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May 2010 Contents

Features

Bill Summers: Jazz Fest Focus

Brother Tyrone: Jazz Fest Focus

Cedric Watson: Fiddling With Tradition

Chocolate Milk: The Other Funk Band

Eric Lindell: Jazz Fest Focus

Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue: Jazz Fest Focus

Growing Up Andrews

Honey Island Swamp Band: Jazz Fest Focus

Jazz Fest 2010 Performers: A-Z

Joe Lovano’s Us Five: Jazz Fest Focus

Kirk Joseph: Jazz Fest Focus

Lil’ Buck Sinegal: Jazz Fest Focus

Midnite Disturbers: Jazz Fest Focus

Patrice Fisher & Arpa & the Honduran Connection: Jazz Fest Focus

Pete Fountain and Tim Laughlin: The Fat Sound

Robert “1-String” Gibson: Jazz Fest Focus

Teena Marie: Another Bit of Square Biz

Terrance Osborne’s Space Problem

The Allman Brothers Band: Every Picture Tells a Story

The Search for Baaba Maal

What Happens in Vegas…

BackTalk

Harold Battiste

OffBeat Eats

“Uncle” Lionel Batiste Hits the Spot at The Praline Connection

Dining Out: Parkway Bakery

The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Gia Prima

The Pros Know: Chefs Reveal Their Jazz Fest Favorites

Fresh

Band Camp

Jazz Fest on Your iPhone

Phil Anselmo: Let’s Play House

Rapping is Fundamental

Tacos to Go

Terrance Simien and Buckwheat Zydeco: Together at Last

Obituaries

Obituary: Bernard “Bunchy” Johnson (1952-2010)

Obituary: Marva Wright (1948-2010)

Reviews

Anders Osborne, American Patchwork (Alligator Records)

Bayou Deville, See Sharp and Be Natural (New Range Records)

Big Sam’s Funky Nation, King of the Party (Hypersoul)

Christian Scott, Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Records)

Chubby Carrier, Zydeco Junkie (Swampadellic)

Honey Island Swamp Band, Good to You (Threadhead Records)

Ingrid Lucia, Midnight Rendezvous (Threadhead Records)

Magic Slim and the Teardrops, Raising the Bar (Blind Pig Records)

Marc Stone, Trickeration and Rascality (Threadhead Records)

Margie Perez, Singing for My Supper (Threadhead)

Matt Perrine & Sunflower City, Bayou Road Suite (Threadhead)

Naked Orchestra, From Pandemonium to a View of Eidolons (Independent)

Susan Cowsill, Lighthouse (Threadhead Records)

The Classic Jazz Trio, The Classic Jazz Trio (Rankomatic Music)

The New Orleans Moonshiners, I’m Comin’ Home (Independent)

The Revivalists, Vital Signs (Independent)

Travis Matte and the Kingpins, Pop It (Matte Productions)

Trombone Shorty, Backatown (Verve Forecast)

Truth Universal, Guerrilla Business (Truth Universal)

Various Artists, The T.A.M.I. Show (Shout Factory DVD)

Bookmark

Andre Williams, Sweets and Other Stories (Kicks Books)

Mojo Mouth

Meet the Family

Letters

May 2010 Letters