Masters of Louisiana Music: Danny Barker

Born: January 13, 1909, New Orleans, LA Died: March 13, 1994, New Orleans, LA   Only one guitarist in history managed to strum along with such disparate luminaries as Jelly […]

Shake Hands With Trombone Shorty

It was one of those special New Orleans nights when the music communityplayers and fans alikerallied for a cause and partied down. The troops gathered at Café Brasil for a […]

Seeger, Petersen, Marsalis, Finger to the Universe (Lakefront Digital)

Professor Longhair, Big Easy Strut: The Essential Professor Longhair (Fuel 2000)

Ernie K-Doe, Absolutely the Best (Fuel 2000)

Bill O’Connell Latin Jazz Project, Black Sand (Random Chance Records)

Various Artists, Jazz Memories: Music of the Jazz Masters (Gravity Limited/Innerhythmic)

Muhammad Comes Home

Great drumming ruled February. A predominant cause for this excess in a city blessed with a superb rhythmic tradition was the homecoming of Idris Muhammad. While the internationally acclaimed drummer […]

New Orleans Spice, Parade of Classics (DHMP Records)

John Boudreaux, Past, Present, and Future (Uptown Rulers, D.T. Record Company)