Aaron Neville, Believe (Tell It Records)

2002 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Education Award: Clyde Kerr, Jr.

In New Orleans, we often recognize and celebrate our wealth of musical families—and rightly so. They are of huge importance to the continuum of this city’s heritage. With links to […]

The Marsalis Family, The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration (Marsalis Music/Rounder)

Irvin Mayfield Is Undaunted

The Fred Hersch Trio, Live at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto Records)

Irvin Mayfield/Gordon Parks, Half Past Autumn Suite (Basin Street Records)

Pharoah Sanders

Pharoah Sanders, a titan of the saxophone, has been an influential force in jazz for over three decades. Widely known for his work and recordings with the late great John […]

Evan Christopher’s Joyous Clarinet

Lance Ellis, Thinking of You (Landlord Records)

Evan Christopher, Evan Christopher’s Clarinet Road, Volume 1: Road to New Orleans (STR Digital Records)