Results for "Aaron Neville"

Aaron Neville

A House Full of History with Leslie Blackshear Smith in New Orleans

by Thomas Cole
March 28, 2026

On the recommendation of more than one person, I sought an audience with another of the born and raised New Orleanians who have been indispensable to an education in the town's traditional music. Living a stone's throw from the river and the shadows of an imposing abandoned factory, I knocked on the peeling paint of a ...

Dickie Landry: From Lafayette to the New York Loft Scene

by Thomas Cole
October 25, 2025

Reknowned in the region for music that reflects its various cultural influences, Dickie Landry is one of the older players still active in Louisiana. Arriving in his home state for the interview, AAJ called Landry to check in. Quickly answering the phone and to the usual greeting of “how are you today," he immediately responded, “Alive!" ...

Benny Jones: Jazz History & More

by Thomas Cole
July 9, 2024

I was born and raised in the 6th Ward, which is called Tremé these days but these days I live near the Fairgrounds. My father was in the Eureka Brass Band and was very good friends with bot the Humphrey brothers--Willie and Percy. They had all played in different bands together as well as at Preservation ...

2022: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 29, 2022

Current events impacted the jazz world in significant ways throughout 2022. In its third year, the coronavirus pandemic continued to lurk in some settings, while others recovered in robust fashion. Russia's war on Ukraine was felt by musicians and triggered an outpouring of support for its victims. Initiatives to ensure greater equity in jazz advanced. The ...

My True Story

By Aaron Neville

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Money Honey; My True Story; Ruby Ruby; Gypsy Woman; Ting A Ling; Be My Baby; Little Bitty Pretty One; Tears On My Pillow; Under The Boardwalk; Work With Me Annie; this Magic Moment/True Love; Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams).

Take Five With Ben Scholz

by AAJ Staff
November 9, 2013

Meet Ben Scholz: Ben Scholz is a drummer and percussionist who lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. A native of Portland, Oregon, Ben began playing classical piano at eight years of age and continued his studies through college. When he was in middle school his grandparents found his dad's snare drum, a gift William Ludwig ...

2013 Tri-C JazzFest: Cleveland, OH, April 19 - 27, 2013

by Matt Marshall
May 8, 2013

34th Annual Tri-C JazzFest ClevelandCleveland, OHApril 19-April 27, 2013There was a determined effort by Tri-C JazzFest Managing Director Terri Pontremoli to give this year's event more of a festival atmosphere than it has perhaps enjoyed in years past. For starters, many of the outlying venues, such as the East Cleveland library, a regular ...

Aaron Neville: My True Story

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 11, 2013

Dopo aver reinterpretato i classici della soul music (Bring It on Home) e del gospel (I Know I've Been Changed, prodotto da Allen Toussaint) era inevitabile che Aaron Neville si rivolgesse al repertorio del doo-wop, lo stile vocale nato negli anni cinquanta nelle strade di Harlem e Brooklyn che ebbe vastissima popolarità per tutto quel decennio ...

Aaron Neville: My True Story

by C. Michael Bailey
February 6, 2013

My True Story is New Orleans royalty Aaron Neville's first recording in three years and his first for Blue Note Records. Most recently, Neville has been covering familiar territory with I Know I've Been Changed (EMI Gospel, 2010), Bring It On Home... The Soul Classics (Burgundy, 2006), Christmas Prayer (EMI Gospel, 2005) and Nature Boy: The ...