The Historic New Orleans Collection has unearthed an amazing photo of Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John, as a Mardi Gras page during a Carnival children’s ball in 1947. HNOC says Rebennack is second from the left in the photo, in the shorts. Born in November 1940, Rebennack would have been six and a half years [...]
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Historic New Orleans Collection Finds Photo of Dr. John As 6-Year-Old Carnival Page
February 9, 2012 – 1:50 pm
Perpetuating Jazz
January 5, 2011 – 4:25 pm
Had a surprise visit from Harold Battiste, Jr., who is one of my favorite people in the world. Harold is a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and entrepreneur who has been featured many times on OffBeat’s pages. He has the distinction of having received the Best of The Beat Award for a Lifetime in Music, Music [...]
YouTube du Jour: Lionel Ferbos
September 14, 2010 – 9:25 am
Tonight, Lionel Ferbos will be honored at the Historic New Orleans Collection’s Williams Center (410 Chartres St.) and at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse. Here he is from earlier this year performing “I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate.”
Battiste Book Celebrated at HNOC, One Eyed Jacks
June 8, 2010 – 9:34 am
Harold Battiste has the distinction of having received three of the four lifetime achievement awards OffBeat presents – for music, music business and music education. In May, we published an excerpt from his memoir, Unfinished Blues, in which he recounted his role in the creation of Dr. John. Tonight, the Historic New Orleans Collection will [...]
First Historic New Orleans Collection “Concert in the Courtyard” of the Season Friday Night
March 18, 2010 – 4:00 pm
The Historic New Orleans Collection opens its Spring “Concerts in the Courtyard” series tomorrow, March 19 from 6-8 p.m. with a performance by the Panorama Jazz Band. The monthly series, now in its third year, showcases local musicians in an outdoor setting. Guests are free to peruse the museum’s collection of New Orleans art during [...]
