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Stephanie Jordan Big Band Performs At New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest Zatarain's/WWOZ Jazz Tent On Thursday, April 30, 2015
NEW ORLEANS – Vocalist Stephanie Jordan leads the Stephanie Jordan Big Band on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 2:40 p.m. in the Zatarain's/WWOZ Jazz Tent at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. In recognition of International Jazz Day, Stephanie Jordan will pay tribute to Frank Sinatra and Billy Strayhorn’s Centennial celebrations taking place around the ...
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
by Nathan Holaway
This article was originally published in September 2005. Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? The Big Easy. The Crescent City. N'awlins. Some adore it, some despise it. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans continues to be the testimonial travesty of the United States. With certain political ...
New Orleans Helsinki Connection - Together Again: At Last!
This April will be the first time in years that New Orleans Helsinki Connection's original lineup, featured on the band's debut album “At Last," is playing together. The all star band was first conceived in the summer of 2001 when Tricia Boutté, Katja Toivola, and Thomas Rönnholm were on a lengthy tour in Finland. One night, ...
Stephanie Jordan Big Band Tribute To Lena Horne At Baton Rouge Community College Black History Month Concert
NEW ORLEANS, LA: New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan will perform a tribute concert in honor of the legendary Lena Horne at the Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC) Magnolia Performing Arts Theater, 201 Community College Drive (Florida Blvd.), Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Thursday, February 26, 2015, at 6:00 pm. Sponsored by the BRCC Student Government Association ...
Jazz & Heritage Center Grand Opening And Ribbon Cutting
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation - the nonprofit that owns Jazz Fest - today opened its long-awaited education and community facility, the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center, with a series of events that begins with a press conference and ribbon- cutting followed by a patrons and donors party tonight, Grand Opening ...
2014 Voodoo Music and Arts Experience: The Local Heroes & The Up-And-Coming Stars of Tomorrow
by Mike Perciaccante
2014 Voodoo Music and Arts Experience New Orleans, LA October 31 -November 2, 2014 In 1974, after seeing a performance at the Harvard Square Theater, Jon Landau once wrote, “I saw rock and roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel ...
Greg Tardy: Hope
by Angelo Leonardi
Mantenere viva una tradizione artistica, esaltandola e rinnovandone i valori, non è così secondario rispetto a innovare. Nato a New Orleans cinquant'anni fa, cresciuto artisticamente sotto la tutela di Ellis Marsalis, Greg Tardy è uno dei migliori sassofonisti della sua generazione e da alcuni anni s'è legato alla SteepleChase (questo è il settimo disco ...
Luke Winslow-King To Release New Album "Everlasting Arms"
Album out on September 30 on Bloodshot Records Exclusive launch with Brooklyn Vegan of the new single, “Everlasting Arms” Luke Winslow-Kin is releasing a new album Everlasting Arms on September 30 via Bloodshot Records. The pre-order sale link is available here. Winslow-King is a guitarist/singer/songwriter from New Orleans, LA by way of Cadillac, MI. Following his ...
Stanton Moore Goes Indie
by Gabriel Medina Arenas
Drummer Stanton Moore is one of the prodigal sons of New Orleans. His fans know him well from projects like Galactic, Garage a Trois and Dragon Smoke, which prodigiously fuse rock, jazz and funk. Moore, whose musical career spans nearly 25 years, is also an educator and has released several instructional books and DVDs. ...
Jazz Vocalist Stephanie Jordan Headlines Urban League New Orleans Annual Gala
The Stephanie Jordan Big Band is the headline performer at the Urban League of Greater New Orleans Annual Gala on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans beginning at 8 p.m. Individual tickets are $250. This cosmopolitan event, which is the League’s signature fundraising event, directly supports programs each year that assist over ...
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