October 1993
Crescent City Bounce
Features
- Zydeco's Thorny Crown
Should the late Rockin' Dopsie be the last to hold the disputed title "King of Zydeco"? The zydeco crown doesn't… - Father & Son: Walter and Nicholas Payton
Both Walter Payton, a longtime New Orleans journeyman bassist, and his son Nicholas, a fast-rising trumpet powerhouse, were assigned to the… - An OffBeat Interview with Johnny Adams
Born Laten John Adams on January 5, 1932 and raised in the Hollygrove section of uptown New Orleans, Johnny Adams started… - Elvin Jones is Coming!
When legendary drummer Elvin Jones brings his jazz Machine to New Orleans this month, half of the sextet won't have far…
Film & Video Bits
Letters
Live Wire
Street
- DJ Jubilee Bounces His Way to the Top; Sporty T Hits the Jackpot
To his students at Cohen Sr. High School, Jerome Temple is a substitute teacher and football and basketball coach. But to…
Strictly Jazz
Reviews
- The dB's, Ride the Wild TomTom (Rhino)
- Blue Lu Barker, Blue Lu Barker 1938-1939 (Classics)
- John Cale, Fragments of a Rainy Season (Hannibal/Rykodisc)
- Pete Fountain, Cheek to Cheek (Ranwood)
- Ben Hunter and Crucial Roots, Reality Check (Peaches Records)
Ben Hunter is reincarnated with a new band and this new release. The only local reggae artist with discs in the…
