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Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
by Wade Luquet
James Booker Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker Lily Keber 2013 Ask jazz fans outside of New Orleans if they have heard of James Booker and most will lean back, rub their chin and say they know they have heard the name. Unless you lived in Europe in the ...
Prime Example Jazz Club And WWOZ Present Stephanie Jordan After Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS, LA: WWOZ and Prime Example Jazz Club present the Stephanie Jordan Jazz Ensemble for two dinner shows on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 9:00 and 11:00 PM in one of New Orleans’ most intimate lounge settings. Prime Example Jazz Club is located at 1909 North Broad Street, New Orleans, LA 70119. Songstress Stephanie Jordan ...
Part 3: Spirit Matters
by William Carter
The Old Eureka Band, led from the 1930s by Percy Humphrey.Tops in the city as late as the 1950s, its joyous processions were marked by a dignity and decorum since overtaken by the wild and garish. Photos by Tom Sharpsteen, compiled with sound by Clint Baker and Katie Cavera, used here with ...
Jason Marsalis: In A World Of Mallets
by Chuck Schultz
On a drum kit, Jason Marsalis often goes several directions (meters, not Meters) at once. On vibraphone, as he demonstrates on In A World Of Mallets, it's more a matter of smoothing out many segments into a continuous whole. Over the course of the album he invokes bells, chimes and the signature tunes of cozy wall ...
Aaron Neville: My True Story
by C. Michael Bailey
My True Story is New Orleans royalty Aaron Neville's first recording in three years and his first for Blue Note Records. Most recently, Neville has been covering familiar territory with I Know I've Been Changed (EMI Gospel, 2010), Bring It On Home... The Soul Classics (Burgundy, 2006), Christmas Prayer (EMI Gospel, 2005) and Nature Boy: The ...
Cliff Hines: Wanderlust
by Dan Bilawsky
The melting pot mentality of New Orleans is responsible, in some part, for the existence and evolution of jazz in the first place, so it should come as no shock that it still serves a central hub for creativity and experimentation through combinatorial musical means. Guitarist/vocalist/composer Cliff Hines is a product of this environment, but he's ...
New Orleans Trumpeter Leroy Jones Performed At Super Bowl VI In 1972
Super Bowl VI, on January 16, 1972, was played in New Orleans' Tulane Stadium between the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins. The halftime entertainment consisted of a “Salute to Louis Armstrong", a tribute to Crescent City's best-known trumpeter who had passed away the previous year, on July 6, 1971. The show featured a then 13-year-old Leroy ...
2012 Voodoo Experience: New Orleans, Louisiana, October 26-28, 2012
by Mike Perciaccante
2012 Voodoo Experience City Park New Orleans, LA October 26-28, 2012 While an epic and catastrophic storm bore down on the Northeast coast of the U.S., a “storm" of another type descended upon New Orleans (a city not unfamiliar with catastrophic storms). New Orleans' 14th Voodoo Experience was a musical celebration ...
Stephanie Jordan, Irvin Mayfield, Kermit Ruffins, And Leah Chase Share Stage With Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Liberty Bank Celebrates the Holidays and its 40th Anniversary with The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra NEW ORLEANS - Liberty Bank and Trust will celebrate the holiday season and their 40th Anniversary with a special holiday musical extravaganza featuring the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and some very special guests. “A Liberty Bank Christmas" with the LPO will take place ...
Hotel Monteleone Presents Songstress Stephanie Jordan At The Carousel Bar And Lounge
Vocalist Stephanie Jordan, whom critics have compared to Nancy Wilson, Norah Jones and Diana Krall will perform at the Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar & Lounge every Wednesday during the month of December from 8:00 pm - 12:00 Midnight. Located in the heart of New Orleans' famed French Quarters at 214 Royal Street, the Carousel Bar & ...
