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The Jazz Session #88: Ellis Marsalis
Ellis Marsalis is more than the father of four famous sons. Hes an acclaimed pianist and educator in his own right, and his musical history has covered a lot of ground. Homecoming (ELM Records, 2009), his new CD, is a mix of old and new, combining a reissue of 1985 duet session with saxophonist Eddie Harris, ...
Kermit Ruffins: Swingin' and Smilin'
by Tod Smith
There's a rebirth occurring in New Orleans music, and trumpeter/vocalist Kermit Ruffins finds himself front and center. While the post-Katrina recovery has meant many things for the Crescent City, in a number of ways it's been musicians who have taken the lead in bringing the city back to its traditions. Prior to the storm, many musicians ...
2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
by Joel A. Siegel
The 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival marked the return of pre-Katrina level attendance. Despite the national recession, the festival announced sales of more than 400,000 tickets for the seven-day event over two weekends. As usual, producer Quint Davis did a masterful job blending the various musical components, including New Orleans jazz, national jazz acts, ...
Strippers and Be-Boppers in Postwar New Orleans Jazz
by Charles Suhor
The article below was adapted by the author, a native Orleanian, from Jazz in New Orleans: the Postwar Years Through 1970 (Scarecrow Press/Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies, 2001). New Orleans was a hotbed of jazz activity in many styles during the years after World War II, but it has been largely unrecognized by critics ...
Scotty Barnhart: Say It Plain
by Woodrow Wilkins
After many years as part of the supporting cast, Scotty Barnhart is taking that step forward as lead actor. The trumpeter mixes old and new, in varying styles, with his debut, Say It Plain. Barnhart spent 17 years as featured trumpet soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra and was also part of the Marcus ...
Two for the Show Media Celebrates Another Year Serving the Jazz World
2009 marks another year in the books for the Jazz publicity firm Two for the Show Media. The agency based out of New York welcomed in the New Year with two grammy nominations (Peter Erskine & Arturo O’Farrill) and one Grammy win for Best Latin Jazz CD for “Song for Chico” (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin ...
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival June 5-15 Celebrates New Orleans/Rare Performance by Marsalis Family
5th Anniversary Duke Ellington Jazz Festival in Washington, DC, Celebrates New Orleans June 5-15 Ellis Marsalis Tribute Features Rare Performance with Sons and Special Guests Harry Connick, Jr., and Dr. Billy Taylor With over 100 performances in nearly 50 venues, the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival (DEJF) is the largest music festival in Washington, DC. This year's ...
Brian Blade: Songs From His Heart
by R.J. DeLuke
Known in the jazz world for his slick and superlative drumming skills, Brian Blade is engaged in making other musical statements these days. Statements that are outside the jazz genre, but are an essential part of this enlightened man and serious musician whose musical tastes run “between Bela Bartok and Wayne Shorter to Al Green," who, ...
Jazz in New Orleans: A 2009 Status Report
by Wade Luquet
It is difficult, if not impossible, to destroy a culture. Hurricane Katrina tried to do so in New Orleans, but New Orleans is proving too strong to be taken down by the flooding that soaked eighty percent of the city when the poorly built federal levees failed. While hundreds of the city's musicians lost their instruments ...
Take Five With Carlos Redman
by AAJ Staff
Meet Carlos Redman: A Detroit native, Carlos Redman is one of a new breed of modern experimental trumpeters of the current generation. Blending a sultry combination of hip-hop, R&B, rock, and classical in jazz genres, the young horn player continues to defy boundaries as he is often drawn in comparison to the great Donald ...
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