Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Songs of New Orleans (Preservation Hall Recordings)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Preservation Hall Recordings)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Shake That Thing (Preservation Hall Recordings)

Trumpeting the Year

Despite saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s arrival at Jazz Fest and with bows to all the jazz musicians who swung like crazy in 2003, trumpeters, particularly, triumphed on the New Orleans scene […]

Preserving Preservation Hall: A Conversation with Ben Jaffe

It’s a natural that Preservation Hall, the bare-bones French Quarter nightspot world-renowned for presenting New Orleans traditional jazz, should spawn its own record label. So much so that some folks […]

Russell Batiste Jr. Orkestra From Da Hood, The Clinic (Independent)

Saaraba, Saaraba (Independent)

Ricky Sebastian Quintet, Sweet Lorraine’s, October 17, 2003

Free Love

Obviously, reigning baritone saxophone king Hamiet Bluiett didn’t plan a trip to New Orleans just to play and gig. “It was Kidd, Kidd Jordan,” Bluiett declares. “I always try to […]

Denise Mangiardi, Naked Truth (Crow Hill Publishing)

Denise Mangiardi is a name folks haven’t heard around these parts for some time. However, during the vocalist/composer/pianist’s off-and-on five-year tenure in New Orleans, she was very much a part […]