Sense of History Bravo and congratulations to Jason Marsalis for his frank and insightful piece in the July 2010 issue of OffBeat. His emphasis on the importance of a sense of history and “the jazz tradition” is right on. My only comment would be that, as a member of the generation of Jason’s distinguished father [...]
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Reviving Music in the Quarter
March 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
I’m sitting here in my Frenchmen Street perch on a cloudy Sunday afternoon, working on this March issue. Frenchmen Street has calmed down a lot since yesterday, when there was a lot of traffic as we forever buried the ’Aints. Frenchmen Street is quiet at this hour of the day, but there’s a huge sound [...]
