As with all things New Orleans, the incomparable New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been in steady recovery mode. If the second ’08 weekend is any example, at least that very important part of the New Orleans jazz, culture, and social calendar is all the way back. Duties at our own excellent Tri-C JazzFest [...]
Now that the deed has been done and the International Association for Jazz Education has seemingly folded it’s tent and significantly filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection — a filing quite different from the more familiar Chapter 11 which would at least leave the door ajar for some form of organizational recovery as Ricky Schultz [...]
Saxophonist-composer Virginia Mayhew, a slender woman of great warmth and a ready smile, is by no means a physically imposing person, but the depth and breadth of her tenor saxophone sound — big, full & rich with nuance — has always been impressive. I first heard Virginia in the DIVA big band, was struck by her prowess and was [...]