Issue Articles — Jazz Fest Focus
Fest Focus: King James
KING JAMES & THE SPECIAL MEN SATURDAY, APRIL 30—LAGNIAPPE STAGE, 5:35 P.M. Jimmy Horn was playing upright bass in a “kinda stern” experimental jazz group 15 or so years […]
Fest Focus: Rhiannon Giddens
SUNDAY, APRIL 24—BLUES TENT, 3:50 P.M. Rhiannon Giddens may have pivoted to a solo career in recent years, but solo doesn’t always mean what it’s supposed to in the […]
Fest Focus: Jack DeJohnette
DEJOHNETTE·COLTRANE·GARRISON SATURDAY, APRIL 23—ZATARAIN’S WWOZ JAZZ TENT, 4:05 P.M. In the early ’60s, young jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette walked in a jazz club in his home town of Chicago […]
Fest Focus: Ed Volker
ED VOLKER’S QUINTET NARCOSIS SUNDAY, APRIL 24—LAGNIAPPE STAGE, 2:35 P.M. Ed Volker introduced his post-Radiators project Trio Mollusc at Jazz Fest a few years back. The band’s wild concatenations […]
Fest Focus: Helen Gillet
THURSDAY, APRIL 28—LAGNIAPPE STAGE, 3:05 P.M. Equally at home playing traditional, plaintive French chansons and musettes as she is manipulating tape loops and embarking on wild improvisations, the cellist […]
Fest Focus: Marlon Jordan
MARLON JORDAN PLAYS THE MUSIC OF MILES, TRANE AND BIRD THURSDAY, APRIL 28—ZATARAIN’S WWOZ JAZZ STAGE, 1:40 P.M. New Orleans trumpeter Marlon Jordan is quite familiar with the Jazz […]
Fest Focus: Big Chief Victor Harris
FI YI YI & THE MANDINGO WARRIORS THURSDAY, APRIL 28—JAZZ & HERITAGE STAGE, 5 P.M. Same as every year for the past half-century, Big Chief Victor Harris’ Mardi Gras Indian […]
Jazz Fest Focus: Taj Mahal
Musician Taj Mahal’s long and celebrated career has taken him all over the world both physically and metaphorically. Born in Harlem and growing up in Western Massachusetts to musician parents, […]
Jazz Fest Focus: Becky Fos
Becky Fos First Jazz Fest Weekend, Tent U, Congo Square Westbank hairdresser Becky Fos’ attempt at making “real money” (she went to court reporting school 2009-2014) surprisingly led to a real […]
Jazz Fest Focus: Amanda Shires
Amanda Shires (Second Jazz Fest Weekend) Thursday, April 30, Fais Do-Do Stage, 4:25 p.m. When it comes to writing and music, Amanda Shires has many talents. She is a fine fiddle […]
