Music
Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales, Shake the Rum (Independent)
Trombonist Charlie Halloran may be the hardest working horn player in the city of New Orleans. He plays with nearly everyone on the local scene including the Panorama Jazz Band, […]
Noah Young, Absolutions (EP) (Bubble Bath Records)
Bassist Noah Young has assembled a diverse cast of some of the best young jazz players on the scene for his latest EP Absolutions. They include trumpeter Steve Lands, tenor […]
Garage A Trois, Calm Down Cologne (Royal Potato Family)
How do you define a relentless groove? Is it the sludgy one chord churn of doom metal or the in-the-pocket funk of a two-chord vamp? To my ears, it’s the […]
Jon Batiste, “I Need You” (single), Apple Music
Jon Batiste has arguably become the most well-known New Orleanian of his generation due to his tenure as the musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. His Covid-era […]
Future Cowboys, Life on Mars! (Independent)
The big bass sound and treated vocals greeting the listener at the beginning of the Future Cowboys’ second release Life on Mars! suggest right from the get-go that this album […]
Smoking Time Jazz Club, Mean Tones and High Notes (Independent)
As the new generation of traditional jazz bands in New Orleans matures, many of the musicians are exploring the deep roots of the genre and discovering numerous gems in the […]
Funky Butt Brass Band, Onward (Independent)
The St. Louis-based Funky Butt Brass Band’s fourth studio album is one of the most diverse contributions to a genre that has continued to diversify since the Dirty Dozen included […]
Don Vappie and Jazz Créole, The Blue Book of Storyville (Lejazzetal Records)
Don Vappie is one of the best practitioners of traditional Creole banjo playing and his mind holds a vast repository of information about the history, the songs and the traditions […]
Dukes of Dixieland featuring the Victory Belles, Live at French Quarter Fest (Leisure Jazz)
On The Dukes of Dixieland’s new album, Live at French Quarter Fest, the band demonstrates their repertoire is not limited to traditional jazz. Over the course of 16 songs they […]
Slugger, Milky Way (Independent)
Slugger is a side project of Naughty Professor’s bassist Noah Young, Tank and the Bangas’ keyboardist Joe Johnson and George Porter, Jr.’s drummer Terrence Houston along with a relatively new […]
