Album Reviews
We're celebrating Satchmo SummerFest with Trumpet Mafia's Ashlin Parker on the cover, plus features on fellow performers Irma Thomas, Wendell Brunious, Mark Braud and an all Louis Armstrong 300 songs. Plus, Tony Joe White talks back!
Ashlin Parker’s sprawling Trumpet Mafia collective often features upwards of 20 trumpets onstage. On August 5, they'll close Satchmo SummerFest.
July 31st
At this year’s Satchmo SummerFest, Wendell Brunious will pay tribute to his father, John “Picket” (or “Picky”) Brunious, Sr. alongside his nephew, trumpeter Mark Braud, on August 4.
July 31st
The trumpeter, vocalist and composer honed his chops as a fourth-generation member of the noted Brunious musical family that dates back to guitarist Willie Santiago, who played with the legendary Buddy Bolden.
July 31st
Booking the soul queen to headline marks a departure for Satchmo, which is traditionally a jazz-centric event. “I’ve always felt from the very beginning that I was a rhythm and blues singer,” she says, and notes that she only saw Louis Armstrong up close once.
July 31st
Louis Armstrong is the only artist in our 300 Songs countdown to get 10 songs to himself (five songs below and the other five online)—the least we can do for the most towering artist in the city’s music history.
July 31st
My brother brought a Lightnin’ Hopkins album home. I mean, it was the start of Tony Joe White, really. I started borrowing my dad’s guitar, learning blues licks and stuff.
July 31st
August 2018
Ashlin Parker brings in more and more (and more) trumpet players to join his Trumpet Mafia
Through the Generations: Wendell Brunious and the “Brunious sound"
Living the Tradition: Mark Braud’s musical family
Forever Young: Irma Thomas’ Satchmo SummerFest debut
300 Songs For 300 Years: An Armstrong Top 10
Tony Joe White talks back
