Music
Leon Prima/ Sharkey Bonano, Live in Concert (504)
“You Get More With 504” is the slogan for this small but interesting British trad jazz label. And perhaps you do get a bit more bang for your buck from […]
Six and Seven Eighths String Band of New Orleans, Self Titled (504)
“You Get More With 504” is the slogan for this small but interesting British trad jazz label. And perhaps you do get a bit more bang for your buck from […]
The Palmetto Bug Stompers, Ol’ New Orleans Home (Independent)
There’s a logic to reviewing these CDs together in that four out of seven of the musicians on each of them are the same—Joe Braun, alto sax, Bruce Brackman, clarinet, […]
New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Hope Your Comin’ Back (NOJV)
There’s a logic to reviewing these CDs together in that four out of seven of the musicians on each of them are the same—Joe Braun, alto sax, Bruce Brackman, clarinet, […]
Thomas Brothers, Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans (W.W. Norton and Company)
If you care about jazz in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans is required reading. For once, the tired cliché about a work that provides a “new perspective” on its […]
Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong in Scandinavia Vol.3 (Storyville)
If nothing else, this CD adds further evidence for the oft-repeated proposition that Louis Armstrong never gave a bad performance. These sides come from some concerts that Armstrong did in […]
Lars Edegran’s Palm Court Jazz All Stars, Volume 5 (GHB)
This can fairly be described as a modest disc with modest goals. It is the fifth recording to be issued by George Buck to celebrate the band that essentially plays […]
Lionel Batiste, Sr., Lars Edergan Presents Uncle Lionel (GHB)
Every era in New Orleans seems to produce at least one person who by looks, style, and general demeanor comes to represent to the world just what New Orleans jazz […]
Bob French’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, Live at New Orleans Jazz Fest 2004 (Tuxedo Records)
I’ve been going to the New Orleans Jazz Fest since the very beginning, when I heard Bob French’s dad leading this band, and one of the things that always bothers […]
