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'OZone Email Newsletter for May, 2009

Sun, 05/10/09

Dear Listener, Best Jazz Fest ever. Maybe we say that every year, but this year you know we mean it (one more time)! You can measure the money, the record numbers of people, the outstanding weather, or the great music, but for me, it was the vibe. This was absolutely th... Read more

Jazz Fest Magic Moment from Steven Bognar

Fri, 05/08/09

Jazz Fest Magic Moment from Steve Bognar Read more

The Worst Show of All Time

Thu, 05/07/09

Authored by: Jamie Dell'Apa

Conspiracy theorists unite! This Saturday night, we will broadcast audio and music that ties Bill O'Reilly, Dick Cheney and Ray Nagin to a common missing link. Audio snippets from Voldemort, Darth Vader, Butterfly McQueen, Paul Harvey, Marlon Brando (Kurtz), Secret Squi... Read more

Red Tyler

Thu, 05/07/09

Authored by: David Kunian

Saxophonist Red Tyler and his contributions to the New Orleans sound. Read more

Sunday: Allen Tousaint and Cedric Burnside

Wed, 05/06/09

Authored by: Hunter King

The words seem strange as I type them, but Sunday you could really catch some of the best this festival has to offer without moving from the Acura stage. Example: Allen Toussaint sat himself at the piano and belted out a string of classics from the nearly endless collection of... Read more

Non-Stop Saturday Action

Mon, 05/04/09

Authored by: Hunter King

With everything going on it had been a while since I visited my dependable fallback the Gospel Tent. I was greeted by the Voices of Distinction, an all-female quartet studded in sparkly green dresses. Their foot-stomping soul was an absolute blast, and it felt good to know tha... Read more

Funky Friday

Mon, 05/04/09

Authored by: Hunter King

Esperanza Spalding has been exploding lately, and with good reason. Her enthusiastic and earthy character is matched by an articulate and proficient style of breezy jazz. The WWOZ Jazz Tent was certainly hypnotized, and I think more than a few crushes were formed. Read more

A Slice of New Orleans Heaven: Rebirth, Dirty Dozen, and John Boutté

Mon, 05/04/09

Authored by: Hunter King

The Congo Square Stage was just as overflowing as its Festival schedule square for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the Glass House Reunion with the Rebirth Brass Band. Later on, John Boutté put on a refreshing set at the 'OZ Jazz Tent. Read more

Frankie and Fredy On Saturday

Mon, 05/04/09

Authored by: Hunter King

I'll admit I decided to go see Freddie Ford mostly out of curiosity, but apparently he anticipated this. Twenty-seven Jazz Festivals, and way more since his R&B smash "Sea Cruise", the "New Orleans Dynamo" gladly beat us to every joke about his age that we could have imagined,... Read more

'OZ Staff Jazz Fest Food Favorites

Sat, 05/02/09

Authored by: Tom Morgan

Since food is as much a priority as music for some of us at Jazz Fest, we decided to ask 'OZ staff members and folks who are involved in WWOZ's Jazz Fest live broadcasts what they eat at the Fairgrounds. Their choices are sometimes different that those of the musicians we surv... Read more

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