November 2022

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Little Freddie King: Best Of The Beat Lifetime Achievement In Music
Little Freddie King’s Best of the Beat Lifetime in Music Achievement award is long overdue. Indeed, the Louisiana Music Hall… – Cree McCree

Mojo Mouth - A Big Thank You!
From Mojo Mouth "A Big Thank You!" for your help in literally keeping OffBeat (and me) alive! I’m so thrilled to… – Jan Ramsey

Dan Storper talks back
In 1967, when Dan Storper was 16, his aunt and uncle invited him to go on a trip with their family… – Steve Hochman

Best Of The Beat: Heartbeat Award – Benny Jones, Sr.
Benny Jones Sr. is best known around the world as a drummer and leader of the world-renowned Treme Brass Band.… – Geraldine Wyckoff
The Best of the Beat 2021-2022 Nominations
OffBeat’s annual Best of the Beat Awards started 27 years ago, in 1995. OffBeat founder/publisher Jan Ramsey decided that our… – OffBeat Staff
Best Of The Beat: Lifetime Achievement In Music Business – Mark Samuels
As a teenager, Mark Samuels played in school bands that at one time or another included trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, trombonist… – Geraldine Wyckoff
Tony Dagradi: Best Of The Beat Lifetime Achievement In Music Education
Saxophonist Tony Dagradi, the recipient of OffBeat’s Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Education honor, recently retired from Loyola… – John Wirt

Rhythm Is The First Component: New Orleans Jazz Museum exhibit Drumsville modulates to book form
A popular exhibit at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Drumsville! Evolution of the New Orleans Beat, has evolved into a book. … – John Wirt
Vintage vinyl treasures are out there for the scoring (Episode 20)
This month’s installment features five women of my vintage vinyl collection that never fail to lift my spirits and ultimately… – Joseph Bondi

Dining Out: Couvant
Couvant is the French restaurant at the Eliza Jane Hotel that serves breakfast, dinner, and weekend brunch with Chef Ryan Pearson… – Marielle Songy

California Honeydrops, Soft Spot (Tubtone Records)
I’ve long had affection for the idea of the California Honeydrops for two reasons. Any band that does a good… – Jay Mazza
Travis Matte and The Kingpins, Rockin the Town (Mhat Productions)
With its cover depicting a dance party of gyrating ’60s hipsters, one might initially think Matte is attempting to recycle… – Dan Willging
Marty Peters and the Party Meters, Big Easy Livin' (Independent)
From the opening notes of Jelly Roll Morton’s classic “Milneburg Joys” on the new album from Marty Peters and the… – Jay Mazza
Nicholas Payton, The Couch Sessions (Smoke Sessions Records)
Nicholas Payton continues his quest to record with some of those jazz giants who he has long admired. On his… – Geraldine Wyckoff
Dave Jordan, Keep Going (Independent)
Singer songwriter Dave Jordan is back with another collection of stellar songs, which clearly establish him—for those who ever doubted—as… – Jay Mazza
Serabee, Hummingbird Tea (Rabadash Records)
Though you’ve probably never heard of Serabee, she’s already had quite the career: in the early 2000s she had three… – Brett Milano
Meschiya Lake and the New Movement, Looking the World Over (Sungroove Records and Syncopation Society)
Instrumentalists are often praised for wearing many musical hats. Vocalists? Not so much. But over her many years in New… – Jay Mazza