Day Two of Jazz Fest kicked off (for me) at the Blues Tent, with Henry Gray and the Cats delivering some gorgeous, earthy blues. Believe it or not, it was rockin' enough to inspire a few to dance even at this first show of the day.
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After a long, hard day of fun, you have to make your decision on who will bring it on home for you. With so many huge acts to choose from (and such tired feet), sometimes the best thing is just to grab as much last-minute music as you can before collapsing in a heap... and get...
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Over at the Gospel Tent, an impenetrable wall of listeners tried to squeeze in to catch our good friend Irma Thomas along with the legendary Mavis Staples and Pamela Landrum to pay tribute to gospel great Mahalia Jackson. Irma had to be brought hankies between songs, but her v...
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While the Congo Square "My Lousiana" Stage has had solid entertainment running all day long, the crowd size has remained relatively small. That is, until legendary New Orleans pianist Henry Butler and his Game Band hopped in with their high-energy act and took things to the ne...
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It didn't take long for things to roll into action this year. People flooded
in and not a single stage was without a formidable audience even for the
first shows, though they all decided to start off their day in different
ways.
Rockin' Tabby Thomas (pictured below) gave ...
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Not all the food at Jazz Fest is readily available at a restaurant nearby
when all the festival-goers have left and New Orleans remains. Some of
these vendors come out ONLY for Jazz Fest.
On our walk-about yesterday, prior to the opening of Jazz Fest, we ran into
'Fireman...
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If you're in town for Jazz Fest, come on out and share your favorite Jazz
Fest magical moment with us on camera. It could wind up on wwoz.org as part
of our Jazz Fest Magic Moments video series sponsored by Coventry Health
Care! We'll be in a tent in front of 1600 N. Lopez ...
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After airing our recorded interview with Ray Brown Jr. about the two concerts
scheduled for this weekend, we were informed that the concerts have been
canceled. This is a disappointment for many music lovers and for Mr. Brown
too. Ray, we look forward to a visit in the futu...
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Marcus Roberts took time from his teaching young musicians at UNO and
performing at The Sandbar (Wednesday, April 15th) and Snug Harbor (Thursday,
April 16th), to stop by WWOZ and talk about his new CD "New Orleans Meets
Harlam, Volume 1".
This generous genius was incredib...
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