Author Archives: Bethany Garfield

The Once and Future Studio

This Jazz Fest, the Charles J. Colton Middle School’s auditorium was host to something far different than the school plays and third period assemblies it held in the past. Bands including Bonerama, Trombone Shorty, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Big Sam’s Funky Nation and the Soul Rebels rocked the 80-year-old auditorium, which not too long ago [...]

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Mr. Marsalis Goes to Washington

Ellis Marsalis will be honored this year at the Fifth Anniversary Duke Ellington Jazz Festival (DEJF) in Washington, D.C. The 10-day music festival, which takes place from June 5-15 will award Marsalis with the 2009 DEJF Lifetime Achievement Award. This year’s festival theme is “Celebrating New Orleans,” and according to DEJF Founder and Executive Producer [...]

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Cookout, Ear Fashion (T-Bones Records)

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