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Red Hot Chili Peppers Close Jazz Fest Set in Epic Fashion with George Porter Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste
“We are their students!,” exclaimed Flea, the inimitable bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as his band invited Meters legends George Porter Jr. and Zigaboo Modeliste to join them […]
Jazz Fest Day 2: Whatever Happened to Rosie?
Sometimes you just have to give up. Saturday the arteries at Fair Grounds were badly clogged. I don’t know if it was a record crowd, but it was a crowd […]
Photos: The Meters Reunite for Guest-Filled Show at the Orpheum Theater
The Original Meters reunited with an augmented lineup for a guest-laden extravaganza at the Orpheum Theater on Friday night. Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, Zigaboo Modeliste and George Porter Jr. were […]
Boz Scaggs Rocks the Blues Tent
Guitarist, singer/songwriter Boz Scaggs has been recording and performing steadily since his debuts with the Steve Miller Band in the 1960s. And judging from his set under the Blues Tent […]
Van Morrison Delights at Jazz Fest
Alternative rock megastars Pearl Jam weren’t enough to keep the crowds away from Van Morrison’s competing set at the Gentilly Stage on Saturday evening. Despite new rules regarding chairs and blankets, […]
Pearl Jam Bring the Heat (and the Chili Peppers) for Jazz Fest
Beneath a cloud-less, brilliant blue sky adorned with memorials to Prince, the grunge titans brought the heat to deliver a two-hour, 15-minute rock marathon about as epic as they come. […]
Let’s Go Crazy: Jazz Fest Pays Tribute to Prince
Thursday afternoon I was sitting at my desk on staring out at Rosalie Alley when I heard the unmistakable sound of a rock band rehearsing up the street. Turns out […]
Jason Marsalis, Christian Scott Put the Jazz in Jazz Fest Opening Day
Every now and again you hear a grumpy jazz-head complain about the Jazz Fest not really being about jazz anymore; and with main headliners including The Red Hot Chili Peppers, […]
Mason Ruffner, Aya Takazawa Shine on Day One of Jazz Fest
Mason Ruffner, a New Orleans resident since last summer, launched the Blues Tent’s opening-day music Friday, April 22, with a blues-rock set propelled by groove. New Orleans drummer Kerry Brown […]
Steely Dan, Grace Potter Deliver the Goods on Jazz Fest’s Opening Day
Clear skies and a lack of overwhelming crowds made for an inviting first day of Jazz Fest 2016. The occasional mud pit aside, things were looking pretty good throughout the […]
