FRIDAY, MAY 4—GENTILLY STAGE, 1:35 P.M.

Marcia Ball fans will be thrilled this Jazz Fest by the material from her great new record, Shine Bright. “We’re going to be playing some stuff from it,” says Ball. “It was recorded down in Lafayette with Roddy Romero and Yvette Landry and Leon Zeno on bass who’s Buckwheat’s bass player, a bunch of Lafayette-area musicians. It’s got nine original and co-wr...