The group, which was founded by New Orleans trumpeter Leroy Jones and Finnish trombonist Katja Toivola, will perform sets at 8 and 10 PM. The group also includes vocalist Yolanda Windsay, guitarist Todd Duke, pianist Paul Longstreth, bassist Mitchell Player, and drummer Doug Belote.
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Tonight, July 29, 2009, John Mooney will bring his delta blues style guitar playing and his hoodoo vocals to the friendliest club on Oak Street. OK, it’s the only club on Oak, but it is friendly. The show begins at 10:30 PM and Mooney will be performing solo.
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This Friday, July 31, 2009, the clubs of Frenchmen Street will be percolating with a different energy than on a regular Friday in the summer. The Jazz Centennial Celebration’s 9th annual Club Strut fills all of the clubs and several of less-used balconies with jazz to kick off the annual celebration of the life of [...]
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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is looking for bands to perform at next spring’s festival. The organizers will accept press kit submissions from bands through Oct. 1.The festival, which seeks to preserve, promote, perpetuate and encourage the culture of New Orleans and Louisiana, presents more than 500 performances during the seven day event. [...]
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Beginning at 10 PM, upstairs at the Blue Nile on Frenchmen Street some really cool, improvised music will be presented by a new ensemble consisting of Justin Peake on drums and stuff, Will Thompson on keys, Chris Alford on guitar, and Robin Boudreaux on saxes and maybe other stuff. These shows last until midnight or [...]
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Beginning tonight, July 28, 2009 and continuing on Tuesday and Thursday evenings through August 6, trumpeter Shamarr Allen and other musicians will be conducting free music clinics for young, aspiring musicians aged 5-15. The clinics are held at the Sound Café- 2700 Chartres Street from 5:30- 7:30 PM. No musical experience is required, and no [...]
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Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers southern gothic epic has its latest chapter. With “Swampblood,” released in 2007 on Yep Roc, the Colonel JD Wilkes takes the muddled influence of his new home in western Kentucky, pours it through the funnel of eerie south Louisiana bayou culture, and shakes it up ‘til it explodes with the thick swamp [...]
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The League of Justice, a super group of sorts, takes the stage at the Maple Leaf Bar tonight subbing for regular Monday night act Papa Grows Funk (they just completed a tour in Japan). The League of Justice features sousaphonist Kirk Joseph (originally with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band), guitarist Jake Ekert (currently with the [...]
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The Arts Council of New Orleans was selected to be a $250,000 grant recipient from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Arts Council of New Orleans is among 631 nonprofits arts organizations awarded the one-time grant from the NEA to preserve jobs in the [...]
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Tonight, Friday, July 24, 2009, Tipitina’s continues their Free Fridays series with a performance by the Jermaine Quiz Entourage. Using live looping and horns, the group mixes the sounds of classic funk with a capella-style hip hop to generate an inticing blend of styles. James Martin, the former saxohonist with Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue [...]
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New Orleans’ own funky rock group, the Radiators, return to their roots tonight (July 24, 2009) with a rare show at one of the first clubs in New Orleans to embrace the band back in the murky waters of their beginnings. The Maple Leaf was the scene for countless, sweaty, three-set nights in the early [...]
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New Orleans’s wriest singer/songwriter heads north this week for five shows in and around New York City. He will perform July 24 in Brooklyn, NY at Two Boots; July 25 at DBA in Williamsburg, also in Brooklyn NY and in Manhattan at the Rodeo Bar on July 25. He ventures into New England for two [...]
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Soul Singer extraordinaire Nicole Slack Jones has returned to New Orleans after a highly successful tour of Europe. Nicole Slack Jones and the Soul Sisters performed at festivals and events in Paris, France and Morocco. Nicole sent the European crowds into a frenzy with her tribute to soul divas, Aretha Franklin and Chaka Khan. Nicole [...]
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On Monday evening (July 20, 2009), the downtown musical community gathered to honor and celebrate the life of Hart McNee, a bass flautist and baritone saxophonist, who was a mentor and friend to hundreds of musicians. The house band got started at just after 5 PM at DBA with Dave Sobel on drums, Peter Harris [...]
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It used to be difficult for fans of the the wonderful Latin Jazz band, Otra! to see them perform more than twice a month. The group, which is led by bassist Sam Price, is now on a roll. They are performing every Tuesday in July at Chickie Wah Wah and this evening (July 22, 2009), [...]
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This evening the organizers and instructors at the Louis Armstrong Jazz Camp will be hosting a major fundraiser at Rosy’s Jazz Hall, which is located at 500 Valence Street (at Tchoupitoulas St.). The evening, which features great food and live music, benefits the camp and features artists in residence, Latin jazz percussionists Bobby Sanabria and [...]
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Otra!, one of the finest Latin jazz bands in New Orleans, is playing every Tuesday night in july at Chickie Wah Wah on Canal Street. Tonight the band features keyboardist Brian Coogan alongside regulars, Brent Rose on saxophone, Michael Skinkus on percussion and leader Sam Price on bass. The show starts at 8 PM and [...]
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Edwin Hampton, the longtime, highly acclaimed, band director for St. Augustine High School passed away yesterday (July 20, 2009) after a long illness. Mr. Hampton mentored thousands of musicians over the course of his 50+-year career leading the legendary “Marching 100.” Some of the musicians who matriculated through the ranks of his institution include Russell [...]
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This evening, Monday, July 20, 2009, the many musical friends of bass flautist and baritone saxophonist Hart McNeee will gather at DBA on Frenchmen Street to pay tribute to the deceased elder statesmen of the tight knit downtown scene. The tribute is scheduled from 5-9 PM. Benjamin Lyons, the president of Valid Records made the [...]
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Near the turn of the 21st century, rebel forces attacked Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, forcing a panicked mass exodus to neighboring countries. Among the thousands who fled were musicians and future band mates Reuben Koroma and Francis Lamgba (Franco) who connected in a refugee camp in Guinea, West Africa. Along with Reuben’s [...]
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