Monthly Archives: June 2008

NOLA Diary Xll: A Staunch Jazz Traditionalist

A profile in today’s Times Picayune weekly Lagniappe arts & entertainment section identifies the erudite clarinetist Dr. Michael White as Renaissance Man.  That’s a dead-on descriptor and comes on the heels of a very revealing interview sit-down I had with … Continue reading

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New Orleans Diary Xl: Feel Like Funkin’ It Up?

In New Orleans, the great majority of live music performance is either club or festival-based.  There’s very little in-between particularly when it comes to actual concert presentations.  In DC one is accustomed to the equation being either concert or club, … Continue reading

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New Orleans Diary X: The Family that Plays Together…

One of the best illustrations of the family music tradition that enriches New Orleans’ culture arrived on a warm and sunny Sunday afternoon recently.  The University of New Orleans, another institutional victim of the failure of the federal levees in … Continue reading

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New Orleans Diary IX: Old Soul – Young Trumpet

New Orleans peerless line of great trumpet players stretches all the way back to the native son whose fabled horn according to legend could be heard clear across the Mississippi.  Though no recorded evidence exists of his brilliance, the legend of … Continue reading

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