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Cuba and the JALC: Jazz Diplomacy

Thu, 10/28/10

Authored by:  Jelly Roll Justice

Hear that trumpet!! Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are literally breaking down the political barriers that have separated American and Cuban jazz musicians for over 50 years. The JALC Orchestra recently visited Cuba and were hosted by Chucho Vald... Read more

Dark passages and stranger candy (The Blues Breakdown new time, one day only)

Thu, 10/28/10

Authored by:  Valerie "The Problem Child" Kacprzak

Shadowy figures in darkened corners, lurking strangers, Unknown creatures stalk the forgotten rooms and evanescent corridors of the mind.. Such is the currency of the horror film. Of the particularly human art of scaring ourselves. Halloween. Down here in the Steamy S... Read more

"Treme" Exec Eric Overmyer Visits 'OZ this Tuesday

Mon, 10/25/10

Authored by:  Mike Kobrin

Eric Overmyer, Executive Producer of the HBO series "Treme," will stop by WWOZ's studio on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 8:30 a.m. during Morning Set with Mark LaMaire to talk about the release of the "Treme" Season 1 soundtrack, as well as downloadable videos and the show. Tune in! Read more

A Cure for Pain

Fri, 10/22/10

Authored by:  Valerie "The Problem Child" Kacprzak

Morphine lives on in The Members of Morphine, with Jeremy Lyons AKA The Ever Expanding Elastic Wasteband. They played live today on the Blues Breakdown, community radio style, raw and minimal. See them tonight, here in New Orleans, at D.B.A. on Frenchman Street. The band fe... Read more

Dew Drop Jazz & Social Hall

Wed, 10/20/10

Authored by:  Big D

On May 5, 1885 a group of civic-minded African American residents of the village of Mandeville, led by the late Olivia Eunio, created the Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Association. A decade later the organization laid a cornerstone and in 1895 constructed a small wooden b... Read more

This is How We Do It!

Tue, 10/19/10

Authored by:  Secretary of Swing

The Original Prince of Wales social and pleasure club held their 82nd annual second line this past Sunday, October 10th, starting and ending at the Rock Bottom lounge on Tchoupitoulas. Lead by club leader Joe Stern a.k.a "White Boy Joe", The Prince of Wales is one of t... Read more

Lloyd Price Visits Billy Delle on Records from the Crypt

Tue, 10/19/10

Authored by:  Mike Kobrin

On Wednesday, October 20, "Mr. Personality" Lloyd Price will visit Billy Delle at WWOZ at around 7 p.m. Price is a legendary New Orleans-based R&B singer whose hit "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" brought him national fame in 1952. Read more

Bone Tone Brass Band

Extreme Gardening with a Man Named Pearl!

Fri, 10/15/10

Authored by:  Valerie "The Problem Child" Kacprzak

One of the things that saved my life after a series of unfortunate events was A Man Named Pearl. I am talking about Pearl Fryar from Bishopville South Carolina. Pearl is an artist in the most purest form. A folk artist. A genius. A black man in a small southern town, who w... Read more

Going Latin Jazzing in New York

Sun, 10/10/10

Authored by:  Jelly Roll Justice

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 ... Read more