The Jazz & Heritage Foundation has confirmed that more than 425,000 people attended the 44th annual Jazz & Heritage Festival this year, over seven days at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 26-28 and May 2-5. This is an impressive total by any standard, despite the rains and mud that reduced the turnout on [...]
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Jazz Fest Is Over? Jimmy’s Keeps Trying.
May 8, 2013 – 5:59 pm
Had a glorious second weekend at Jazz Fest—if you count Friday and Saturday. Thursday was too rainy and Friday too cold for my tastes, but I did go on Friday for a couple of hours, until I literally started shivering and had to leave. First Jazz Fest I can remember when it was just too [...]
Shrines & Protest Second Lines Surround Fairgrounds at Justice Fest 2013
May 8, 2013 – 4:09 pm
In the shadow of the New Orleans Race Track and Fair Grounds thrives one of the city’s most historic and lively neighborhoods, flanked on one side by Bayou St. John and the edge of City Park, and on the others by the 7th Ward, Esplanade Ridge and Mid-City. Each spring, when Jazz Fest takes over [...]
George Clinton Receives Key to the City from Councilwoman Guidry on Last Night of Jazz Fest 2013
May 6, 2013 – 9:33 pm
You know, those of us who know, know that when DJ Soul Sister says she has a surprise for us, we had better listen – especially when it involves a surprise at a P-Funk show. And last night was proof that those instincts are to be trusted – otherwise you will miss things like this: [...]
Jazz Fest Photo Recap: Sunday, May 5, 2013
May 6, 2013 – 1:58 pm
The sun was shining, the Fairgrounds were soggy, and the music flowed on the last day of Jazz Fest 2013, Sunday, May 5. Highlights included extraordinary performances from Hall and Oates, the Black Keys, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, Irma Thomas, Del McCoury and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Taj Mahal, the Meter Men and many [...]
Jazz Fest Recap, Sunday, May 5, 2013: Meter Men, Hall & Oates, Aaron Neville & More!
May 6, 2013 – 11:18 am
Some bands seem obliged to jam at Jazz Fest, even if jamming isn’t what they do best. That was partly the case in Hall & Oates’ set, with stretched out versions of “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” and “Sara Smile” that collectively filled nearly one-third of a 90-minute show. (Both featured saxophonist [...]
Jazz Fest TV
May 6, 2013 – 10:43 am
Years ago, Jazz Fest was shot for television broadcast, some of which we saw, mostly not. All that has changed with the entry of AXS TV. Every night when I got home from the Fest, I had the opportunity to relive it, and also to see acts that I couldn’t get to on AXS, available [...]
Jazz Fest Recap, Saturday, May 4, 2013: Fleetwood Mac, Little Willies, Stanley Clarke & More!
May 4, 2013 – 8:54 pm
If you’re wondering why a virtually unknown, not-great roots-rock band was doing the noon set at Acura, it’s because JD & the Straight Shot’s frontman James Dolan is CEO of Cablevision and Executive Chairman of Madison Square Garden, inc., and has leveraged himself onto major shows by the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and others. As a [...]
Jazz Fest Photo Recap: Friday, May 3, 2013
May 4, 2013 – 3:00 pm
Friday, May 3 was a record day in New Orleans as temperatures dropped to record lows. Following a week of rain, the whole of the Fairgrounds had been transformed into a giant mud pit. Thankfully, stellar Jazz Fest performances from Jimmy Cliff, Willie Nelson, Maroon 5, Nicholas Payton, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr., BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet [...]
Jazz Fest Recap, Friday, May 3, 2013: Willie Nelson, Jimmy Cliff & More
May 3, 2013 – 8:52 pm
Holly Williams is Hank Sr’s granddaughter, so it’s not surprising how well she can sing a ballad. But her music harks back to the country-folk of Rosanne Cash and Mary Chapin Carpenter, and what stood out at her Gentilly set was the sweetness and vulnerability in her songwriting. When she sang about cheating and drinking, [...]
