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Joseph “Smokey” Johnson
Among the contenders for New Orleans’ Funkiest Songs of All Time is drummer Joseph “Smokey” Johnson’s “It Ain’t My Fault,” wherein Smokey accomplishes the feat–via one rhythmic pattern performed on […]
Jazz Fest 2000: From A to Z
When you want to make a complicated thing simple, you break it down to the ABCs. When you want to get a handle on an event as sprawling as Jazz […]
Essence Fest
On July 4th weekend, over 150,000 music lovers will converge on New Orleans for the country’s pre-eminent black music festival— a festival locals shouldn’t miss. Believe it or not, […]
Squeezing Out Sparks at Jazzfest 30
This year’s festival featured the best weather and the most fun in memory, a nonstop II-day house party thrown by an entire city for its friends around the world. OffBeat […]
No More Honey in the Horn: Al Hirt 1922-1999
A riot of colors swirled around the parade start area next to the Gospel Tent of the final day of Jazzfest 30. The afternoon sun gently smiled down on the […]
Indie-Jazz Labels Blossom & The “Can’t Miss” List
As we enter into the last Jazz Fest of the twentieth century, it is impossible not to think of New Orleans one hundred years ago, when the city was nine […]
Pah-Rade!
Sitting one hot afternoon for an interview at the former Lu and Charlie’s jazz club in August of 1974, James Black, one of the great unsung drummers of modern New […]
Various Artists, More New Orleans Party Classics (Rhino)
It’s not often a various-artists compilation spanning diverse genres and lime periods has real staying power, but 1991’s New Orleans Party Classics has endured beyond expectation. Spanning the second half […]
Michael Foster Project and 1999 Jazz King Competition
It’s Mardi Gras time. Are you ready to “Kick Some Brass?” On Friday, February 12, Donna’s club hosts the record release celebration for Michael Foster Project’s debut CD, Kick Some […]
