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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2007
by Gary Firstenberg
At the 38th Annual Jazz & Heritage Festival, hundreds of talented performers, both regional and national, uncorked some vintage music ranging from jazz, blues, rock and gospel to a generous sprinkling of world music, zydeco and Cajun tunes--all reflecting the unique flavor of the culture of New Orleans. 375,000 revelers (the largest crowd in several years) ...
Jazz Vocalist Betty Shirley Returns with a Bang with the Release of Her Rescued CD~ "Close Your Eyes"
Jazz Vocalist extraordinaire Betty Shirley is happy to announce the release of her third CD as a leader, Close Your Eyes. The CD was completed just at the time Hurricane Katrina was rolling in. “We could hear the thunder inside the Word of Mouth Studio on the West Bank," remarks Shirley. This new CD master survived ...
Seeking Quiet and Peace at the 2007 New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival
by Mark Sabbatini
Lots of empty seats in the shade right next to an intimate garden stage. Nobody in line for beer at the air- conditioned concession stand. Sprawling leisurely in the hay in front of some eclectic band that was still rehearsing songs on the drive over. Sound like anybody else's weekend at the 2007 New ...
Kali Z. Fasteau / Kidd Jordan: People of the Ninth: New Orleans and the Hurricane 2005
by Budd Kopman
In the waning days of September, 2005, the entire U.S. population watched as hurricane Katrina developed into a monster storm and seemed to take aim directly for New Orleans. Just at the last moment, the storm swerved a bit and weakened, allowing people to think that, once again, the bullet had been dodged. ...
Kali Z. Fasteau/Kidd Jordan: People of the Ninth: New Orleans and the Hurricane 2005
by AAJ Staff
One of the great benefits of obscurity is the celebration of discovery. Throughout his career, saxophonist/teacher Kidd Jordan has been respected and hired by peers including Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and Ellis Marsalis, but only since the late '90s has the septuagenarian begun to garner prolific recording opportunities and jazz festival invites. Multi-instrumentalist ...
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra/Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Band at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, Nov. 25
by Sandy Ingham
Back in the day, this battle of the bands at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark would have been declared a TKO before the first note sounded. In this corner, the heavyweight champions, the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, boasting legendary names--Moody, Heath, D'Rivera, Slide Hampton--playing beloved classics by Dizzy, Monk, Golson et al. ...
Various Artists: New Orleans Christmas
by Ernest Barteldes
With so much holiday music appearing on the shelves at this time of year, it's refreshing when an album can actually surprise you instead of giving up the same old usual boring caroling. What you get instead from the one is an earnest, honest glimpse of what Christmas in New Orleans might be like.
New Orleans Comes to Cape May: 26th Annual Jazz Festival, Cape May, NJ Nov. 10-12
by Edward Zucker
Cape May Jazz Festival Cape May, NJ November 10-12 Over one year has passed since Hurricane Katrina wrought incalculable damage to the people, property and psyche of Louisiana. This November, “New Orleans Comes to Cape May was the theme of the 26th Cape May Jazz Festival, which was held ...
Satchmo SummerFest, Aug. 3-6, 2006
SATCHMO SUMMERFEST August 3-6, 2006 Welcome to the Sixth Annual Satchmo SummerFest, four fun-filled days dedicated to the memory of Louis Armstrong! Schedule of events and performances is subject to change. For more information, call (800) 673-5725 or (504) 522-5730. Visit our website for the complete ...
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest 2006
by Gary Firstenberg
All is well in New Orleans! Well, not exactly but from April 28th through May 7th, the 37th Annual Jazz & Heritage Festival brought a sense of celebratory normalcy to a city torn in half by Hurricane Katrina last fall. Boosted by the rock of such megastars as Bruce Springsteen, Dave Mathews and Paul Simon and ...
