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The Start of the Next Big Band?
On Saturday night, I saw part of Nick Pino’s “live mashup” at the Bridge Lounge. He DJ’ed with a baritone sax player accompanying him live. It didn’t quite work—the set-up […]
The Secret Garden
In one of his last acts as mayor, Ray Nagin dedicated the Roots of Music Cultural Sculpture Garden in Armstrong Park. He had to open it without all of its […]
Did We Have an Eclipse?
I just saw the New York Times‘ Jazz Fest slideshow, and was it really that dark? Or did the photo editors artificially darken the backgrounds to make the shots more […]
Another Day, Another Outrage
Today I’ll give BP a rest because I have and likely will continue to chew on them in the months ahead. Instead, let’s go to Arizona – the place Los […]
A Special Place in Hell
The BP oil disaster has revealed failed humans by the score, but it takes a special kind of wretchedness to try to capitalize on the oil gushing out of control […]
Parts of the Problem
I fear that people don’t take environmental issues seriously until they’re in their own backyard as the Deepwater Horizon disaster is in ours. For example, who here knew about the […]
Jazz Wars: Pt. IV – Let’s Do it Again
In a YouTube video that’s obviously at least partially tongue-in-cheek, Jason Marsalis warns against the crop of young jazz musicians that he dubs “Jazz Nerds International”: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN5xyZvMjJc[/youtube] Not surprisingly, he […]
The Sound of Power
There’s no saving Raw Power. David Bowie’ 1973 mix of the Stooges’ classic has never been loved – too wimpy – and in 1990, Iggy “remixed” the album, turning everything […]
Time in Two Minutes or Less
For those in their 40s, the flicker of nostalgia for the animated shorts collected in Celestial Navigations: The Short Films of Al Jarnow (Numero DVD) will pass quickly. Many of […]
A First Look at Gulf Aid Video
At Gulf Aid, Ben Jaffe announced that the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz and Trombone Shorty had cut a new version of “It Ain’t My Fault,” inspired […]
