Archive | August, 2003
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August 2003 Contents

Features

Clubhouse: Fritzel’s European Jazz Club

OffBeat Staff

John Scott: Black & White

Bunny Matthews

Masters of Louisiana Music: Joseph “King” Oliver

Tom Morgan

Satchmo Club Strut

Geraldine Wyckoff

Satchmo Spotlight: Michael Ray

Michael Dominici

Satchmo Spotlight: Roland Guerin

Bunny Matthews

Satchmo Spotlight: The Louis Armstrong Home, Queens, NY

Bunny Matthews

Satchmo Spotlight: The Pinettes

Michael Dominici

Satchmo Spotlight: Troi Bechet

Michael Dominici

Satchmo Spotlight: Troy Andrews

Geraldine Wyckoff

Southern Man: Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers

Alex Rawls

BackTalk

Terence Blanchard

Geraldine Wyckoff

Obituaries

Obituary: Alvin Alcorn (1912-2003)

Geraldine Wyckoff

Dis 'n' Dat

Garden of Eva

Bunny Matthews

Bayou Boogie

The First Cajun Record

Herman Fuselier

Blues Hound

Trailing the Blues

John Swenson

Feed Me Something, Mister

A Vacation for the Mouth

Ian McNulty

Jazzin'

Son of Trane

Geraldine Wyckoff

St. Rock

Improvisational Potpie

Alex Rawls

Talkin' 'bout New Orleans

Going, Going, Gone

Jeff Hannusch

Reviews

Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets, Which Way Is Texas? (Bullseye/Rounder)

Richard J. Skelly

Arturo Sandoval, Trumpet Evolution (Crescent Moon/Columbia)

Michael Dominici

Bernie Alan & Knight Train, Choo Choo Train (Le Bois D’arc)

Dan Willging

Christian Scott, Christian Scott (Impromp2)

Geraldine Wyckoff

Cyril Neville and the Uptown Allstars, For the Funk of It: Remembering Benny’s Bar

H. Andrew Schwartz

Dash Rip Rock, Live from the Bottom of the Hill (Write On)

Alex Rawls

David Murray Latin Big Band, Now Is Another Time (Justin Time)

Geraldine Wyckoff

Gary Hirstius, Down River (Four Cats/Radionic)

James Bailey

John Hiatt and the Goners, Beneath This Gruff Exterior (New West)

H. Andrew Schwartz

John Pizzarelli, Live at Birdland (Telarc Jazz)

Richard J. Skelly

Johnny Vidacovich, June Yamagishi, George Porter, Jr., We Came to Play (Trio Records)

James Bailey

Karin Williams, Karin Williams (Nicholas Entertainment)

Michael Dominici

Laura Love, Welcome to Pagan Place (Koch)

Mel Minter

Lou Pride, The Memphis/El Paso Sessions 1970-73 (Severn)

Robert Fontenot

Louis Armstrong & his All Stars, Jazz Is Back in Grand Rapids (GHB)

Michael Dominici

Louis Armstrong & the All Stars, Satchmo Plays King Oliver (Fuel 2000)

Michael Dominici

Pershing Wells, Loveland (Digital Sac-a-Lait)

Dean M. Shapiro

Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (Hyena)

Geraldine Wyckoff

Steve Conn, Steve Conn (Not Really)

James Bailey

Supagroup, Supagroup (Foodchain)

Alex Rawls

Tabby Thomas, Blues from the Swamp (Blue Beat)

Robert Fontenot

The Blasters, Trouble Bound (Hightone)

Michael Hurtt

The Dixie Cups, The Red Bird Years (Varese Sarabande)

Michael Hurtt

The Fens, Nobody Likes Sneaky Pete (UTR)

Dan Willging

The New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra, Burning Sands (Camelback)

Michael Hurtt

The Upsetters, The Upsetters (La Cienega)

Michael Hurtt

Tim Laughlin, The Isle of Orleans (Gentilly)

Michael Dominici

Trois Bechet, Vo-Du Bleu (Independent)

Michael Dominici

Various Artists, The Rough Guide to American Roots (World Music Network)

Christopher Blagg

Victoria Williams, Sings Some Ol’ Songs (Dualtone)

Michael Dominici

Willem!, Time to Find the Guggenheimer (Lost Car)

Katie Herman

Mojo Mouth

Nothing Like New Orleans

Jan Ramsey

Live Wire

Animal Collective, Mermaid Lounge, July 9, 2003

Jude Matthews

Dismemberment Plan, TwiRoPa Mills, July 14, 2003

Katie Herman

Leopard Skin, Zebra Stripes & Other Wildlife

Michael Dominici

Mangina, Checkpoint Charlie, June 28, 2003

Jude Matthews

Melt-Banana, The Parish at House of Blues, June 29, 2003

Stephen Perrin

Quivering Lips and Falsetto Crescendos

Michael Dominici

Susan Cowsill, Maple Leaf, June 26, 2003

Michael Dominici

The Fall and The Detonations, the Parish at House of Blues, July 14, 2003

Jude Matthews

The White Stripes, Municipal Auditorium, June 23, 2003

Stephen Perrin

Letters

Letters August 2003

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