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[Photo Essay] Jazz Fest 2018: Late Night Ventures
There’s a reason we refer to this time of the year as ‘Jazz Fest Season.’ It comes with the implication that what goes on during this magical season goes well […]
Maurice the Horn Wizard
For as many horn players as you might see roaming the streets of New Orleans, the circulation of instruments remains somewhat of a mystery for most. When investigating the matter, […]
Fest Focus: Lee Konitz
THURSDAY, MAY 4—WWOZ JAZZ TENT, 2:55 P.M. With its ever-growing audience and notoriety, New Orleans’ beloved Jazz Fest has gone through a great deal of musical expansion, for better or […]
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: 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 […]
Billie Davies, Hand in Hand in the Hand of the Moon (Independent)
Avant-garde music really finds its beauty in the way it rids musical expression of a number of conceptual restraints, leaving the core of the artist’s emotion to be exposed bare. […]
