Zen Master Allen Toussaint balances old and new

Back to the Future

Adrienne Bruno, Michaelangelo Matos, Briana Prevost and Alex Rawls look Essence Music Festival artists making something new out of something old.

Masters of Louisiana Music: Huey “Piano” Smith

John Wirt tells the story of the semi-reclusive piano man whose music embodied the New Orleans party spirit.

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Whose Fault is It?

Unfortunately, Wardell Quezergue’s years of acclaimed work made money for others but not him, and the now-81 and blind composer lives in an assisted-living home with his rent paid by relief organizations in town. He did, however, co-write the classic “It Ain’t My Fault” in 1964.

BackTalk with Gabriel Roth of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Ben Berman talks to the bass player and mastermind behind the retro soul band that was the talk of Jazz Fest. “The Meters had such a unique approach to rhythm and melody,” Roth says. “The way their syncopation and parts fit together, there is something simple, but also unique about it, very linear.”



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