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Mess O’ Blues
The Delmark, Rounder and Black Top labels insure that fall will offer up a bountiful harvest of blues albums. Is there any coincidence in the fact that we have […]
Dale’s Back, and He’s Ready to Plug Away
I could feel that ol’ Mardi Gras Mambo madness percolatin’ as soon as I got back to New Orleans…it should be building steam by the time you read this. Thanks […]
Chicago Jazz
It’s odd that even when cruising at 20,000 feet, heading north from New Orleans to the Chicago Jazz Fest, there is a sense of history to this route taken by […]
Great Moments of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues
ROY BROWN – GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT I heard the news/There’s good rockin’ tonight! It was a song of things to come. It opened with a Judgement Day blast of horns […]
Quint Davis: Quint Essential, Part One
Read Part Two of this interview with Quint Davis New Orleans music is hot—we all know it and the Grammy Awards proved it. And the Jazz Fest is the major […]
Modern Jazz: Big Easy Beat
Although most people do not associate New Orleans with modern jazz, there is a modern jazz scene here. Thanks to the ascendency of Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., and, to […]
Jazz Jam: Sax, Live, and Videotape
New Orleans’ master jazz saxophonist Earl Turbinton has an interesting perspective on his chosen art form. He sees the development of jazz like the growth of a tree sprouting many […]
New Music-Progressive in Perspective: An OffBeat Primer
On a recent Saturday night, the variety of music available in New Orleans was enough to generate an Excedrin headache in even the most earnest of aficionados. The French Quarter, […]
Discovering Real New Orleans Jazz: Tours and Resources
New Orleans is the celebrated birthplace of jazz, and there’s no better place to learn the history of this uniquely American music. Some visitors are lucky enough to have a […]
