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Allen Toussaint: Long, Long Journey (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 22, 09

If you glance at the track details, you might puzzle over this concoction. A New Orleans theme album, but named afte...

Allen Toussaint: Java (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 11, 09

In 1964, Allen Toussaint was in the Army and walking through the barracks one day when he heard Al Hirt's version of ...

Allen Toussaint: Tipitina and Me (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 25, 09

From the early '50s "Tee Nah Nah" by Smiley Lewis and the answering "Tipitina" by Professor Longhair through the high...

A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part Two) posted in Features and Interviews September 02, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia Below is the second and final part of jazz.com's history of New Orleans music in 100 tracks. ...

Jazz Report from Stockholm posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 22, 09

David Tenenholtz reports on the Stockholm Jazz Festival below, in the first installment of a two-part article. T.G. ...

The Best Jazz Tracks of the Month posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 31, 09

“I want to emphasize: this is not nostalgia,” Bobby Sanabria announces at the start of the recording of his ...

Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07

The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...

Boudreaux, Jeff (Jeffrey Lynn) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Boudreaux, Jeff (Jeffrey Lynn), jazz drummer; b. Baton Rouge, LA, 26 January 1959. His parents are Ruth and Buddy Bou...

Bernstein, Steven (Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bernstein, Steven (Michael), trumpet, slide trumpet, mellophone, band leader, arranger, composer, conductor; b. Washi...

Lettuce: Speak E.Z. (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Blues, rock 'n' roll and jazz have undergone a turbulent evolutionary process over the decades, with their tenuous no...

Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: May 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages June 01, 09

Rumors of jazz movies Will they ever come to the screen? How jazz works Jay Thomas gives...

Lillian Boutté: Embraceable You (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music June 12, 09

Although one of the finest gospel, jazz, blues, and R & B singers to ever come out of New Orleans, the versatile Bout...

Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: June 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages July 03, 09

Anat Cohen plays Benny Goodman Josh Jackson reports from A Blog Supreme. 50,000 show ...

100,000 Fans Flock to Small Town Jazz Festival (Hint: Not in the US) posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 10, 09

In a series of articles in this column, Stuart Nicholson has reported on various European festivals that attract a la...

Dr. John: Right Place Wrong Time (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music August 25, 09

For once, it was a case of the right place at the right time. Most of the New Orleans piano legends never had a to...

Joe Henry: Civilians (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

Bill Frisell has always been an in-demand session player, from his early ECM days to his extended stints with John Zo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BILL FRISELL

As unassumingly as Bill Frisell presents himself in his everyday life is as fiery and unabashedly bold he is wi...

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