March 16, 2010 – 11:29 am
The proliferation of free music education programs is one of the healthiest post-Katrina developments. One, the New Jazz School, starts its fourth year June 7 at Isidore Newman School. Donald Harrison, Jr. is the director, and Christian Scott, Jesse McBride, Detroit Brooks and David Pulphus are on the educational staff. The program teaches vocals, brass, [...]
In 2008, saxophonist Larry Ankrum felt the urge to record again. It had been 16 years since the release of his debut album, It Cannot Be Exhausted by Use, and over six since collaborating with New Orleans trombonist Jeff Albert in the Albert- Ankrum Project. The seasoned musician and world traveler also felt compelled to [...]
Irvin Mayfield’s musical career has been occluded by his personality, which has distracted critics from his strengths as a conceptualist and organizer adept at surrounding himself with exceptional talent. Mayfield has been overshadowed on the local depth chart by some legendary older trumpeters, and though he has never been shy about his ability, at this [...]
By John Swenson
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Posted in Reviews
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Also tagged Adonis Rose, Barney Floyd, Blues, Derek Douget, Evan Christopher, Irvin Mayfield, Jazz Orchestra, John Boutte, Johnaye Kendrick, Leon "Kid Chocolate" Brown, post-Katrina, Ronald Westray, Snug Harbor, Victor "Red" Atkins
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I’ve been spending a lot of time recently ruminating on the nature of traditional New Orleans jazz and the extremely subtle differences between the approaches taken by its continued practitioners. Early jazz pretty much grew along a trajectory set by its greatest improvisers, most notably Louis Armstrong, until World War II, when wartime rationing and [...]
By John Swenson
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Posted in Reviews
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Also tagged Allen Dejan, Charlie Parker, Ellis Marsalis, Harold Batiste, James Black, jazz, Jesse McBride, Joe Dyson, John Coltrane, Lincoln Center, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, New Orleans AFO Records, Rex Gregory, The Next Generation
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