March 2001
BackTalk
- Olu Dara
"Your lips…your lips…your lips…your lips… are juicy!" If your ears (and radio) were tuned into WWOZ during the last two years,…
Bayou Boogie
Chassez De Faim
Cover Story
- Anders Osborne
New Orleans, always defined by its geographical position as the point of negotiation between the Mississippi river and the Gulf of…
Dis 'n' Dat
- Wild West
Home is, of course, where the heart is. In the case of nouveau hillbilly multi-instrumentalist Mike West, home is "Da Nint’…
Features
- Masters of Louisiana Music: Jelly Roll Morton
There has never been a musician more “New Orleans” than Jelly Roll Morton. Many have been more financially successful (Fats Domino,… - Indian Super Sunday
Unlikely though it may seem, the most significant date for the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians apart from Carnival is March… - James Hall
- Anthony del Rosario
Kickin' It Live
Letters
- Letters March 2001
VENTING I just had the opportunity to read the review of my CD. Thanks for including me in the issue. For…
Mojo Mouth
- Main Squeeze
City Puts The Squeeze on Local Music Clubs. I really don’t know why we put up with it. With all the…
St. Rock
Straight, No Chaser
- Tabla Temptations
In March, the New Orleans jazz scene usually reflects a post-Mardi Gras, pre-Jazz Fest Lenten lull. Not so this year. The…
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
Reviews
- ReBirth Brass Band, Hot Venom (Mardi Gras Records)
- Ernest Ranglin, Modern Answers to Old Problems (Telarc Jazz)
- Glenys Rogers, goatskinwishes (Talking Woman Music)
- The Hi-Life Rescue Dance Band, Listen to Forever (Independent)
- Earl K. Long, Rantin' Ravin' & Singin' (Healing Waters)
- The Harrd Hittaz, Dat Ghetto Life Vol. 1 (CP III records)
- Moe-D, Too (Independent)
- Roland Stone, Just a Moment (West Side)
- Vin Bruce, Carousel For Two (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
- Sleepy LaBeef, Rockabilly Blues (Bullseye Blues Basics)
- Champion Jack Dupree, A Portrait of Champion Jack Dupree (Rounder Heritage)
- New Orleans Beau, Share My Love (Mally)
- Carey Bell, Lazy Lester, Raful Neal, Snooky Pryor, Superharps II (Telarc)
- Idletime, Time Stops (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
- Mike West, Home (Binky Records/Louisiana Red Hot)
- Johnny Taylor, Lifetime: A Retrospective of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956-1999 (Stax/Fantasy)
- Tom's House, Electric (Amerging Star Records)
- The Fritzel's Jazz Band, Jazz Hit Parade (Independent)
- Rhodes Spedale Trio, Touchstones and Torch Songs (Jazz Vignettes)
- Rhodes Spedale Trio, The Gentle Jazz (Jazz Vignettes)
- Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Happytown (Rounder Records)
- BeauSoleil, Looking Back at Tomorrow: BeauSoleil Live! (Rhino Records)
- Various Artists, O Brother Where Art Thou? (Mercury)
- Dale Hawkins, Fool's Paradise (Beveric Records)
- Gary Hirstius, Slightly Out of Focus (Silent Records)
- Smokey Johnson, It Ain't My Fault (Night Train International)
- Leslie Smith, Paper Doll (Dancing Iguana)
- Sp-Just-Frost, Get in the Groove (www.coperecords.dk)
- Various Artists, Funky New Orleanians (Storyville)
- Various Artists, Keep It Rollin: The Blues Piano Collection (Rounder Heritage)
