August 2003
BackTalk
- Backtalk: Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard just got off the road for a well-earned month respite. The busy trumpeter, bandleader and composer will soon be…
Bayou Boogie
Blues Hound
Cover Story
- Backtalk: Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard just got off the road for a well-earned month respite. The busy trumpeter, bandleader and composer will soon be…
Dis 'n' Dat
Features
- Satchmo Spotlight: Troi Bechet
When did you first discover and act upon your desire to express yourself as a singer? I was in second grade.… - Satchmo Spotlight: Michael Ray
- Satchmo Club Strut
- Satchmo Spotlight: Troy Andrews
During the Satchmo SummerFest, Troy Andrews will perform on four different stages with five separate and stylistically distinct bands and switch… - Satchmo Spotlight: The Louis Armstrong Home, Queens, NY
Phoebe Jacobs, Executive Vice-President of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, will participate in a forum entitled “The Women in Louis Life”… - Satchmo Spotlight: Roland Guerin
Jazz bassist Roland Guerin began his musical sojourn on viola, switched to guitar and ended up on bass: “Guitar kind of… - Southern Man: Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers
- Clubhouse: Fritzel's European Jazz Club
- Masters of Louisiana Music: Joseph "King" Oliver
Born: December 19, 1885, Abend, Louisiana Died: April 10, 1938, Savannah, Georgia Joe Oliver’s fans were many and the descriptions… - Satchmo Spotlight: The Pinettes
How, why, and where did the Pinettes form? We formed in 1991 when we were attending St. Mary's High School. Our… - John Scott: Black & White
Feed Me Something, Mister
Jazzin'
Letters
Live Wire
- Quivering Lips and Falsetto Crescendos
- Dismemberment Plan, TwiRoPa Mills, July 14, 2003
- Mangina, Checkpoint Charlie, June 28, 2003
- Susan Cowsill, Maple Leaf, June 26, 2003
- The Fall and The Detonations, the Parish at House of Blues, July 14, 2003
- Melt-Banana, The Parish at House of Blues, June 29, 2003
- Leopard Skin, Zebra Stripes & Other Wildlife
- Animal Collective, Mermaid Lounge, July 9, 2003
- The White Stripes, Municipal Auditorium, June 23, 2003
Mojo Mouth
Obituaries
- Obituary: Alvin Alcorn (1912-2003)
Alvin Alcorn, the New Orleans jazz trumpeter, died July 10 at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans. Alcorn would have celebrated…
St. Rock
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
Reviews
- The Dixie Cups, The Red Bird Years (Varese Sarabande)
- Arturo Sandoval, Trumpet Evolution (Crescent Moon/Columbia)
- Bernie Alan & Knight Train, Choo Choo Train (Le Bois D'arc)
- Gary Hirstius, Down River (Four Cats/Radionic)
- Pershing Wells, Loveland (Digital Sac-a-Lait)
- Louis Armstrong & his All Stars, Jazz Is Back in Grand Rapids (GHB)
- Christian Scott, Christian Scott (Impromp2)
- John Pizzarelli, Live at Birdland (Telarc Jazz)
- Laura Love, Welcome to Pagan Place (Koch)
- Dash Rip Rock, Live from the Bottom of the Hill (Write On)
- Karin Williams, Karin Williams (Nicholas Entertainment)
- The New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra, Burning Sands (Camelback)
- Louis Armstrong & the All Stars, Satchmo Plays King Oliver (Fuel 2000)
- The Fens, Nobody Likes Sneaky Pete (UTR)
- Lou Pride, The Memphis/El Paso Sessions 1970-73 (Severn)
- Cyril Neville and the Uptown Allstars, For the Funk of It: Remembering Benny's Bar
- Supagroup, Supagroup (Foodchain)
- David Murray Latin Big Band, Now Is Another Time (Justin Time)
- Johnny Vidacovich, June Yamagishi, George Porter, Jr., We Came to Play (Trio Records)
- Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets, Which Way Is Texas? (Bullseye/Rounder)
- Willem!, Time to Find the Guggenheimer (Lost Car)
- The Blasters, Trouble Bound (Hightone)
- Trois Bechet, Vo-Du Bleu (Independent)
- Various Artists, The Rough Guide to American Roots (World Music Network)
- John Hiatt and the Goners, Beneath This Gruff Exterior (New West)
- Steve Conn, Steve Conn (Not Really)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (Hyena)
- Tim Laughlin, The Isle of Orleans (Gentilly)
- Victoria Williams, Sings Some Ol' Songs (Dualtone)
- Tabby Thomas, Blues from the Swamp (Blue Beat)
- The Upsetters, The Upsetters (La Cienega)
