Fest Focus: John Vidacovich

John Vidacovich is a product of his environment. His drum style is a part of this city’s heritage and he has become one in a line of great purveyors of […]

Ten Years Gone: Comparing This Year’s Jazz Fest Highlights to 1985’s Line-Up

Betty Shirley, Betty Shirley Unveiled (Summit)

John Vidacovich, Mystery Street (Jamb Music)

Joe Henderson, Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Verve)

French Quarter Festival

Traditional jazz, food and beer, and dancing in the streets.   Preparations for the 1984 World’s Fair made quite a mess out of the French Quarter. There were street repairs […]

Ray Anderson, Alan Pasqua, Hector Infanzon, Hank Jones and Jon Cleary Come to Town

Satchmo’s Japanese Fans Aid Local Players; “Sandbar Series” Resumes at UNO

Nicholas Payton, Wessell Anderson, Peter Martin, Christopher Thomas, Brian Blade, New Orleans Collective (Evidence)

JoAnne Brackeen Trio, Power Talk (Turnipseed)