Music
Jim Cooper with Ira Sullivan, Tough Town (Delmark Records)
This is the first release by the veteran Chicago vibraphonist, with a little name recognition help from tenor saxophonist Ira Sullivan, a stalwart on the Chicago jazz scene in the […]
Jazz Ladies
While singers are dependent on the physics of sound, it is a less definable ingredient that transcends the sterile grasp of science that most vocalists concern themselves with. It is […]
New Orleans Rock: On the Scene
Before reading any further, stop to picture in your mind what you think of when you hear the words “New Orleans music.” I’ll wait. Now, what did you see? If […]
Steve Lacy Sextet, Snug Harbor, June 9, 1991
Those who were fortunate enough to see the Steve Lacy Sextet perform at Snug Harbor June 9 were witness to some of the most artistic and creative improvisational music in […]
The Classic Ellis Marsalis
Ellis Marsalis, easily one of the most important jazz educators today, gives us a lesson of a different kind on the A.F.O. release The Classic Ellis Marsalis. It is a […]
Jazz Cats
New Orleans. The birthplace of jazz. But like all children must grow to leave the nest, so too has jazz all but left its mother city. It did not, however, […]
Club Scouting
Music die-hards with enough energy left after a long day at the Fair Grounds will want to check out New Orleans’ music clubs. Besides the many special events the clubs […]
On the Rise: George Porter, Jr.
After a long, illustrious career of high highs and low lows, from opening for the Rolling Stones with the Meters, to scratching and clawing to overcome a drug problem, George […]
Funk Revisited: Meters Magic Rebounds on Rounder
For those of you who have met with nothing but frustration in hunting down old Meters records, fret no more! Rounder Records has thrown a couple morsels of Meters out […]
Bluesiana Triangle, Bluesiana Triangle (Windham Hill Jazz Records)
Three veteran greats combine efforts on this recording for a back-to-basics album of blues-oriented material. In a classic jam session format, Art Blakey, Dr. John and David “Fathead” Newman join […]
