I’ve done all the post-Fest writing I’m going to do, and our Jazz Fest wrap-up will appear in the June issue (due out later this week). But writer Larry Blumenfeld has a strong, unified take worth checking out – more about the context of Jazz Fest than the festival itself. But really, that’s more of a story than who did what, particularly this year when Mardi Gras Indians and Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs and Mardi Gras Indians could parade for tourists on the sidewalk on the infield at the Fair Grounds, but a real jazz funeral on the walkway under the Claiborner Overpass was broken up by the cops.

… and in completely unrelated news, I’m trying to decide what it means when your music is used to accompany a fireworks show. Friday night after the Zephyrs game, the fireworks show was set to a medley of songs by Better Than Ezra. It was far better than a series of generic patriotic anthems or classic rock hits, but I’m not sure this didn’t simply mark the band as classic rock from another era, and its music as officially safe for all ages.