Author Archives: The Independent Ear

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 →

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 →

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 →

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, … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →