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Fritzel's New Orleans Jazz Band: Fritzel's New Orleans Jazz Band Volume Two
by Wade Luquet
Coming off of the success of its first studio CD, Fritzel's Jazz Band delivers once again with its fifteen-song Volume Two. Fritzel's is the venerable forty year-old New Orleans jazz club, located in the 700 block of Bourbon Street that has established an international reputation for Dixieland jazz in a fun European-style bar setting. This CD ...
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Days 4-7: May 5-8, 2011
by Sandy Ingham
Days 1-3 | Days 4-7 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA April 27-May 6, 2011 Day 4: Thursday May 5, 2011 Vibraphonist Stefon Harris and Blackout was the featured act in the WWOZ Jazz Tent, but Christian Scott stole the show. Scott--the young New ...
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2011
by Sandy Ingham
Days 1-3 | Days 4-7 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA April 27-May 6, 2011 Day 1: April 29, 2011The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival turned 42 this year. I've been to 25, and the thrill of anticipation entering the fairgrounds and crossing to the ...
Jazz at the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell
Sonny Rollins, Kenny G, Ahmad Jamal, Fourplay, Mingus Big Band, Plus New Orleans' Own Pete Fountain, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton, Irvin Mayfield, Hundreds More To Put the “Jazz" in the 2011 New Orleans Jazz Fest New Orleans, LA—Jazz Superstar Sonny Rollins returns to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by ...
Piron's New Orleans Orchestra: Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
by Andrew J. Sammut
Listeners accustomed to the wail and stomp of early New Orleans jazz might be surprised to hear the whisper and glide of Piron's New Orleans Orchestra. While famed pioneers such as Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, and Johnny Dodds spoke from the earthy tradition of the outdoor parade, Piron's orchestra illustrated the smooth sounds of indoor entertainment. ...
New Orleans Jazz 95 Miles North of the Arctic Circle
Leroy Jones and Spirit of New Orleans are playing Ylläs Jazz Blues, one of the world's northernmost jazz festivals in Finnish Lapland. Helsinki-based group Spirit Of New Orleans (SONO) is headed to Ylläs in the end of January with one of New Orleans' top trumpeters, Leroy Jones, as its soloist. Ylläs Jazz Blues is one of ...
New Orleans guitarist Jimmy Robinson in Holland
New Orleans guitarist Jimmy Robinson will be playing some shows in Holland in the first week of December. Mr Robinson is best known for his role as the founder of the long running (1975 to present) instrumental group WOODENHEAD, founder of New Orleans guitar collective (with Phil deGruy and Cranston Clements) TWANGORAMA, and his critically acclaimed ...
Jazz Oracle: Portal to Antiquity
by Nathan Holaway
“Life would be no better than candlelight tinsel and daylight rubbish if our spirits were not touched by what has been."--George Eliot The world will never be able to hear exactly how Beethoven or Bach played their instruments, but it can hear how artists such as clarinetist Wilbur Sweatman and clarinetist and ...
53rd Monterey Jazz Festival: A Distinctive New Orleans Flavor
by Larry Taylor
To summarize the high spots of the 2010 Monterey Jazz Festival would certainly take more than one lead paragraph. From Sept. 17 through 19 at the Monterey, California, Fairgrounds, there was a pervasive New Orleans spirit in the air and the music. This was emphasized by the appearances of Trombone Shorty on Saturday afternoon, and Harry ...
Unique Tulane University Concert Series Teams Jazz Musicians with Students and Faculty in New Orleans
Now in its third year, Jazz at the Rat, a free and unique series of live jazz jams on selected Thursday nights, gives students and faculty members of Tulane University's Jazz Studies program an opportunity to perform live with nationally-renowned jazz artists and local rising stars of New Orleans. Each musical showcase features special themes ranging ...
