Results for "Steve Masakowski"

Steve Masakowski

Born: September 2, 1954

First Weekend of the 2026 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

by Mark Robbins
May 28, 2026

The Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots in New Orleans is transformed for two weekends a year into the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Once inside the gates the walk to the far end of the fair grounds to the Jazz Tent is filled the sounds of  music from the Kid's Tent, zydeco, soul and ...

Johnny Vidacovich: Magnet In The Middle

by Thomas Cole
November 13, 2023

The ever changing cast of the Johnny Vidacovich Trio defies the meaning of that word--trio . Historically, jazz trios with a drummer in the middle have included such notables as Art Blakey, Gene Krupa and Max Roach but none of those groups changed cast members on a weekly basis or deviated very far from what they ...

Drummer, Composer Billie Davies Has Left New Orleans

July 22, 2022

After spending eight years in New Orleans and recording three albums as a leader, Billie Davies has made a permanent move to West Palm Beach, Florida. She decided it was time to return to her favorite environment in the world—the beaches at the Atlantic Ocean—in her preferred sub-tropical climate. In her words: “There is a time ...

Meet Brian Blade

by Craig Jolley
February 17, 2022

This article was first published at All About Jazz in April 2000. Musical background I started playing when I was thirteen in church. My father was the pastor. My brother, Brady, who was five years older (he still is) was the drummer. He left for college so it became my duty to take over ...

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

By Steve Masakowski

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Winter Wonderland; We Three Kings; The Christmas Song; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; Christmas Time Is Here; Skating; North Wind; Little Drummer Boy; Sleigh Ride

Steve Masakowski and the Masakowski Family: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

by C. Michael Bailey
December 2, 2020

Holiday Music...with an edge. The holiday season always provides plenty of inspiration for musicians. Jazzers are especially affected, having produced many notable records, beginning, with the Vince Guaraldi trio's A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy, 1965). That recording provides a convenient jumping off point for discussing the Masakowski Family's Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, ...

Chuck Redd: 40 Years On the Road

by Mark Robbins
March 23, 2020

Chuck Redd is a busy, busy man. This interview took place after one of his many sets during the North Carolina Jazz Festival, which celebrated its fortieth anniversary at the beginning of 2020. Coincidently, Redd is also celebrating his 40th anniversary of being on the road as one of the most versatile and in-demand drummers and ...

Masakowski Family: N.O. Escape

by C. Michael Bailey
March 26, 2017

The NOLA Masakowski's are a household name in the New Orleans area. Singer Sasha Masakowski has released several notable CDs including Sasha Masakowski & the Sidewalk Strutters Old Green River (Louisiana Music Factory, 2015); Hildegard (Self Produced, 2015); and Wishes (Hypersoul, 2011). Her father, the principle member here, multi-instrumentalist Steve Masakowski, is on faculty at the ...

Ted Ludwig: Stand Up

by C. Michael Bailey
April 3, 2015

New Orleans guitarist Ted Ludwig came to Little Rock as part of the Hurricane Katrina diaspora. NOLA's loss has been Little Rock's gain since Ludwig and his fine trio took up residence in the city's famous Capitol Hotel Bar & Grill seven years ago. Before turning professional, Ludwig studied with NOLA luminaries Ellis Marsalis, Harold Baptiste ...