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Indie-Jazz Labels Blossom & The “Can’t Miss” List
As we enter into the last Jazz Fest of the twentieth century, it is impossible not to think of New Orleans one hundred years ago, when the city was nine […]
Pah-Rade!
Sitting one hot afternoon for an interview at the former Lu and Charlie’s jazz club in August of 1974, James Black, one of the great unsung drummers of modern New […]
Jazz Poetry Cutting Contest & Mose Allison at Snug
“Good Morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred?” – Dream Boogie, Langston Hughes On Sunday, November 9th at 9p.m., poets, scholars, producers, WWOZ ODJs and […]
Jon Cleary: Heir to the New Orleans Piano Throne
New Orleans rhythm and blues is in danger of dying in its hometown. When the British Invasion wiped out the genre’s commercial viability in the early 60s, at least fans […]
Meet Jerry Brock: A Man in Demand
Just try finding someone more involved in and essential to the New Orleans music scene than Jerry Brock. Before moving to New Orleans nearly 20 years ago to start a […]
Maceo Parker
Saxman Maceo Parker’s musical history is almost a direct parallel to the history of funk, the present of which he continues to contribute to. Parker landed a gig with the […]
The French Quarter Festival, April 12-14, 1996
The French Quarter Festival (April 12-14), which began as a way to lure locals back into the Quarter, is now celebrating its 13th year. Part of the idea was to […]
Jazz Funerals in Time
No one knows when the first jazz funeral occurred, but whenever it did, the word jazz did not apply. From the dawn of jazz music in the 1890s through middle […]
Mr. Harold Dejan: A Life in Music Examined
Harold “Duke” Dejan, the 86-year-old leader of Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band, had come to the backyard studio of producer/Olympia trumpet player Milton Batiste on this April morning to be interviewed. […]
The Eighth Annual Big Easy Awards
The week before Jazz Fest, the New Orleans music and theater communities will take time to honor and celebrate their own at the eighth annual Big Easy Awards. This year’s […]
