Jazz Articles about Gregg Stafford

About Gregg Stafford

Album Review

Gregg Stafford & Dr. Michael White: Praying & Swaying - Vol. 1 "At the Cross"

by Dave Nathan
May 1, 2001

The lines between blues, jazz and old time gospel sometimes get blurred when traditional jazz players get together. The three genres are honored on this meeting between Gregg Stafford and Dr. Michael White, both members of a generation when the traditional music no longer held the same place in the hearts and minds of jazz fans it once had. But these two keepers of the flame are New Orleans natives and for them, the music is in their blood. For ...

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Gregg Stafford/Brian Carrick: Streets of the City

by Dave Nathan
March 1, 2001

Big Bill Bissonnette's quest to keep the flame of New Orleans jazz burning bright with Jazz Crusade label continues. Not only is he successful in making this important music available, but he is equally successful in garnering some of the best players in the world to perform it. And “world" is what we're taking about here. Of the two front line stars of this album, Gregg Stafford is from New Orleans and born into the tradition. The second, Brian Carrick, ...