Issue Articles
BackTalk: Sherman Bernard, Lifetime Achievement in Music Business Award Honoree
Sherman Bernard’s decades in the New Orleans music business have garnered him a multitude of experiences and stories. He established Bernard Productions in 1983 and, starting in the mid-’70s, was […]
Jason Patterson: Lifetime Achievement Award in Music Education (2013)
Education comes in varying forms. It can be obtained in formal, institutionalized settings or a casual conversation. Simply, it is the passing on or receiving of knowledge. When Jason Patterson, […]
Monthly Guitar Extravaganza Series Evokes Danny Barker
Like a pop-up restaurant, a musical series, the Guitar Extravaganza, has been taking place at various venues across the city. The monthly events are presented to raise funds in preparation […]
The Planet D Nonet featuring Michael Ray, Rays of the Sunday (Eastlawn Records)
Fans of Sun Ra—the legendary keyboardist, composer, arranger and Arkestra leader who left the planet on May 30, 1993—remain appreciative that his music continues to be vital through the love […]
Nicholas Payton with the Sinfonieorchester Basel, Sketches of Spain (BMF Records)
When legendary trumpeter Miles Davis released Sketches of Spain in 1960, it created much controversy with complaints that it was neither jazz nor classical music. The work, which was arranged […]
The Wee Trio, The Wee Trio Live at the Bistro (Bionic Records)
At the onset of this CD, James Westfall, who assembled the Wee Trio in 2005 during his stay in New York, is briefly alone at his vibraphones before being joined […]
Kidd Jordan & Hamid Drake, A Night in November: Live in New Orleans (Valid Records)
The excitement that prevailed in the atmosphere and music at the Piety Street Studio on November 20, 2011 is remarkably captured on this CD. The members of the audience were […]
Bleu Orleans, Transformation (Bleu Orleans)
Bleu Orleans, led by trumpeter Edward Anderson and keyboardist Darrell Lavigne and featuring reedman Aaron Fletcher, primarily gained its reputation in the smooth-jazz field since its formation in 2000. Shades […]
Funkle Sam, The Union (Independent)
Former New Orleans for the Creative Arts (NOCCA) student, guitarist Benjamin Greenberg headed to the University of North Texas to continue his music education. In a sense, this four-cut EP […]
Clarence Johnson III, Watch Him Work (Like Father Like Son Records)
In the hands of Clarence Johnson III, smooth jazz finds its edge. The New Orleans saxophonist, who is best known in straight-up or creative jazz though is regularly heard working […]
