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'OZone Email Newsletter for February, 2014

Wed, 02/19/14

In This Issue Be a Phone Bank Volunteer for the Spring Pledge Party Happening Now: Mardi Gras 2014 Swamp Shop Moves in with the Louisiana Music Factory Jazz Fest Community Outreach Tickets Class Got Brass 2014 Shoutout: Rhonda K.... Read more

Mardi Gras 1956 & 1941

Tue, 02/18/14

Authored by: David Stafford

Two weeks until Fat Tuesday and counting. Here's a look back to Mardi Gras in the middle of the last century, with videos from 1956 and 1941. 1956. This video combines footage by an unknown shooter with a batch of excellent still photos taken by the late John W. Mizenko, fat... Read more

"New Orleans All The Way Live: Musical & Culinary Families "

Tue, 02/18/14

Authored by: George Ingmire

On this week’s program, we celebrate some of the musical and cultural families of New Orleans, featuring sets by Ellis and Jason Marsalis, Steve and Sasha Masakowski, Aaron and Ivan Neville, and the late Walter Payton and his son, Nicholas Payton. Holly Hawthorne of the wh... Read more

Trombone Shorty at Tip's: Full Concert from Liveset

Sat, 02/15/14

Authored by: David Stafford

Here's a treat for fans of Troy Andrews: a two-hour-and-fifteen-minute long Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue live show, originally streamed live from Tipitina's in September 2011 by Liveset. In full HD, it's bursting with full-screen goodness. According to Liveset, this "... Read more

Davis Rogan,December 27, 2013

Fri, 02/14/14

Davis Rogan talks with Black Mold about the series finale of Treme, his character on the show, his career as a musician himself, and more fun stuff. Read more

"Sweet Child O' Mine", Trad Jazz Style

Thu, 02/13/14

Authored by: David Stafford

If you've ever wondered (and really, who among us hasn't?), what a trad jazz cover of Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" would sound like, have we got a video for you! It's from the album Twist is the New Twerk by Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox (see more about them be... Read more

Saturday Night: The Whole Gritty City on Network TV

Wed, 02/12/14

Authored by: David Stafford

The Whole Gritty City is a feature-length documentary, in which the directors of three New Orleans high school marching bands steer their students around the lures and dangers of the streets. It debuted last fall at the New Orleans Film Festival, and now it will have its na... Read more

Brothers Hypnotic, New Award-Winning Documentary about Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, to Screen at CAC, February 19

Tue, 02/11/14

Authored by: Soul Sister

Fellow lovers of soulful music and movies about soulful music, don't miss this New Orleans screening of the new, award-winning documentary Brothers Hypnotic (2013), directed by Reuben Atlas. Brothers Hypnotic Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:00 p.m. Contemporary Arts Center (C... Read more

Revelation #2 from the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival--Lionel Louéké and Trio

Tue, 02/11/14

Authored by: Maryse Déjean

In Part Two of our piece about Lionel Loue'ke' and his Trio at the 2014 Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival, we get three treats. First, the Trio with Michael Olatuja on electric bass and John Davis on drums takes off on an improvisation in which Lionel digs deep into... Read more

Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, "Carnival Time" & "Mardi Gras Strut"

Tue, 02/11/14

Authored by: David Stafford

Three weeks from Fat Tuesday and counting. Here's Al "Carnival Time" Johnson at his 2007 Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame induction performance in Mandeville, performaning clips from his classic "Carnival Time" and the more recent"Mardi Gras Strut". And FWIW: while the giant wa... Read more

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