Results for "James Singleton"

James Singleton

Somethin' To Relax With

By Brian Haas

Label: Royal Potato Family
Released: 2026
Track listing: Switchback; Somethin' To Relax With; Doc Richter To You; Black Pencil; Cluster B; Surely Hazard.

James Rivers: A Retrospective

by Thomas Cole
July 18, 2026

James Rivers was part of the backbone of the New Orleans sound, from the earliest days in the '50s until July 5, 2026 when he passed away at the age of 89. A regular at Jazz Fest, he performed there only two months earlier, his final public appearance. He's played with everyone in New Orleans and ...

First Weekend of the 2026 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

by Mark Robbins
May 28, 2026

The Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots in New Orleans is transformed for two weekends a year into the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Once inside the gates the walk to the far end of the fair grounds to the Jazz Tent is filled the sounds of  music from the Kid's Tent, zydeco, soul and ...

Nolatet: Somethin' To Relax With

by Glenn Astarita
May 21, 2026

Nolatet unites four veteran voices from the New Orleans jazz scene. Bassist James Singleton and drummer Johnny Vidacovich have formed one of the city's most durable and inventive rhythm sections since the late 1970s, anchoring Astral Project and backing everyone from Professor Longhair to Dizzy Gillespie. Vibraphonist Mike Dillon brings his trademark guerrilla energy and percussive ...

South

By Randal Despommier

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Go to the Mardi Gras; Southern Nights; 'Round 3AM (A Blues Nocturne); Si tu vois ma mère; Jelly Roll's Living Room; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Dying to Live; Blues Rheumatica; Just a Closer Walk with Thee.

Randal Despommier: South

by Dan Bilawsky
March 6, 2025

Growing up in Metairie, Louisiana--a mere six miles from New Orleans--alto saxophonist Randal Despommier's formative experiences were rooted in the Crescent City's fertile sonic soil. A stone's throw away from the action, he was able to cut his teeth on the local scene(s) and put his horn to good use in Mardi Gras parades. In addition, ...

Lord, when you send the rain

By Byron Asher

Label: Sinking City Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Problem With Mississippi; New Louisiana Hoodoo Blues; The Break; Re: Backwater Blues; Duet; Threads; Ma Rainey's Barrelhouse Blues; Papa likes his outside women, Mama likes her outside men.

Johnny Vidacovich: Magnet In The Middle

by Thomas Cole
November 13, 2023

The ever changing cast of the Johnny Vidacovich Trio defies the meaning of that word--trio . Historically, jazz trios with a drummer in the middle have included such notables as Art Blakey, Gene Krupa and Max Roach but none of those groups changed cast members on a weekly basis or deviated very far from what they ...

Nostalgic for New Orleans: Brass Bands, Classic R&B, Trad and New Jazz

by David Brown
June 21, 2022

I'm nostalgic for New Orleans. Once my home, I just visited after 19 years. This week, R&B with Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, Lee Dorsey, Ernie K-Doe & Professor Longhair. Then trad jazz with Panorama Jazz Band, Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong. We'll second line with the Panorama, Treme, Dirty Dozen and Rebirth Brass Bands, and much ...