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Ones to Watch
The New Orleans jazz tradition is as strong as ever, but many of today’s rising jazz stars are not as traditional as you may think.
Letters December 1999
POPPING CHERRIES The pen is mightier than the sword; therefore it is frightening to see such a potent instrument in the wrong hands. Case in point: Bunny Matthews’ review (OffBeat, […]
Cajun, Not Crossover
"I don’t have any gold records on my wall, but I’m proud of my music," said one of New Orleans’ underrated musical treasures, Bruce Daigrepont. Daigrepont’s Sunday Fais Do Do […]
Nothing’s Changed That Much… R&B Soon Gone?… ‘Bye To Lo
It’s amazing, what you find when you go through your old files. Recently, I went through every file I had in my office in my (periodic) attempt at organization. Boy, […]
Squeezing Out Sparks at Jazzfest 30
This year’s festival featured the best weather and the most fun in memory, a nonstop II-day house party thrown by an entire city for its friends around the world. OffBeat […]
Jazz Fest, from “A” to “Z”
A Acoustic Swiftness, SAT 4/24, LAGN, 3:10, largely acoustic guitar group that plays snazzy Latino riffs with style. Adelia, Adelia The Storyteller, SAT 4/24, KIDS, 1:30, Engaging storytelling from […]
Reflections on Jazz Fest, LMNOP and Eddie Bo
Welcome to the last-and best-Jazz Fest of this century. I think the lineup this year is one of the best we’ve had in years: Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Santana, Branford […]
Letters April 1999
“Teedy’s” Mama says Thanks As we all know, if we want it to be known, we should “put it in the paper,” and this is the one to send it […]
’99 New Orleans 30th Jazz & Heritage Festival
The 30th anniversary New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will be held April 23-May 2. Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Branford Marsalis, Willie Nelson, Santana, The Isley Brothers, Widespread Panic, The […]
