Issue Articles
Astral Project
What’s behind Astral Project? What’s behind the longest standing, most consistently innovative and compelling modern jazz band in New Orleans? Over twenty years playing together for one thing. That in […]
N.O. Jazz Tops Charts, Fest Highlights & New Ellis Marsalis CD
The big news at press time is that, as of May 15th, five New Orleans artists have records in the top 25 on Billboard Magazines “Top Jazz Albums” chart. The […]
Branford Marsalis: Musician as Iconoclast
On Friday, April 30th, The Jazz & Heritage Festival welcomes home saxophonist Branford Marsalis, a New Orleans son who is undoubtedly one of the most important, and controversial, figures in […]
Irvin Mayfield, Irvin Mayfield (Basin Street Records)
In the last three years, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield has become an important force in New Orleans music. The 21-year-old is a charismatic, up-and-coming performer. More importantly, whether he’s working with […]
Astral Project, VoodooBop (Compass)
In their twenty year history as a band, these five New Orleans jazzmen have developed a sound completely their own, embodying the highest ideals of art, while maintaining a childlike, […]
Indie-Jazz Labels Blossom & The “Can’t Miss” List
As we enter into the last Jazz Fest of the twentieth century, it is impossible not to think of New Orleans one hundred years ago, when the city was nine […]
Kim Prevost & Bill Solley, Astral Project’s “VooDooBop”
“I was shocked,” says vocalist Kim Prevost, describing her reaction when her and her duo partner, guitarist Bill Solley, were recently told that, out of hundreds of top emerging talents […]
Lionel Hampton
In this, the heyday for “retro-swing” performers like Cherry Poppin’ Daddies and The Brian Setzer Orchestra, it’s rare to meet someone who has clear recollections from the original swing era […]
The Wild Magnolias, Life Is A Carnival (Capitol/Metro Blues)
The major label release from the standard bearers of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Indian funk tradition is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated and long awaited New Orleans records […]
Rebecca Barry, New Records From Terence Blanchard & Branford Marsalis
Young jazz lioness Rebecca Barry celebrates the release of her long awaited debut CD, And Then Some, on Thursday, March 25th at The Funky Butt. The twenty-three year old tenor […]
