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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 ...
Kindred Cool Opens in NOLA on May 30
Please Join us for the opening reception of KINDRED COOL: Portraits of Jazz Friendships Photography by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn Saturday, May 30th 6 - 9 p.m. Kindred Cool is a photography project that uses relationship between Ralph Ellison, Romare Bearden and Albert Murray as an inspiration for documenting other friendships forged and fostered through ...
New Orleans Jazz Fest draws 400,000+
by Sandy Ingham
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LAApril 22-May 4, 2009There are hundreds of good reasons for jazz lovers to join the crowds at the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Reasons with names like Marsalis and Jordan, Batiste and Boutte--families whose musical heritage in the Birthplace of Jazz spans several ...
Esquizito Presents the "Why Not Call It Music" Festival in New Orleans
Sunday, April 26 through Sunday, May 3, 2009 in New Orleans @ Maison Musique... Esquizito's home @ the crossroads of three historic neighborhoods: the Bywater, the Marigny and the Faubourg St. Roch 1018 Music Street (between St. Claude and N. Rampart) Think you've seen it all and heard it all in New Orleans? Come hear the ...
Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Release New CD, "Book One"
IRVIN MAYFIELD AND THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA RELEASE NEW CD, “BOOK ONE” DURING JAZZ FEST! Book One will be available at the New Orleans Jazz Fest Music Tent, LA Music Factory and Peaches Records. New Orleans -- Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) announced today that they are issuing a limited local ...
Fritzel's New Orleans Jazz Band
by Wade Luquet
Fritzel's New Orleans Jazz Band Fritzel's New Orleans Jazz Band Fritzel's Music 2009 With all of its noise and fraternity-like atmosphere, there still remains a little slice of jazz heaven on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Fritzel's European Jazz Pub is one of city's premiere clubs featuring traditional ...
Leroy Jones Reassembles the Fairview Brass Band for a Special Concert at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2009
This historic event, taking place at this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, will reunite one of the most important brass bands in New Orleans' brass band history. The Fairview Baptist Church Christian Marching Band was founded in 1970, and was the brainchild of reverend Andrew Darby, pastor of the Fairview Baptist Church. Reverend Darby ...
New Orleans Helsinki Connection Performs at the 40th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The New Orleans, LA and Helsinki, Finland based group “New Orleans Helsinki Connection" will perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 2, 2009 under the leadership of trombonist Katja Toivola. One of the biggest jazz festivals in the United States, the esteemed NOJHF will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The ...
Leroy Jones on Abc26/Wgno's "Good Morning New Orleans"
Leroy Jones will be performing on ABC26/WGNO's “Good Morning New Orleans" show tomorrow morning Wednesday March 18 between 6:15 and 7:00 AM. The band will consist of Leroy Jones, Todd Duke, Mitchell Player, and Bunchy Johnson and they will be performing songs from Leroy's new album “Sweeter Than A Summer Breeze". The CD was released on ...
Gumbo Nation: The World That Made New Orleans - From Spanish Silver To Congo Square
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Gumbo Nation: The World That Made New Orleans - From Spanish Silver To Congo Square Ned Sublette Hardcover; 368 pages ISBN: 1556527306 Chicago Review Press 2008 It is an African-American Atlantis, New Orleans: a crescent-shaped city six-feet under water at the mouth of the ...
