Issue Articles — Features
Fest Focus: David Torkanowsky
Pianist David Torkanowsky seems to take the most left turns — and the sharpest. His is a big bag of tricks and he seems to employ most of them on […]
Fest Focus: The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
As the sun sets somewhere between Romania and Yugoslavia, a peasant lays his scythe at the side of a grassy meadow and takes off his cap to wipe his sweaty […]
Breaking Bread with R&B Legends
Everybody knows Fats Domino, Dr. John, the Neville Brothers, Wynton and Branford Marsalis enjoy major-label recording contracts and tour the world as musical ambassadors of the sound of New Orleans, […]
Jazz Funerals in Time
No one knows when the first jazz funeral occurred, but whenever it did, the word jazz did not apply. From the dawn of jazz music in the 1890s through middle […]
Festival International de Louisiane ’96
As Festival International de Louisiane has grown in stature over the past nine years, it has become a tradition for New Orleanians and informed visitors to carefully plan out the […]
The French Quarter Festival, April 12-14, 1996
The French Quarter Festival (April 12-14), which began as a way to lure locals back into the Quarter, is now celebrating its 13th year. Part of the idea was to […]
Bill Russell’s Explorations of the Origins of Jazz
When the outspoken jazz documentarian died, much history died with him. But he left behind enough to keep historian arguing for a very long time. Editor’s Note: This is the […]
First Annual Best of the Beat Awards
On the last night of January, the staff of OffBeat and a thousand or so of our closest friends from the music industry gathered at the House of Blues for […]
The Bingemen’s Classic Rock Revival
The Bingemen had an interesting realization while watching the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in November. “Lou Reed comes out and plays ‘Sweet Jane’ with Soul Asylum,” […]
Brass Bands After World War II: A Crossroads
Editor’s note: Although no one has pinpointed when the music we now can jazz coalesced into an idiom, a September 1995 symposium held in New Orleans celebrated the 100-year mark. […]
