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Trumpeting the Year
Despite saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s arrival at Jazz Fest and with bows to all the jazz musicians who swung like crazy in 2003, trumpeters, particularly, triumphed on the New Orleans scene […]
Preserving Preservation Hall: A Conversation with Ben Jaffe
It’s a natural that Preservation Hall, the bare-bones French Quarter nightspot world-renowned for presenting New Orleans traditional jazz, should spawn its own record label. So much so that some folks […]
Burned Out and Upbeat
Once you reach my ripe old age, sometimes you get tired and think, “Wouldn’t it be great if I could just win the lottery and get rid of all this […]
10 x 10
It’s the toughest annual assignment OffBeat proposes to its select cadre of ten regular contributors: a list of their ten favorite CDs from the past year (no fudging on the […]
Masters of Louisiana Music: Jerry Lee Lewis
Born: SEPTEMBER 29, 1935 Ferriday, Louisiana Jerry Lee Lewis was 21-years-old when he took the world by storm. Since then the piano-pounding Pentecostal from Ferriday, Louisiana has battled Elvis Presley […]
Creole Everything
Handsome Moïse Viatorand his beautiful sister Alida, aged 22 and 19, respectively, were raised on the family farm in Eunice and home-schooled by their mother Deborah-Helen, an esteemed violin maker,and […]
Masters of Louisiana Music: Joseph “King” Oliver
Born: December 19, 1885, Abend, Louisiana Died: April 10, 1938, Savannah, Georgia Joe Oliver’s fans were many and the descriptions of his playing are legendary. Long-lived blues woman Alberta […]
2003 Redux, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
FIRST THURSDAY This year Jazz Fest expanded its program to include an eighth day of music. The opening Thursday concluded with a performance by native son Fats Domino on the […]
Masters of Louisiana Music: Mahalia Jackson
Born: October 26, 1911, New Orleans, Louisiana Died: January 27, 1972, Evergreen Park, Illinois The Mississippi River at the foot of Magazine Street became the baptismal water for 14-year-old […]
Mojo Mouth: Mo’ Tunes, Mo’ Money
I’ve been waiting for a long damned time…waiting for someone in government to take the lead in helping develop the local music biz. Hopefully, that time has come. Scott Aiges, […]
