Jelly Roll Justice is going to New York to catch the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis presenting “Jazz Meets Clave” (Thursday
through Saturday, October 21st through the 23rd, in the Rose Theatre). Jelly
Roll will then attend the “Smokin' Jazz Sessions ...
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ATTENTION ALL YOU ART BLAKEY & JAZZ MESSENGER FANS !!
Noted music & food writer, Sandy Warren, has a new book out, " Cookin' and
Jammin" . Sandy writes of her life with Art, & her promise to him , the
fruition of this book.
Sandy will be in New Orleans the week of Oct. 7 -...
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Meanwhiile, back in another part of town,…
A small crowd gathered to see a wild eyed madman torture his guitar until it
bled the truth, in red white and blue.
I sat back in the shadows fearing his laser beam eyes would sear a hole
through my brain. My head was dizzy and my...
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HAVEN TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
PRESENTS THE 4th ANNUAL GOSPEL EXTRAVAGANZA & ART
art work by Brother Roscoe Reddix, Sr.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
1238 JOLIET STREET ( corner Plum)
3:00P.M.
COME HEAR & ENJOY
Brot...
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In the upcoming weeks, Your Insomniac Blues Show will be informing listeners
of a Locally Produced/Directed Feature Film en-titled "Cure for the Crash".
Stay Tuned to this Blog for information about the Feature Film Screened
during the New Orleans Film Festival October 16th...
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Guitarist John Scofield will visit WWOZ at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21 to chat with T.R. Johnson on Jazz from the French Market. Catch Sco' with the Piety Street Band (Jon Cleary, George Porter Jr., & Terence Higgins) this Saturday at Tipitina's.
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My jazz education involved mostly artists who played instruments, not
vocalists. There were really only three vocalists who were deemed by my
mentor to be worthy of intense study: Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and
Sarah Vaughan.
I loved Ella immediately. Her style is ...
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Anniversaries Week(of fear!) My dogs are deathly afraid of bad weather so
I was not surprised to wake up to a familiar nose-to-snout view of Wally's
fearful eyes. Wally's a big baby. I went right back to sleep. Rain puts
me into lala land. I woke up to Mary's alarmed ...
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The Battle of New Orleans. 09/11/10
PRAYER VIGIL AND AWARENESS CONCERT
"Providence has showered on this favored land blessings with out number, and
has chosen you as the guardians of freedom, to preserve it for the benefit of
the human race" - Andrew Jackson
Prayers at Ja...
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