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Ben Jaffe of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band talked with us about his experiences at Jazz Fest, an event he quite literally grew up with. Jaffe says that the "whole fun of Jazz Fest is what happens when you are wandering between stages. And it’s the show you didn’t even expect...
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Here's some of what's going on today at Jazz Fest.
WWOZ's Live Broadcast schedule
12:20-1:10, Jazz Tent, Alexey Marti & Urban Minds
1:30 – 2:20, Jazz Tent, Roger Lewis Baritone Bliss
4:25-5:40, Economy Hall, Tent Tricia Boutte and Paul Longstreth present
Norway’s Gumbo
5:4...
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Good Morning Music Lovers! It’s the most wonderful time of the year; no
Andy Williams, not Christmas, Day 1 of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Festival, the unchallenged greatest music and culture event on the planet!
My hot picks –
If you are feeling Latin, start off wit...
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Tonight at 10 pm on WWL-TV's news show, it's the next in the series of WWOZ's
Guardians of the Groove. This time, our own Dwayne Breashears interviews the
legendary Ellis Marsalis, music educator and patriarch of one of the most
famous and accomplished families in New Orlea...
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Check out WWOZ Piano Night artist Marcia Ball playing at locales all over
Austin in this deftly edited video. Here's how its producers describe it: "We
filmed Marcia's performances at the pianos around Austin and then edited the
footage to keep the integrity of the song's t...
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This week, we visit to the Contemporary Arts Center for some live music
performed by Southern troubadour Tab Benoit and his Swampland Jam. We also
dig into some Falsomagro, an Italian dish of rolled meat stuffed with
assortment of deliciousness, at Delmonico Restaurant. Che...
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"Drunken Angel", Lucinda Williams' tribute to the late Texas
singer/songwriter Blaze Foley, appears on her Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
album. Below, she performs the song in December 1998 for Austin City Limits.
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Every year after Jazz Fest, Jelly Roll Justice heads to New York to attend
and report on the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s (JALC) Essentially Ellington
High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. The 15 finalist bands that
will compete in the prestigious competition at Fred...
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