poets February 11th, 2022 Chelsea Table + Stage       Admittedly, reaching a fine wine age can make the concert-going experience a big old dose of same old, same old, where the best you can muster is, “That was pretty good – sounded like early Montrose,” or “They really got going at the end.”      Then you have Gene Pritsker’s Sound Liberation. The collective led by Pritsker have been stalwarts of the NYC-and-beyond music scene for nearly 20 years, and while the names and faces sometimes have changed over the course of the band’s life, one is still left with this upon exiting:      “What the hell did I just see? It’s like 10 mus