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The Best & Worst of Jazz Fest ’97
What a difference a week makes. In less time than it took for God to create the universe, the Jazz Fest went from bust to boom. The rains came but […]
Cyril Neville’s Perfect World
It’s as close to perfect as perfect can be. Just the day before, the Neville Brothers closed out the 1997 Jazz Fest in fine form, and now you find yourself […]
Tom McDermott: All the Keys and Then Some
One night, about ten years ago, I walked into Cafe Sbisa’s on Decatur Street looking for a cup of good coffee and maybe something sweet for dessert. They sent me […]
Blu Lu Barker Remembers
Music has always surrounded the life of Blue Lu Barker. The living room of her Sere Street home is filled with the mementos of a lifetime of jazz she shared […]
The Festivals of Summer ’96
Just when you thought it was safe to go back out there, a whole slew of festivals get cranking as the heat starts rising. Zephyrfest ‘96 (June 2) The […]
Bamboula 2000: Cultural Warriors
The Magic Hour light descended into the oaks surrounding the Audubon Zoo. Honey-colored, soft and diffuse, the golden light filtered down through the Spanish moss and brooding branches. Illuminated in […]
Breaking Bread with R&B Legends
Everybody knows Fats Domino, Dr. John, the Neville Brothers, Wynton and Branford Marsalis enjoy major-label recording contracts and tour the world as musical ambassadors of the sound of New Orleans, […]
Remembering James Booker
On November 8, 1983 pianist James Carroll Booker III was wheeled into New Orleans’ Charity Hospital waiting room, where he died while awaiting medical attention. Rumors have spread through the […]
Jazz Funerals in Time
No one knows when the first jazz funeral occurred, but whenever it did, the word jazz did not apply. From the dawn of jazz music in the 1890s through middle […]
Carnival Tales: A Multitude of Local Minstrels Spin Tales of Mardi Gras of Yore
A multitude of local minstrels spin tales of Mardi Gras of yore. SEWING FEVER: BO DOLLiS AND MONK BOUDREAUX Big Chief Monk Boudreaux tries to describe the sewing fever […]
