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Photograph: Jessica Lin José Perez, 52
Musician
Upper West Side
Photograph: Melissa Sinclair “I’m a minstrel. I perform in the West Village at night—Christopher Street or Perry Street off Seventh Avenue. I usually serenade strangers, couples. I like to sing to couples that are holding hands, people that I see are in love. I do it to make them happy, or to make a child stop crying. Depends.”
“I donate my time at Kateri nursing home (150 Riverside Dr at 87th St; 646-505-3500, archcare.org). They wheel people into the dining room and I play for 20 minutes. They can request songs, but I usually play my favorite Latin songs like ‘La Bamba’ and ‘Guantanamera.’”
Photograph: Wikimedia user 'Damzow' “I perform in Central Park (59th St to 110th St between Fifth and Eighth Aves; 212-310-6600, centralparknyc.org). Sometimes I go to the fountain, other times I’m at the Imagine circle. I like seeing different people, different cultures.”
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