October 2000
BackTalk
- Zigaboo Modeliste
When it comes to the business of defining funk, controversy abounds. Fans and critics will go point by technical point, but…
Bayou Boogie
Bluesworthy
Chassez De Faim
Cover Story
- John Boutte and ¡Cubanismo!
On Mardi Gras Mambo, Latin dance band ¡Cubanismo! joins John Boutte and top-shelf Crescent City musicians to create a totally authentic,…
Dis 'n' Dat
- Masking Take
Costuming, in New Orleans, is a religion. This religion has two high holy days–Halloween and Mardi Gras. Halloween is reserved for…
Features
- Masters of Louisiana Music: Lee Dorsey
BORN: December 4, 1926. New Orleans, Louisiana. DIED: December 1, 1986. New Orleans, Louisiana. The late Lee Dorsey -- who… - Robert Mugge
- Preservation Hall: The World's Favorite Jazz Venue
When you cross the threshold at 726 St., Peter Street in the French Quarter, if you take a moment to look… - Uncle Lionel
When the Black Men of Labor Social Aid & Pleasure Club parade, the first major second line of the fall season,… - Voodoo: The Rex of Hexes
- Duke Heitger
Know What It Means
Letters
- Letters October 2000
SLAGGED ‘N’ STOKED I would like to address the recent slagging of Michael Murphy from the perspective of an insider. Although…
Mojo Mouth
- Music Torch Passes to Capable Hands
Some years ago, when this magazine was still in the planning stages, I used to go to listen to music at…
Pass A Good Time
St. Rock
Straight, No Chaser
- Branford's Decision
The thorny conflict between art and commerce is fact of life for most modern jazz musicians, but few have been pricked…
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
Reviews
- Phillip Manuel, Love Happened to Me (Maxjazz)
- Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Soul Time (Independent)
- Balfa Toujours, Live at Whiskey River Landing (Rounder)
- Various Artists, Mo'Vida! (Putamayo World Music)
- Rusty Zinn, The Chill (Alligator)
- The Blue Junction, 22:17-Live In Aarhus (Intermusic)
- Big Nick and the Cydecos, Born Half Wild (Firefly)
- Jesse Thomas, Easy In The Apple (Fedora)
- Might Sam McClain, Papa True Love: The Amy Session (Sundazed)
- Solomon Burke, Proud Mary: The Bell Sessions (Sundazed Records)
- Roland Alphonso, Something Special: Ska Hot Shots Volume One (Studio One)
- Paul and Friends, Hang On To Your Friends (P&J Records)
- Carlos Malta, Pixinguinha Alma e Corpo/Pimenta (500 Anos de Som)
- Jeremy Lyons and The Deltabilly Boys, Live at Fribourg (Five Eights Music)
- The Lizard of Oz, We Flew with the Wind (Independent)
- Mark Elf, Over the Airwaves/Live at Smalls (Jen Bay)
- Candye Kane, The Toughest Girl Alive (Bullseye Blues)
- Dave Brubeck, One Alone (Telarc Jazz)
- JoJo Reed, Back on the Scene (Louisiana Red Hot)
- Earthsuit, Kaleidoscope Superior (Sparrow Records)
- Dave Stover and Bad Mayo, Midnight Sirloin Flight (Independent)
- Willis Prudhomme, Fais Do Do (Louisiana Red Hot)
- Ray Brown Trio, Some of My Best Friends Are...The Trumpet Players (Telarc Jazz)
- Various Artists, A Love Affair: The Music of Ivan Lins (Telarc Jazz)
- GDA, Mixing Ingredients and Sampler (Turducken/Root Beer Extract)
- Red Hot & Blues, Waitin' On The Hurricane (RHB)
- Sy Klopps, Berkeley Soul (Bullseye)
- Charivari, I Want to Dance With You (Rounder)
- Mark Whitfield & JK, Soul Conversation (Transparent Music)
- Sean Vidrine and Swamp Frye, Sean Vidrine and Swamp Frye (J&S Records)
- Judy Caplan Ginsburgh, Amazing Songs for Amazing Jewish Kids (Independent)
- Willie Cobbs, Jukin' (Bullseye)
- Beau Jocque and the Zydeco High Rollers, Give Him Cornbread, Live! (Rounder)
- Sleepy LaBeef, Tomorrow Never Comes (M.C. Records)
- David Sanchez, Melazo (Columbia)
- Charles Lloyd, The Water is Wide (ECM)
- MC Tracheotomy, Robot, Alien or Ghost (Anal Log Records)
- Bobby Blanque, From the Heart of Singer Bobby Blanque to You (Blue Chip)
- Isaac's Guns, Cha Cha de Amor (Independent)
- Dmitri Resnik, Quit Clownin' (Rusty Nail)
- Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Reservation Blues (Bullseye)
- Clarence Williams, New Orleans Pioneer: Robert Parker's Jazz Classics in Surround Sound (Louisiana Red Hot)
- Jelly Roll Morton, New York 1928-1930: Robert Parker's Jazz Classics in Surround Sound (Louisiana Red Hot)
- Elio Schiavo, Child of Orbit (Photosynthesis Records)
- Various Artists, Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: The Journey of Chris Strachwitz (Arhoolie)
