Showing posts with label jazz and heritage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jazz and heritage. Show all posts

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Jazzfest Daily Lineup Announced (-w- promo video)

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY SHELL
APRIL 26 – 28 & MAY 2 – 5, 2013



Friday, April 26

John Mayer, George Benson, Band of Horses, Dr. John, Gary Clark Jr., Joshua Redman Quartet, Campbell Brothers, Sonny Landreth, George Porter, Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners, Terrance Simien with special guest Queen Ida, Chris Owens backed by Her Hot Rhythms Band, Jeremy Davenport, The New Orleans R&B Diva Revue feat.The Dixie Cups, Jean Knight, and Wanda Rouzan with the Brian Quezergue Band, Donald Harrison, Wayne Toups & ZyDeCajun , John Mooney & Bluesiana, Tricia Boutté & International Friends, Le Vent du Nord of Canada, Charmaine Neville Band, New Orleans Suspects, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show, New Orleans Bingo! Show, Doc McKenzie & the Hi-Lites, The Soul Rebels, John Lawrence & Ven Pa’ Ca Flamenco Ensemble with guests Antonio Hildago and Javier Heredia of Spain, The New Orleans Guitar Quartet feat. Jimmy Robinson, John Rankin, Phil DuGruy, and Cranston Clements, Stoney Creek and Yellow Bird Indian Dancers, Jamal Batiste presents JAM-ALL, Flow Tribe, The Breton Sound, Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band, Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, Bryan Lee & the Blues Power Band, James Rivers Movement, Leroy Jones & New Orleans’ Finest, Fredy Omar con su Banda, True Man Posse, Mark McGrain & Plunge, St. Joseph the Worker Music Ministry Choir, Zulu Gospel Male Choir, Brice Miller & Mahogany Brass Band, Semolian Warriors and Comanche Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, T’Monde, Los Po-Boy-Citos, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Tommy Sancton & the New Orleans Legacy Band, The Mashup feat. Terence Higgins, Ike Stubblefield, and Grant Green, Jr., with special guest Ron Holloway, Chris Clifton & His Allstars, Young Pinstripe Brass Band, Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church Mass Choir, Geronimo Hunters and Creole Osceolas Mardi Gras Indians, OperaCreole, Xavier University Jazz Band, Guitar Slim, Jr., Henry Gray & the Cats, Donnie Bolden, Jr. & Spirit of Elijah, Friendly Travelers, Zulu, Big Nine, Keep N It Real, and We Are On Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Young Audience Brass Band Throwdown, Shamarr Allen presents music clinic students and Upset, McMain High School Talented-in-Theater Performers, Pastor Terry Gullage & the Greater Mt. Calvary Voices of Redemption, The ISL Circus Arts Kids, Soulfruit, Black Mohawk and Black Foot Hunters Mardi Gras Indians…

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY SHELL
APRIL 26 – 28 & MAY 2 – 5, 2013
Saturday, April 27


Billy Joel, Jill Scott, Allen Toussaint, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite, Rebirth Brass Band, Andrew Bird, Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Charles Bradley, Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Jon Cleary, Daryl Coley, Anders Osborne, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Deacon John, Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, A Tribe Called Red, Magary Lord of Bahia-Brazil, Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band: A Tribute to Bob French, Astral Project, Stoney Creek and Yellow Bird Indian Dancers, Lionel Ferbos & the Palm Court Jazz Band, Big Chief Walter Cook & Creole Wild West, Alex McMurray, Lil Buck Sinegal’s Blues Band, Michael Ward, Tribute to Sidney Bechet feat. Dr. Michael White, Donald Harrison, Brian “Breeze” Cayolle, and Roderick Paulin, Herbert Hardesty Presents, Jason Marsalis, Mississippi Rail Company, Classie Ballou & the Family Band, Jambalaya Cajun Band, Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, John Michael Rouchell, The Kid Carsons, Alexis & the Samurai, Tim Laughlin, Wendell Brunious, Lance Ellis, Zena Moses & Rue Fiya, Robin Barnes, Gregg Stafford & his Young Tuxedo Jazz Band, Johnny J & the Hitmen, Sharon Martin, Panorama Jazz Band, Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Tyronne Foster & the Arc Singers, Loyola University Jazz Band, Ted Winn, Tonia Scott & the Anointed Voices, New Wave Brass Band, Voices of Peter Claver, Dumaine Gang, Divine Ladies, and Family Ties Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, 101 Runners, Golden Comanche and Seminoles Mardi Gras Indians, Treater “Le Traiteur de Bayou”, Stephen Foster’s Foster Family Music Program, Real Untouchables Brass Band, The Jones Sisters, The Bester Singers, Dynamic Smooth Family Gospel Singers, The Voices of Distinction, Nine Times Men, Single Ladies, Single Men, and Lady Jetsetters Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Ashe Cultural Arts Center Kuumba Institute, Red, White & Blue and Wild Mohicans Mardi Gras Indians, First Emanuel Baptist Church Mass Choir, Young Band Nation Blues Project, Algiers Charter Schools Association Torch Bearers…

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY SHELL
APRIL 26 – 28 & MAY 2 – 5, 2013
Sunday, April 28


Dave Matthews Band, Earth, Wind & Fire, B.B. King, Gipsy Kings, Juan Luis Guerra y 440, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Dianne Reeves, The Nevilles, Better Than Ezra, Little Joe y La Familia, Calexico, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Honey Island Swamp Band, Little Freddie King Blues Band, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, Treme Brass Band’s Tribute to Uncle Lionel Batiste, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Martha Redbone, The Selvy Singers, Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders, Luther Kent & Trickbag, Magary Lord of Bahia-Brazil, Kristin Diable & The City, Andrew Duhon, Rumba Buena, Gregg Stafford & the Jazz Hounds, Tribute to Kid Ory: Hot Trombones, The Zion Harmonizers, Midnite Disturbers, Raw Oyster Cult, Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band, Khris Royal & Dark Matter, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders with guest Butch Thompson, Stoney Creek and Yellow Bird Indian Dancers, AsheSon, Jo “Cool” Davis with guests BJ Crosby and Barbara Shorts, Famous Rocks of Harmony, Vivaz!, Smitty Dee’s Brass Bad, Ninth Ward Hunters and Ninth Ward Navajo Mardi Gras Indians, Natalie Mae & Her Unturned Tricks, The Blues Masters feat. Big Al Carson, Jesse McBride presents the Next Generation Big Band, Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners, The Shannon Powell Quintet feat. Charlie Gabriel, Bamboula 2000, Kid Simmons’ Local International Allstars, The Session, Tuba Skinny, Tornado Brass Band, Calvin Johnson, Franklin Avenue Baptist Church Mass Choir, Kim Che’re, Dog Hill Stompers, Culu Children’s Traditional African Dance Company & Stiltwalkers, Big Steppers, Furious Five, and Untouchables Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Johnette Downing and Scott Billington, Tulane University Jazz Ensemble, “Sundays in Congo Square” presented by the Congo Square Preservation Society, Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team, Kai Knight’s Silhouette Dance Ensemble, The First Division, Olympia Aid, New Look, and Men of Class Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Golden Star Hunters and Big Chief Kevin Goodman & the Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians, Nineveh Baptist Church Mass Choir, McTeggart Irish Dancers, Rose Anne Ste. Romain, Bishop Sean Elder & The Mt. Herman Baptist Church Mass Choir, Shawee Indians and Black Eagles Mardi Gras Indians…

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY SHELL
APRIL 26 – 28 & MAY 2 – 5, 2013
Thursday, May 2


Widespread Panic, Patti Smith, Kem, Roy Ayers, The 35th Anniversary Celebration of “One Mo’ Time!”, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Henry Butler, Theresa Andersson, Lil’ Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers, Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs, Glen David Andrews, Pura Fé, Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Hot 8 Brass Band, Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys, Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, Banu Gibson & Hot Jazz feat. The Anderson Twins, Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, Pokey LaFarge, Drink Small, Ingrid Lucia, Blended Voices feat. Germaine Bazzle, Phillip Manuel, and Leslie Smith, The Bolton Brothers, Mia Borders, Dee-1, Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove, Balfa Toujours, Maggie Koerner, Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone, Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, The Honeypots, The Mercy Brothers, Orange Kellin’s New Orleans DeLuxe Orchestra, Gravy, Native Nations Intertribal, Salio from the Republic of Georgia, Fi Yi Yi & the Mandingo Warriors, The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders, Mark Brooks & Friends with guest Barbara Shorts, Original Pinettes Brass Band, Kid Merv & All That Jazz, Kidd Jordan and the Improvisational Arts Quintet, J. Monque’D Blues Band, Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, Quinten Corvette, Big Chief Iron Horse & the Black Seminoles Mardi Gras Indians, Kumbuka African Dance & Drum Collective, Grupo Sensacion, Louisiana Repertory Jazz Band, The Last Straws, Woodshed: Hammond B3 feat. Kyle Roussel and Joe Ashlar, UNO Jazz Allstars, Lyle Henderon & Emmanu-EL, Grayhawk presents Native American Lore & Tales, Forgotten Souls Brass Band, Ms. Lala, The Revolution, Ladies of Unity, and VIP Ladies Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Jesuit High School Jazz Band, Josh Kagler & Harmonistic Praise Crusade, Delgado Community College Jazz Band, The Chapman Family, Angela the Yarnspinner, Cheyenne and 7th Ward Creole Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Pocket Aces Brass Band, McDonogh #35 High School Gospel Choir, Eleanor McMain “Singing Mustangs” Choir, O. Perry Walker Charter High School Gospel Choir, Young Audiences Performance Arts Showcase, Pastor Tyrone Jefferson, The Adams Middle School Players…

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY SHELL
APRIL 26 – 28 & MAY 2 – 5, 2013
Friday, May 3


Maroon 5, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Cliff, Marc Broussard, Tab Benoit, Laura Bell Bundy, Marcia Ball, Ana Popovic, Papa Grows Funk, The Mavericks, Jerry Douglas, Irma Thomas’ Tribute to Mahalia Jackson, Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys, Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, The Iguanas, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet with special guest Jo-El Sonnier, Malê Debalê of Bahia-Brazil, Los Hombres Calientes feat. Bill Summers and Irvin Mayfield, The Cookers feat. Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Craig Handy, George Cables, Cecil McBee, and Billy Hart, Holly Williams, Nicholas Payton XXX, Brushy One String of Jamaica, Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, Coco Robicheaux Tribute feat. The Spiritland Band, Spencer Bohren, Bill Miller, Ms. Ruby Wilson, Leah Chase, Fleur Debris Superband feat. Zigaboo Modeliste, George Porter, Jr., Nicholas Payton, and David Torkanowsky, Corey Henry & Treme Funket, Kirk Joseph’s Tuba Tuba, Stooges Brass Band, Shades of Praise, The Branchettes, Patrice Fisher & Arpa with guests from Germany and Mexico, New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra, Royal Teeth, David Egan and 20 Years of Trouble, Grayson Capps, Horace Trahan & the Ossun Express, Kim Carson, Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses, Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony, A Tribute to Hadley Castille feat. Sarah & the Sharecroppers, Pinstripe Brass Band, Native Nations Intertribal, Oneida Longhouse Singers and Dancers, Christian Winther – Soul House, Murder the Stout, Kora Konnection, Bari Koral, University of Miami Jazz Band, New Orleans Indian Rhythm Section, Jamil Sharif, Betty Winn & One A-Chord, Young Magnolias, Golden Sioux, and Young Cherokee Mardi Gras Indians, Connie & Dwight with The St. Raymond & St. Leo the Great Gospel Choir, Andrew Hall’s Memories of New Orleans, 21st Century Brass Band, Scene Boosters, Lady Rollers, Original Big Seven, and Original Four Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Jonté Landrum Thomas, Calliope Puppet Theater, KID smART Showcase, Young Fellaz Brass Band, Sensational Chosen Voices, New Orleans Hispano America Dance Group, Voices of Fannie C. Williams Charter School Choir / Recorder Ensemble, Red Hawk and White Cloud Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, City of Love Music & Worship Arts…

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY SHELL
APRIL 26 – 28 & MAY 2 – 5, 2013
Saturday, May 4


Fleetwood Mac, Phoenix, Little Big Town, Frank Ocean, The Little Willies, Los Lobos, Galactic, Stanley Clarke/George Duke Project, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mutemath, VaShawn Mitchell, Terence Blanchard, Cowboy Mouth, Bonerama, Davell Crawford, Robert Mirabal, Roddie Romero & the Hub City All Stars, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Jonathon “Boogie” Long & the Blues Revolution, Eric Lindell, Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band feat. Thais Clark, Germaine Bazzle, The Revivalists, The Boutté Family Gospel, Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, Red Stick Ramblers, Joe Krown Trio feat. Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste, Jr., The New Orleans Hip Hop Experience feat. DJ Mike Swift, DJ Poppa, 3D Na’tee, Dobama and N.O.V., Sharde Thomas & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, Luke Winslow-King, Kevin Gordon, Kenny Neal, Tonia & the Left Field Band, Reggie Hall & the Twilighters feat. Lady Bee, JD & the Straight Shot, Yvette Landry, Bill Summers & Jazalsa, Malê Debalê of Bahia-Brazil, Paulin Brothers Brass Band, Lars Edegran & the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, Dukes of Dixieland, Native Nations Intertribal, Oneida Longhouse Singers and Dancers, Kinfolk Brass Band, Mariachi Jalisco, Aaron Fletcher, Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys, Cha Wa, Tom Saunders & the Tomcats, Naydja CoJoe, Black Feathers, Mohawk Hunters, and Cherokee Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, The Johnson Extension, Curtis Pierre-the Samba Man & the Samba Kids, Minister Jai Reed, The Mighty Supremes, Free Agents Brass Band, Westbank Steppers, Valley of Silent Men, and Nine Times Ladies Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Reverend Jermaine Landrum & the Abundant Praise Revival Choir, The Wimberly Family Gospel Singers, Al Berard Family Band, Young Guardians of the Flame Mardi Gras Indians, Jeannine Pasini Beekman, SUBR Jazzy Jags, Baby Boyz Brass Band, Archdiocese of New Orleans Gospel Choir, Tione Johnson, DJ Raj Smoove, New Generation, Undefeated Divas, Pigeon Town Steppers, and Uptown Swingers Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, NORDC Crescent City Lights Youth Theater, The RRAAMS, Versailles Lion Dance Team, Big Chief Trouble & Trouble Nation and Wild Red Flame Mardi Gras Indians…

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY SHELL
APRIL 26 – 28 & MAY 2 – 5, 2013
Sunday, May 5


The Black Keys, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Irma Thomas, Aaron Neville, Jeffrey Osborne, Taj Mahal & The Real Thing Tuba Band, The Meter Men with Page McConnell, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Wayne Shorter Quartet feat. Danilo Perez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade, The Del McCoury Band with Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ellis Marsalis, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, Pete Fountain, New Orleans Classic R&B Recording Revue feat. Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Frankie Ford, Robert Parker, and Al “Carnival Time” Johnson with Blue Eyed Soul Revue, Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias, John Boutté, Tucka, Kathy Taylor, New Birth Brass Band, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Satan & Adam, Brass-AHolics “Gogo Brass Funk” Band, Creole String Beans, Pine Leaf Boys, James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars, Feufollet, Ernie Vincent & the Top Notes, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Brushy One String of Jamaica, George French & the New Orleans Storyville Jazz Band, Savoy Family Cajun Band, TBC Brass Band, Bobby Lounge & the Reclinders with Sister RuthAnn Kerr, D.L. Menard & the Louisiana Aces, Otra, Oneida Longhouse Singers and Dancers, Hot Club of New Orleans, Mark Braud’s New Orleans Jazz Giants, Wild Tchoupitoulas and Wild Apaches Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Julio y Cesar Band, The Grayhawk Band, Blodie’s Jazz Jam, Leo Jackson & The Melody Clouds, Quiana Lynell & Lush Life, N’Kafu African Dance Ensemble, Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans, Connie Jones & the Crescent City Jazz Band, New Orleans Spiritualettes, DJ Captain Charles, Jeff Floyd, Native Nations Intertribal, Val & Love Alive Mass Choir, Prince of Wales and Original Lady Buckjumpers Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, War Chief Juan & Jockimo’s Groove, N.O.C.C.A. Jazz Band, The Heritage School of Music Band, David & Roselyn, Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries Choir, Cynthia Girtley, Buffalo Hunters and Apache Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Craig Adams & Higher Dimensions of Praise, Uptown Music Theater, Highsteppers Brass Band, Javier’s Dance Company, Original CTC and Ole N Nu Style Fellaz Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Adella Adella the Storyteller, E’Dana & Divinely Destin, Hobgoblin Hill Puppets

Sunday, May 10, 2009

NolaFunk Lagniappe

Kermit Ruffins: Shake and Bake

Kermit Ruffins

Ruffins' barbecue, so big that it's attached to a hitch hooked onto the back of his pickup truck, is often parked outside of the gigs he plays all over the Crescent City, and is a sight to behold. It is the latest in a string of Ruffin family barbecues, and a brand new replacement for the one set inside the back of his pickup truck. In fact, Ruffins' cooking skills date back farther than his musical career, which began when he picked up a trumpet at the age of 14.

With New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in full swing, Ruffins is showcasing his culinary and musical skills all over this fine city. He's played Jazz Fest for at least the past 25 years, and this year he'll perform sets with both his own Barbecue Swingers band and as a guest with the Rebirth Brass Band, which he founded in 1982 with then high school classmate Philip Frazier. On Jazz Fest's first weekend alone, Ruffins played his longstanding weekly Thursday night gig at Vaughan's Lounge, and then a Friday night record release party for his latest album, Livin' a Treme Life (out April 28 on Basin Street Records), at the House of Blues. He played at halftime of the New Orleans Hornets' NBA playoff game Saturday afternoon before darting to the fairgrounds to join Rebirth as special guest for their set. At any one of those shows, one of the aforementioned barbecues might be parked right outside, serving up sausages, turkey necks, nutria or whatever the flavor of the day might be.

To hear the 44-year-old Ruffins tell it, cookery has been a family ritual since long before he was born. Growing up in the city's Lower Ninth Ward, the Ruffins family would wake up almost every Saturday at 4 a.m., head down to Hopedale, LA, and fish all morning long. They'd return with a heap of crabs and fish and head straight to the backyard to prepare a feast for later in the afternoon.

"I always had a lot of hands-on experience with the outdoor barbecue, and my grandmother would have me chopping up onions and all kinds of stuff after we got back from fishing," Ruffins says.


see also: Kermit Ruffins Releases New Album and Plays Jazz Fest



WWOZ gives New Orleans Jazz Fest to the world

WWOZ, a nonprofit, listener-supported radio station that specializes in music connected to the cultural heritage of New Orleans and the surrounding area, broadcasts a number of events throughout the year live. The annual Jazz Fest shows are among the events most eagerly awaited by listeners.

"We sacrifice our festival to bring it to the world," said Tom Morgan, a jazz historian and writer who has two shows on the station, "Jazz Roots," and "The New Orleans Music Show."

Like the other on-air people, Morgan is an expert on the music he plays. And like all the others, he is not paid.

"We have 100 volunteers who have shows," general manager David Freedman said. "And each one of them is a member of the New Orleans music community. They live with our music every day, they don't just play it on the air."

WWOZ went on the air in 1980. At the time, the station operated out of the upstairs beer storage room at a nightclub, Tipitina's, where the DJ would drop a microphone through the floor and send the live music below straight to the airwaves.

The station grew quickly, attracting fans around the world when it started streaming on the Internet.



Jazz Fest History- the Last Twenty Years by Jay Mazza

Editor's Note: Last week, as a prelude to the kickoff of the 40th Anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell, we looked, retrospectively, at the first 20 years of this New Orleans treasure. This week, we do a recap of the second 20.


The first day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1990 was deluged with thunderstorms. The rain was coming down in droves during Tribe Nunzio's set. Holden Miller, the group's irrepressible lead singer, was awed by the dedication of the crowd. She yelled in admiration, "Y'all look groovy, all wet and all!


a set of pictures from New Orleans Jazz Fest 2009

New Orleans Jazz Fest 2009




Catch your breath, then relive New Orleans Jazz Fest 2009



Jazz Fest attendance surpasses 400,000


If the recently concluded New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell felt a bit more crowded this year, that's because it was.

Total ticket sales for the seven days at the New Orleans Fair Grounds topped 400,000, organizers said.


the 2009 Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans



Jazz Fest leftovers from the Allison Miner interview stage



Solid List of Jazzfest Photo Links



Jazz Fest Nights: 'Instrument's A Comin'

ed. note: I was there. It was awesome. Here's a couple of my amateur Galactic pics:



This party carried way into the wee hours of the morning with New Orleans musicians that were truly fired up and happy to be with each other performing for the people. Check out some of our finest homegrown:





Threadheads give up-and-coming musicians a boost


Thread1

Like a lot of out-of-towners who came to New Orleans in the years after the levees failed, Chris Joseph found that the singers John Boutte and Paul Sanchez spoke to the city's post-Katrina trauma better than almost any other artists.

Like his fellow visitors, Joseph felt frustrated that he couldn't buy a CD of the cathartic songs the duo was singing in the city's nightclubs -- numbers such as the infectious original "Good Neighbor" or the radical rearrangement of Paul Simon's "An American Tune" as part folk confessional and part gospel hymn.

Unlike the others, though, Joseph did something about it.

Joseph, a Santa Monica resident who prepares environmental impact statements for a living, was a member of the Threadheads, a group that already had proved that music fans could be proactive. The Threadheads met in the chat room on www.nojazzfest.com, but they evolved into an organization that put on shows at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.



Dave Bartholomew - I'm Walkin' \ Going to the River

So despite spending all day out at Jazz Fest blogging for them, I still feel the need to do a little something on my own blog? Why would I do this when I could be seeing Budos Band, Sharon Jones, Andre Williams, Brownout, or Grupo Fantasma right now? For one, I'm sick of trying to make the decision about which of those to go to. For two, I've got some really hot stuff burning a hole in this blog's pocket. Or something. And oddly enough, they're all localish.


If you notice the song titles and then the writing credits, these are Fats Domino songs we're talking about, but done up in a much different way. For those of you who aren't familiar with him, Dave Bartholomew is sung as the unsung hero of New Orleans R&B. The guy produced or played on half of all those big numbers you know, and yet (and I only use this as an example) my college history of rock & roll teacher said he never released his own material. Of course I was a little shit and corrected him, and I've actually linked him to my blog once so Prof. Charry, here's your proof, though "The Monkey" would be better, more popular proof. I think Dave's gotten a little more come-uppance in years past, but his stake in this city's history will likely never be properly recognized.

see also: The Men Behind The Bluesmen: Dave Bartholomew





Vinyl Words vintage Jazzfest Photos: Here & Here





After 4 decades, Jazz Fest grows but honors roots




NBC Nightly News: Bringing music to NOLA's kids








Mark Samuels: new orleans music icon


Mark Samuels is sitting in an armchair in the corner of a coffeeshop in Mid-City New Orleans. He looks mild mannered from afar, but up close there is a subtle firmness that indicates he is not to be taken lightly. And, as a man who went from working in the tough energy business to the equally tough music business, this firmness has helped him well. Then again, he yawns and says that he is just back from his honeymoon, so it could be fatigue showing. In any event, over a cup of joe, Samuels begins telling the tale of how he started one of New Orleans' most successful record companies, Basin Street Records.


NEW SOUNDS OF JAZZ: JONATHAN BATISTE

Remember the name Jonathan Batiste - One of the most mature and talented young piano players on the scene today, to say the least.





New Orleans Captures a Fleeting Musical Moment




The Wild Magnolias - With The New Orleans Project 1974

The Wild Magnolias - With The New Orleans Project 1974
Label: Polygram
Recording Date: 1973





Thursday, May 7, 2009

Jazz Fest | 04.30-05.03 | New Orleans, LA (c/o Jambase)

Words by: Amanda Anderson | Images by: Adam McCullough & Tamara Grayson

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival :: 04.30.09 - 05.03.09 :: Fair Grounds Race Course :: New Orleans, LA

Jazz Fest 2009 by McCullough
After four straight days of live music in the Louisiana sunshine, sweating among crowds of thousands, swallowing Cajun delights, wandering through booths of cutting-edge visual arts and dancing in the dirt at Weekend Two of the 40th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, I feel like I've been up the magic beanstalk, adrift in a mystical, all-ages playland. Now that the Fair Grounds, the horseracing track where Jazz Fest is held, is silent again and I've been rudely dumped back onto the ground, I console myself with the knowledge that as a New Orleans local, I can enjoy spicy food and live music any day of the year. My heart goes out to our guests who came for the experience and now leave us, a little looser and a little dirtier. It's never easy to leave New Orleans, and even harder after the senses have been bombarded with all things Louisiana, which encompasses Africa, France and Spain, Voudou, gospel and the Catholic Church.


My predecessor from the first half of Fest did a splendid job at describing this event in a linear fashion; I offer here an alternate approach - flashes from the front lines, a montage of musical moments to simulate the Jazz Fest experience, where you're listening to R&B and can hear Zydeco off in the background, eating a mango freeze while smelling fried chicken, thinking you're still in America but feeling as if you're outside its borders. And you are.



Spirit Everywhere

Fi Yi Yi :: Jazz Fest 2009 by Grayson
You get hexed at the small stages, which usually offer local acts such as Mardi Gras Indians and brass bands. These folks grew up on gris-gris and know how to cast a spell. Mardi Gras Indians, a tradition which started when escaped African slaves found refuge with the local Houma Indians, continue to pay homage to native cultures by hand-sewing full-body suits of feathers and beads, then joining other tribe members in the streets, parading in their handiwork. As their name suggests, Mardi Gras morning is the classic time to see the Indians out in full regalia.


Heavy on the tambourine and bass drum, Indian music drove hard, forcing the audience to chant along to "Wild Man Hurt Nobody." An Indian with the name of Fi Yi Yi (the "i" sounds long, like "eye") danced onstage in his suit of feathers, accented with long bundles of straw hanging down from the sleeves and down the back, like a giant Voudou doll. He wore an African mask under a hat made from sticks, reminding me of Legba, the guardian of the crossroads between the spirit realm and the real world. There might be something to this: it wasn't even noon and I was already caught in the music, unable to leave the stage. We chanted "Hoo Na Nay" as Fi Yi Yi sang of Mardi Gras morning adventures. We stood transfixed as he related a tale of visiting the Lakota in South Dakota, his backup chanting, "I feel spirit everywhere." Later, I stumbled upon Fi Yi Yi being interviewed. He explained how he came up with his name - he just grunted it out one morning and realized it was his spiritual name. He offered it up to all of us to use when we're feeling down. Just say, "Fi Yi Yi," and it all gets better.



Oh The Agony

Aaron Neville :: Jazz Fest 2009 by Grayson
Don't wait until you get hungry to start eating. You do not want to decide between all of the regional delicacies with low blood sugar - the mind needs to be powered up to attempt such a decision. At just one of many food stations offerings included Fried Crab Cakes with Smoked Tomato Jalapeno Tartar, Seafood Mirliton Casserole, Fried Green Tomatoes, Crawfish-Stuffed Puff, Seafood Au Gratin, Spinach Casserole, Fried Eggplant, Alligator Pie, Hot Sausage Po-Boy, BBQ Chicken, Cajun Duck Po-boy and Cochon De Lait. If you don't like fried food, seafood or meat, your choice becomes easier; though you still have to consider dessert choices of Mango Freeze, White Chocolate Bread Pudding, Apple Turnover, Sweet Potato Pie, Hand-Scooped Ice Cream, Cannoli, Gelato, Strawberry Shortcake and so forth. Now, if you don't like dessert, either, not much we can do for you.


I stand by my choice of the Crawfish Beignets. The French version of our donut, a beignet may seem like an odd place for crawfish - nowhere else I know puts seafood inside donuts - but some things simply transcend common sense. Crispy on the outside, the warm nuggets had a dense, doughy middle, punctuated with flavors of hot peppers, onion and, yes, crawfish. A tangy remoulade sauce added the perfect amount of creaminess to the dish, which I ate standing up. Another Jazz Fest phenomenon: most food is consumed standing, not only due to a lack of seating near the food vendors, but because it's too delicious not to shove immediately into your mouth.



Every Shade of Blue

Buddy Guy :: Jazz Fest by McCullough
Day Two started in the Blues Tent with Washboard Chaz, a local musician famous not only for his washboarding skills, but for his namesake music festival. (In its fourth year, Chazfest happens the Wednesday before Jazz Fest Weekend Two, and primarily hosts acts that showcase the breadth of local talent outside the Jazz Fest lineup.) With the tent's overhead misters gently wetting my notebook, I noted Chaz's calm, sly smile as he ran his pick up and down his metal washboard, tapping the tin cans wired to the bottom, accompanied by guitar and harmonica. He played "Don't Leave Me Here," a breezy, rolling melody, and the sort of song that fills the sails for the day ahead.


I'd never heard of Kenny Neal, but his guitar lured us into the Blues Tent to enjoy the full sounds of his two-keyboard band. Swaying with the guitar, he got the whole crowd singing "Since I Met You," then switched to the dulcimer to close with the bouncy "Blues, Leave Me Alone," creating some of the happiest blues I'd ever come across.

It shocked me to hear such a strong and haunting soprano coming out of the wizened, 86-year-old Doc Watson, who picked his guitar for a full-capacity Blues Tent. Fast picking, sweet singing and occasional yodeling marked his set, where he played classics such as "Summertime," "If I Needed You (Would You Come To Me)" and rockabilly versions of "Tutti Frutti" and "Whole Lotta Shakin'." He got two standing ovations.



I sought out Chris Thomas King at the Blues Tent, in time to hear him play "Baby Can't Be Found." Sporting a short Afro, shades and a white-hot suit, he certainly looked the part for the Blues Tent. But, I wasn't so sure about his voice, which didn't have the heft I like in a bluesman. His band was working an R&B sound, and I wondered how they'd do at Congo Square instead. Later that day, I caught a little John Mayall as I cruised by, and it sounded just like the blues should - the notes clean and slow, digging in the chest right between the ribs. You only need a minute walking past to get the real blues.



Although a tent is usually small, Jazz Fest Tents are not. They easily seat a couple hundred people and often pack in more: when Buddy Guy closed the Blues Tent this year, fans took every seat and crowded the aisles. The Chicago guitar man filled up the rest of the space under the tall canvas ceiling, where the air pulsated with emotion. His voice ranged from gravelly to sassy to sweet, as in John Hyatt's "Feels Like Rain," a suitable anthem for an almost-finished Fest. But before we had to leave, he threaded Hendrix and Iron Maiden riffs into a screaming electric jam, the bites of familiar melodies anchoring us to our previous reality, stopping our heads from flying off completely.




Bunk Don't Tip

Jazz Fest Triathlon :: Jazz Fest 2009 by Grayson
Wendell Pierce from HBO's The Wire is in New Orleans working on Treme, an HBO pilot about one of our city's most misunderstood historic neighborhoods. He showed up at Jazz Fest, according to an anonymous source working the beer trailer outside the Blues Tent. I asked my source about his brush with fame, when he sold the man a beer, and he replied: "Bunk don't tip."


Join the Triathlon!

Who knew that there's been an annual Jazz Fest Triathlon (JFT for short) for as long as anyone can remember? Determined to check it out, I found the tri-athletes by the Fais-Do-Do Stage, dancing to Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys. I caught them between Leg One (the bike race to the Fair Grounds) and Leg Two (the mile-long foot race around the horse track), loosely gathered around a box of Coors. For Leg Three, the Bayou Swim, the group plunges in and swims across Bayou St. John after leaving the Fair Grounds.



If that weren't enough locally brewed weirdness, the JFT coincides with the Annual Watermelon Sacrifice, which takes place between sets at the Fais-Do-Do Stage on the Thursday of Weekend Two. Certainly if there were ever a place to sacrifice a watermelon, the Fais-Do-Do would be that place. Cajun for "dance party," Fais-Do-Do hosts the smaller Cajun and Zydeco bands, along with assorted others. Although the ground still held its sod when I was there, usually Fais-Do-Do means dancing in the mud. With a frame painted to look like an old Cajun swamp shack, this stage can bring out the country in damn near anyone - that accordion sound wraps you up like a blanket and don't let go.



Ben Harper :: Jazz Fest 2009 by McCullough
In true New Orleans style, the sacrifice began as a second line, not long after Kenny Bill Stinson & the ARK-LA-Mystics finished their set. Holding up the two-foot-long watermelon, a knot of people began their chant: "Watermelon, watermelon, red to the rind/ If you don't believe, then pull down your blind/ Sell it to the rich/ Sell it to the poor/ Sell it to the woman standing in that do-oh-oh-or!/ In that do- oh -oh - or!" The second line snaked through the Fais-Do-Do area, picking up more people, the chant growing into a scream. They set the melon down, continuing the watermelon song, hands all over the melon, as if in blessing. There was some dirty dancing with the melon, yes, but all with respect. Finally, the big moment came - the inner circle heaved the melon up and down, and then finally hurled it skyward. All backed away momentarily as the giant fruit splattered onto the ground, then all hands plunged in to grab a bit of sweet, red flesh. The ceremony closed with back flips into the melon's sad remains.


Watermelon sacrificed, the tri-athletes could commence with the foot race around the horse track. Pumped from witnessing this oddity in a land of oddities, I decided to run. Tradition dictates that the run begin with participants shotgunning a beer. No one leaves the starting line until they've emptied their beer can. I can't speak for the other runners, but I fear this tradition may have negatively affected my finish time. Though I did get to see both Ben Harper and Emmylou Harris during the same time slot, even if it was at a jog - the track encloses all, which may be why the tri-athletes run it.



The Jazz Fest Paradox

Neil Young :: JF 2009 by McCullough
The field spread out in front of the Acura Stage is not for claustrophobics. The Big Names play Acura, acts which attract people willing to sit in the middle of a field all day long, without shade, just to hear the hits. Since thousands upon thousands of these people come to the Fest, the field morphs into an undulating sea of human bodies, straw hats and canvas chairs. Because finding someone in this crowd would be like spotting a particular seashell on the ocean floor, many groups hoist homemade flags to make the search a little easier. Rainbows, peace signs, blow-up cows and Styrofoam heads fill the skyline, not only helping friends find each other but also giving people something to look at, as most are too far from the stage to actually see the artist playing.

There are screens, yes, but the sea of people flows so far back that you may find yourself in a spot where you can't even see the artist's image on the giant screen halfway deep into the field. This is where I caught the beginning of Neil Young's now-famous set, his first-ever appearance after 40 years of being courted by Jazz Fest. Because of the wind, which blew the sound waves coming from the remote speakers away from the crowd, the audio quality could have been better, yet I got to hear him take to the piano for the rollicking "Are You Ready For The Country?" and back on guitar for the sing-able "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere." He played "Pocahontas" with his full band, who were a little too heavy on the instrumentation. I like the song better stripped-down, more like how he later performed "Needle and the Damage Done" simply with acoustic guitar. Warping the ending to "Cinnamon Girl" into a tidal wave of sound that reverberated through space and time, Young blasted away any doubts that he can't keep his old songbook fresh.



I can only spend so much time pressed up into the armpit of humanity, so I regret to report that I escaped Acura before "Rockin' In the Free World" and the soon-to-be legendary cover of "A Day In The Life," where he mangled his guitar as part of the encore performance. It's the Jazz Fest Paradox - the constraints of time remain the same as in the outside world, yet to truly experience the staggering amount of musical offerings, time must be suspended. How else could I hear Neil Young's encore, catch Los Lobos' Latin-flavored cover of The Grateful Dead's "Bertha," check out Dash Rip Rock and witness Guy Clark singing "Homegrown Tomaters," which all happened at approximately the same time on Sunday afternoon? True, running the track may solve this dilemma, but I'll be damned if I try that again. I'm hoping that for next year, Jazz Fest adds motorized wings to its growing assortment of merch, something for us musical dilettantes too lazy to run from one show to another.



More From the Land of A Thousand Flags

Modeliste & Porter Jr. :: Jazz Fest 2009 by McCullough
I don't want to misrepresent the Acura Stage: it's not always crowded ass to elbow. Thursday afternoon, for instance, I was able to stretch out on the grass and get my Meters on. From the first Jazz Fest lineup 40 years ago, three of the four original Meters played the Acura as The Meter Men (Art Neville renounced his Meter status after their previous reunion in 2006). With George Porter Jr. on bass, Zigaboo Modeliste on drums and Leo Nocentelli on guitar, The Meter Men came to school the crowd on New Orleans funk. They hit "People Say" with aggressive vocals, more shouting than singing, their voices not quite what they used to be. Modeliste made some corny old-man jokes ("I was in diapers when we recorded that one"), but Nocentelli's tight guitar licks were still hot, 40 years later.


Later that day, I returned to the Acura with the tri-athletes to catch the end of Ben Harper's set with his new band, Relentless7. He covered Queen's "Under Pressure," which had most of the crowd and all of the tri-athletes literally jumping from the joy of it - the crashing drums, the singer's earnest scatting.



Bon Jovi played at the Acura Stage, an act that I would skip if it weren't for the 14-year-old living in my psyche. She would hate me forever if I didn't at least try to hear Bon Jovi's voice, so I dragged myself away from The New Orleans Bingo! Show, a local musical cabaret outfit whose instrumentation includes grand piano, bass, drums and saxophone, as well as the megaphone, sirens and metal brushes on an old gas can. Bandleader Clint Maedgen was blowing the notes of "Down By The Riverside" on a glass coke bottle when I tore myself away from their antics.



The New Orleans Bingo! Show :: JF 2009 by Grayson
So, I wandered into a throng of Bon Jovi fans thick enough to block the walkway around the Acura Stage, and my 14-year-old alter ego belted out "Wanted Dead or Alive" along with the aging pop star. When he started in on a tune I didn't know, I surveyed my surroundings: I had ensconced myself into a giant frat party, but without the keg. Though I must report that Jazz Fest has made a huge improvement this year by hiring wandering beer vendors, intrepidly delivering much-needed drink to those of us trapped in the crowd. Even if they do charge $6 for a bottle of Miller Lite, it's an important public service.


Among the thousands of Bon Jovi fans, I realized that I was a part of what may have been the largest concentration of white people in the recent history of New Orleans (at least since Dave Matthews played the Fest in 2001). To confirm my theory, Bon Jovi launched into a cover of "Twist and Shout." Time to go home.

Grease Is The Word

Bonnie Raitt is happy to have stood the test of time. She's also at Acura, and even from a great distance I can spot her shocking red hair. She brings plenty of locals to the stage, playing "A Real Good Thing's About To Come To An End," with Jon Cleary scorching the piano, followed by an old Sippie Wallace tune from the 20s, "Woman Be Wise" with Glen David Andrews on trombone and his cousin James Andrews on trumpet. More locals add an extra accompaniment, the beer vendors clanging cowbells for every person tipping the jar. Even onstage, it was hot in the afternoon sunshine, prompting Raitt to give the Fest's best advice yet: "Get into that grease, honey." She then launched into the lusty "Something To Talk About," which I sang all the way to the next act.



Get The Glaze

Glen David Andrews & Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
Jazz Fest 2009 by McCullough
More Jazz Fest advice: when the lady at the Marie's Sugar Dumplings booth asks you if you want your sweet potato turnover with glaze, say yes. The pie crust is the perfect balance between flaky and greasy, and filled with sweet potato spiced with just enough nutmeg to cut the sweetness. Top it off with the sugary butter glaze and say yeah.


The Dance Continues

If a dance troupe comes to the U.S. all the way from Africa, I figure they have to be quality. Jazz Fest rarely disappoints, though the Crocodile Gumboot Dancers of South Africa seemed more like an acquired taste. Accompanied by spare guitar and a fiddle repeating its tune in a minor key, the lead punctuated his chanting by loudly blowing his whistle into the mic. All six dancers wore giant black rubber work boots of the gumboot tradition that originated in the goldmines under apartheid. Even without the boots and whistle, the mining connection was made plain through all the kneeling, saluting and crouching during their dance. Percussion consisted of strings of bells around the dancers' boots combined with their synchronized thigh slapping and boot stomping. Though the talent was impressive - not easy to dance while crouching - the overall effect was unsettling with these direct reminders of apartheid and slave labor.



Providing an entirely different experience, the Ori Culture Dance Club of Benin kept a playful quality throughout their performance, which included several acts and costume changes to the accompaniment of African drums and the gourd rattle. In the first act, male dancers brandished stylized silver hatchets as they leapt, spun and thrust themselves about, all knees and elbows. The men danced off stage, followed by three women dancers with their shoulders and upper arms covered in white powder. Starting with subtle arm movements, the women worked up to seductive shoulder rolls, followed by jumping and squat-hops. Then, the men returned, wearing fishing hats and work clothes, each one balancing a boat paddle over his shoulder. Acting out a fishing tale, the male dancers worked those paddles. At one point, they stood behind their paddle and thrust at the audience.



Ori Culture Dance Club & Quint Davis (producer/director of Fest)
Jazz Fest 2009 by Grayson
Just when the testosterone got to be a bit much, the dancers retreated and the lead dancer came out in a hoop skirt and a kerchief. He sidled along the front of the stage, making eyes at the audience. Soon the other men joined him in hoop skirts, waving feathers instead of paddles or swords. It was refreshing to see cross-dressing at Jazz Fest; usually Mardi Gras outpaces it in this regard. They acted out a punishment scene with one of the "women" dancers down on her knees - again, the sort of thing that mostly happens here at Carnival time.


The finale employed a rainbow-colored straw hut, which, after being rubbed with the mysterious powder that the dancers not only ate but also puffed towards the audience, spawned coconuts with paint inside the color of egg yolk. The lead dancer then gobbed the paint onto his fingers and smeared it onto another dancer's bald head before smearing it on his own chest. I confess, this is the sort of culture I like - men smearing paint onto each other!



I was sad to see the act end, but considering how strongly New Orleans is tied to Africa, I wouldn't be surprised if next year's Fest has the Neville Brothers on stage in skirts, decorating each other with coconut paint.



What He Say

Allen Toussaint :: Jazz Fest 2009 by Grayson
Both die-hard music fans and air-conditioning junkies can be found at the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage, located on the highest level of the Fair Grounds Grandstand. Most of the year, people gather in this space to look out through the wall of glass to see their ponies run. During Jazz Fest, people gather in this space to watch interviews with both famous and lesser-known artists. Usually the seating area has plenty of room, but the Allen Toussaint interview was a standing-room-only affair. One of the most accomplished men in the business, Toussaint has produced everybody and their mama in the New Orleans music scene, as well as established himself as a brilliant composer and pianist.


If that weren't enough, his speaking voice is soft and cultured, a caramel melting on the tongue. When asked if he'd been influenced by the old New Orleans jazz greats like Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong, Toussaint got straight to it: "Not so much. I was too busy tryin' to catch up with Professor Longhair," and treated the audience to a brief Longhair medley. Later in the interview, he confessed that when it came to traveling, he preferred to stay in New Orleans "and never leave. I don't like to leave a shrimp po-boy too far." The audience laughed, of course, but I knew what he meant.



Speaking about his career, Toussaint quipped, "Once you say yes to music, it says yes back to you."


I looked out the viewing area, where I could see almost all of the Fair Grounds and its many stages. It wouldn't be long before the stages and tents disappeared, the out-of-towners gone, and New Orleans resumes its usual rhythms. But as Toussaint continued on, I spent a few moments observing the field of people ahead of me as they moved to and fro, still saying yes to the music after all these years.



Thursday | 04.30.09

Images by: Adam McCullough

Solomon Burke
Robert Glasper
Anders Osborne
Ben Harper
Mark Braud
Kirk Joseph
Little Freddie King
Leo Nocentelli
The Subdudes
New Birth Brass Band
New Birth Brass Band
Paulin Brothers Brass Band
Nicholas Payton
George Wein
Red Hawk Indians

Thursday | 04.30.09

Images by: Tamara Grayson

Second Line Parade
Creole Zydeco Farmers
Emmylou Harris
Mardi Gras Indians
Mardi Gras Indians
Mardi Gras Indian Confrontation
Kone Seguenon
Solomon Burke
Culu Children's Traditional African Dance Company
Ben Harper
Honey Island Swamp Band
Little Freddie King
Alex McMurray
George Porter Jr.
The Melody Clouds
Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboy
New Birth Brass Band
John Rankin
Rosie Ledet
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
Theresa Andersson

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Friday | 05.01.09

Images by: Adam McCullough

Tony Bennett
John Boutte
John Cleary - John Scofield Piety Street Band
George Porter Jr. & John Scofield - Piety Street Band
Dirty Dozen & Rebirth Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Evan Christopher
Julian Marley
Musiq Soulchild
Shannon Powell
Esperanza Spalding
Walter 'Wolfman' Washington
Trombone Shorty

Friday | 05.01.09

Images by: Tamara Grayson

Lady Tambourine
Marcia Ball
BeauSoleil
Tony Bennett
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
John Boutte
Charmaine Neville
Clarinet Woodshed
Kermit Ruffins
Julian Marley
J. Monque'D
Glen David Andrews with Trombone Shorty
Bonnie Raitt
Sugarland
Lars Edegran
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
Washboard Chaz
Walter 'Wolfman' Washington

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Saturday | 05.02.09

Images by: Adam McCullough

Dr. John
Buckwheat Zydeco
Zack Smith - Rotary Downs
Irvin Mayfield, Jr.
Bon Jovi
Cowboy Mouth
Deacon John
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Pinstripe Brass Band
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Midnite Disturbers

Saturday | 05.02.09

Images by: Tamara Grayson

The New Orleans Bingo! Show
Bon Jovi
Dr. John
Dr. John
Bonerama
Ensemble Fatien
Feufollet
The Pinstripe Brass Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Bryan Lee
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
Kings of Leon
Chris Thomas King
The O'Jays
Gina Brown
Deacon John
Cowboy Mouth
Jason Rhein - Rotary Downs
Zack Smith (Rotary Downs) Fan Club

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Sunday | 05.03.09

Images by: Adam McCullough

Allen Toussaint
Brother Tyrone
Cedric Burnside
Chuck Brown
John Cleary
Jonathan Batiste
Eric Lindell
Jazz Jam
Jazz Jam
Shamarr Allen
Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars
The Neville Brothers
Aaron Neville - The Neville Brothers
Neil Young

Sunday | 05.03.09

Images by: Tamara Grayson

Crocodile Gumboot Dancers of South Africa
Crocodile Gumboot Dancers of South Africa
Ellis Marsalis
D.L. Menard
Dash Rip Rock
DJ Soul Sister
Big Chief Bo Dollis
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm
Chuck Brown
Buddy Guy
Kenny Neal
Kurt Elling
Lil Brian & The Travelers
Jonathan Batiste
Panorama
Shamarr Allen
Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars
Los Lobos
Charles Neville
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
The rain is comin'