Issue Articles
Obituary: Big Chief Larry Bannock
Feathered-and-beaded Mardi Gras Indians and those in street clothes rang their tambourines and chanted as they gathered near the large City of Love Church for the home-going of Big Chief […]
Ellis Marsalis Trio, On the Second Occasion (ELM Records)
Ellis Marsalis plays Jazz Fest on Saturday, May 3—Zatarain’s/WWOZ Jazz Tent, 2:30 p.m.. Drive, lightning speed and boogie aren’t exactly terms generally associated with the style of pianist Ellis Marsalis. […]
Back Talk: Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan has always had a lot going on in both her life and remarkable career. The Chicago native, who grew up in a musical family, formed her first singing […]
Branford Marsalis Plays a New Song at Jazz Fest 2014
“I’m one of those people who, when I’m on the bandstand, I’m thinking collectively, not individually,” says saxophonist Branford Marsalis, a musician and individual who doesn’t mess around. The three-time […]
Back Talk: Conversing With Stanton Moore
Say the name Stanton Moore and most music fans, especially those outside of New Orleans, would probably respond something like “hard-funkin’ drummer with Galactic.” And that, of course, is right […]
Nigel Hall Plays His New Neighborhood at French Quarter Fest
Spirited keyboardist and vocalist Nigel Hall, a Washington, D.C native, lived in Harlem before heading south and finally making his home in New Orleans in November 2013. Hall is a […]
Two-Way-Pocky-Way: Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jr.
Two things have surrounded saxophonist Donald Harrison, Jr. throughout his life—jazz and the Mardi Gras Indian tradition. The son of the Guardians of the Flames’ Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr., […]
Calvin Johnson Jr., Native Son (Alma Records)
On Calvin Johnson’s 2012 debut, Jewel’s Lullaby, the then-27-year-old New Orleanian blew tenor saxophone on modern-jazz material backed by a band of his peers. This time out, Johnson picks up […]
Coming Home: New Orleans Trumpeter Christian Scott’s Roots Run Deep
Christian Scott, now also known as Christian aTunde Adjuah, left New Orleans as a teenager eager to experience the world and broaden his education and career. Having fulfilled much of […]
Organic Trio, Home Remembered (Independent)
Home Remembered isn’t your ordinary organ jazz trio album. Considering that guitarist Brian Seeger is at the helm of this project, one wouldn’t expect it to be. Seeger, a mainstay […]
