Jazz Fest Lineup: Friday, May 2

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Music Lineup

Friday, May 2

Art Neville, Stevie Wonder, John Prine, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Richard Thompson, John Butler Trio, John Hammond, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave., Marva Wright & the BMWs, Terence Blanchard & the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Papa Grows Funk, Sunpie’s Tribute to Clifton Chenier, Zigaboo Modeliste, The Jackson Southernaires, The Lee Boys, Bonerama, The Bad Plus, John Boutté, Soul Rebels, Ingrid Lucia, Coco Robicheaux & Spiritland, Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Bluerunners, Wanda Rouzan, Driskill Mountain Boys, Ann Savoy’s Sleepless Knights, New Orleans Jazz Vipers feat. Sophie Lee, Stoney B & Grampa Elliot, Gina Forsyth & the Malvinas, Clive Wilson & the New Orleans Serenaders feat. Butch Thompson, New Wave Brass Band, Tuba Woodshed feat. Matt Perrine and Kirk Joseph, Belton Richard & the Musical Aces, Eve’s Lucky Planet, Larry Garner with Henry Gray, Ritmo Caribeño, New Orleans Jazz Ramblers, Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble, Betty Winn & One A-Chord, Lyle Henderson & Emmanuel, Kid Simmons’ Local International Allstars, Pinettes Brass Band, D.L. Menard & the Louisiana Aces, Legacy – the students of Alvin Batiste, Greater Antioch Gospel Choir, New Orleans Mardi Gras Rhythm Indian Section, Ebenezer BC Radio Choir, Loyola University Jazz Ensemble, Casa Samba, The Smooth Family, Eulenspeigel Puppets of Iowa, Original Big Seven and Original Four SAPCs, McMain High School Gospel Choir, Fi Yi Yi & the Mandingo Warriors, New Orleans School of Circus Arts and ISL, Gospel Inspirations of Boutte, Rosedean Choir of South Africa, Scene Boosters and Old N Nu Fellas SAPCs…

more including hourly schedule of the festival's eleven tents and stages

[photo of Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble from their Web site.]

Jazz Fest Lineup: Thursday, May 1

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Music Lineup

Thursday, May 1

Randy Newman, Widespread Panic, Tower of Power, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Bettye LaVette, Gene “Duke of Earl” Chandler, Deacon John, Donald Harrison, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ruby Wilson, Luther Kent & Trickbag, Porter- Batiste-Stoltz, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, The Lee Boys, Fredy Omar con su Banda, Maurice Brown, Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove, Creole Zydeco Farmers, Walter Payton & Filé Gumbo, Music Makers’ Relief Foundation’s Blues Review featuring Boo Hanks, Macavine Hayes and Eddie Kirkland, Hot Club of New Orleans, Topsy Chapman’s Tribute to Dinah Washington, John Ellis feat. Jason Marsalis, New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy, Philip Manuel's tribute to Nat King Cole, Dukes of Dixieland, Dillard University Jazz Ensemble, Ernie Vincent & the Top Notes, Panorama Jazz Band, Mighty Chariots of Fire, Kerry Grombacher, Codac, Dizzy, Betsy McGovern & the Poor Clares, John Lee & the Heralds of Christ, Mark Braud, Joe Torregano, God’s House Westbank Cathedral Choir, Billy Iuso & the Restless Natives, The Melody Clouds, TBC Brass Band, Tony Bazley, Heritage School of Music, Small Souljas Brass Band, The Golden Wings, Red Hawk and Geronimo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Culu Children’s Traditional African Dance Company, Charles Jackson & the Jackson Travelers, Bon Temp Roulez and VIP Ladies SAPCs, Olayella Daste, David & Roselyn, Second Mt. Carmel Gospel Choir, Basin Street Sheiks…

more including hourly schedule of the festival's eleven tents and stages

[photo of C.J. Chenier from the BBC's Web site.]

Jazz Fest Lineup: Food Area Two

Rosemint Iced Tea, Mandarin Orange Iced Tea, Regular Iced Tea
Sunshine Concessions, Covington, LA

Café Au Lait (Hot, Iced, Frozen)
New Orleans Coffee Company, New Orleans, LA


Fried Soft-Shell Crab Po-Boy, Fried Catfish Filet Po-Boy
Galley Seafood Restaurant, Metairie, LA

Spicy Natchitoches Meat Pie, Crawfish Pie, Broccoli & Cheese Pie
Mrs. Wheat's Foods, New Orleans, LA

Pheasant, Quail & Andouille Gumbo, Crab & Crawfish Stuffed Mushrooms, Crawfish Enchilada
Prejean's Restaurant Lafayette, LA

Strawberry Shortcake, Key Lime Tart
Husing/Lea, New Orleans, LA
Gyro Sandwich, Falafel Sandwich, Humus w/ Pita, Tabouli w/ Pita, Greek Garden Salad
Mona's Café, New Orleans, LA

Spicy Crawfish Sushi Roll, Snow Crab Sushi Roll, Vegetable Sushi Roll, Swamp Roll, Seaweed Salad
Ninja Japanese Restaurant,
New Orleans, LA

Tagine of Lamb (Lamb Stew w/ Basmati Rice), Merguez (Grilled Lamb Sausage), Crawfish, Spinach & Zucchini Bisque, Tunisian Salad
Jamila's Café, New Orleans, LA

Cuban Sandwich
Canseco’s Markets, New Orleans, LA

Louisiana Strawberry Ice, Lemon Ice, Spumoni, Biscotti (Assorted Italian Cookies)
Angelo Brocato’s Ice Cream & Confectionery Co, New Orleans, LA

Grilled Chicken Livers w/ Pepper Jelly, Crowder Peas & Okra, Collard Greens, Smothered Chicken Drumettes
The Praline Connection, New Orleans, LA

Jambalaya
Wally Taillon, Gonzales, LA
Oyster Rockefeller Bisque, Cajun Chicken & Tasso w/ Creole Rice
Food for Thought, New Orleans, LA
Crawfish Strudel, White Chocolate Bread Pudding
Coffee Cottage, River Ridge, LA

Cracklins, Fried Sweet Potato Chips
Fatty’s Cracklins, St. Francisville, LA
Shrimp Taco, Chicken Taco, Shrimp Flauta
Taqueria Corona, New Orleans, LA

Creole’s Stuffed Bread; Sausage, Pepperoni & Mozzarella Stuffed Bread
Creole’s Lunch House, Lafayette, LA

Crawfish Monica ®
Kajun Kettle Foods, Inc., New Orleans, LA

[image of Natchitoches meat pie from Eating in Translation Web site]

Jazz Fest Lineup: Sunday, April 27

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Music Lineup

Sunday, April 27

Irma Thomas, Tim McGraw, Al Green, Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, Cassandra Wilson, Delbert McClinton, Del McCoury, Pete Fountain, Byron Cage with Kim Burrell, Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, Jeremy Davenport, Rockin’ Dopsie & the Zydeco Twisters, Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, Hot 8 Brass Band, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, Roy Young, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Nicholas Payton, Davell Crawford’s New Orleans R & B Orchestra, Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone's Harmonica Revue, The Throw Back Jamm feat. Joe Blakk, UNLV, MC T. Tucker, Dolemite, BustDown, and Cheeky Blakk, Rob Wagner and Hamid Drake, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Tim Laughlin, Jo “Cool” Davis, Mamadou Diabate of Mali, Little Freddie King, Jambalaya, Leroy Jones, Willis Prudhomme & Zydeco Express, Wilberforce University Choir, Kenny Bill Stinson, Paulette Wright, Golden Star Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Egg Yolk Jubilee, Midnite Disturbers, David Egan, Lars Edegran’s New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, Furious Five, Untouchables and Big Steppers SAPCs, UNO Jazz Ensemble, Shades of Praise, Michael Ward, Paulin Brothers Brass Band, Lionel Ferbos & the Palm Court Jazz Band, Carrollton Hunters and Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians, Gregg Stafford’s Jazz Hounds, Nineveh BC Choir, Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, AsheSon, VisionQuest Chorale feat. Maurette Brown Clark, N’Fungola Sibo West African Dance Company, Percussion Inc., Patrice Fisher & Arpa feat. Angel Rios of Honduras, Craig Adams & Higher Dimensions of Praise, Olympia Aid, New Look and The First Division SAPCs, Kilts of Many Colours, Percussion Inc., Ninth Ward Navajo and Cherokee Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Colleen Salley…

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[photo of Beausoleil from their Web site.]

Zigaboo's Funk Revue

[Diehard music fans will head to New Orleans' legendary Tipitan's following the first day of the Jazz Fest for this extraordinary benefit concert and civic event.]

TIPITINA'S UPTOWN
501 Napoleon Ave
New Orleans, Louisiana

Tipitina's Foundation and Friends of New Orleans present presents
"A Funky Miracle: Celebrating the Music of New Orleans"

Zigaboo's Funk Revue
With Special Guests Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Donald Harrison, Big Sam and Marva Wright.

Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste is a Master Drummer, Rhythm-Innovator, Percussionist, and a New Orleans Legend, the most highly acclaimed drummer ever to hail from the Crescent City. Ziggy's creativity has been a wellspring of Funk Influence for Three decades of all musicians and a great many Hip-Hop samplers. His innovative work as a member of the Internationally Acclaimed R & B group, "The Meters" as well as his side work with artists like Keith Richards, Robert Palmer, and Dr. John has garnered him an unparalleled level or respect among musicians and fans. Ziggy's style is unique; he is a master of creating Funk Grooves and new concepts of Funk drumming. He is especially known for his syncopated rhythms and his unique second line Funk styles, which has been sampled, imitated and copied many times over.

Jazz Fest Lineup: Saturday, April 26

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Music Lineup

Saturday April 26

Dr. John, Billy Joel, Keyshia Cole, O.A.R., The Count Basie Orchestra feat. Patti Austin, Cowboy Mouth, Cupid, James Cotton, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Trinitee 5:7, Wayne Toups & Zydecajun, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, The Imagination Movers, Ponderossa Stomp Revue feat. Tammy Lynn, Archie Bell, Roy Head, and Dennis Binder, Big Jay McNeely, Warren Storm w/ Willie Tee & the Cypress Band, NewBirth Brass Band, Astral Project, Davell Crawford Singers, Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys, DJ Bomshell, Eddie Bo, Benjy Davis Project, Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show, Tricia "Teedy" Boutté & Ytre Suløens Jass-Ensemble of Norway, Mahogany Brass Band, Germaine Bazzle, Bobby Lounge, Tribute to George Lewis feat. Dr. Michael White and Tommy Sancton, Tribute to Wilson “Willie Tee” and Earl Turbinton, Big Chief Peppy & the Golden Arrows, Sonny Bourg, Big Blue Marble, PJ Morton Band, Hadley Castille, Jeremy & the Zydeco Hot Boyz, Po’ Henry & Tookie, Rockie Charles & the Stax of Love, Carol Fran, 101 Runners, The Original Last Straws, Tyronne Foster & the Arc Singers, Young Tuxedo Brass Band, Berklee College of Music Jazz Ensemble, Nine Times and Single Men SAPCs, The Electrifying Crown Seekers, Golden Comanche and Chief Iron Horse & the Black Seminole Mardi Gras Indians, Xavier Jazz Ensemble, Connie Jones’ Crescent City Jazz Band, Kayla Woodson with Louisiana Lightning, NORD Crescent City Lights Youth Theater, First Emmanuel BC Choir, The Worship Squad, Unstoppable Gospel Creators, NOCCA Jazz Ensemble, The RRAAMS Drum and Dance, Lady Jetsetters, Dumaine Gang and Divine Ladies SAPCs, Red White & Blue Mardi Gras Indians…

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[photo of Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr John from City Pages Web site.]

Jazz Fest Lineup - Food Area One

[Come for the music, stay for the Alligator Pie. below a first installment listing some of the extraordinary gastronomic offerings at the Jazz Fest.]



Crawfish Bread
Shrimp Bread
Sausage & Jalapeño Bread
Panaroma Foods
Marksville, LA

Cajun Jambalaya
Fried Chicken
Catering Unlimited
New Orleans, LA

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
Fruit Salad
Joyce’s Lemonade
New Orleans, LA

Hot Sausage Po-Boy
Crawfish Sausage Po-Boy
Vaucresson Sausage Co.
New Orleans, LA

Pecan Catfish Meunière
Seafood Mirliton Casserole
Fried Crab Cake w/ Smoked Tomato & Jalapeño Tartar
C.P.G. Catering
Mandeville, LA

Alligator Pie
Crabmeat Stuffed Shrimp
Fried Green Tomatoes
Cajun Nights Catering
Metairie, LA

Muffuletta
Vegetarian Muffuletta
Roast Beef Po-Boy
Turkey Giardiniera Po-Boy
DiMartino’s Famous Muffulettas
Gretna, LA

Crawfish Etouffée
Boiled Crawfish
Crawfish Stuffed Puff
Cajun Crawfish Rice
Ledet & Louque
Gramercy, LA

BBQ Chicken
BBQ Chicken Sandwich
Corn on the Cob
Iced Tea, Lemon Pound Cake
Lil's BBQ
Slidell, LA

Spinach Artichoke Casserole
Seafood Au Gratin
Sweet Potato Pone
Ten Talents Catering
Covington, LA

Cajun Duck Po-Boy
Fried Seafood Boat
Spicy Potatoes
Electro-Reps, Inc.
Slidell, LA

Red Beans & Rice w/ Sausage
Vegetarian Red Beans & Rice
Blackberry Cobbler
Burks & Douglas
New Orleans, LA

Crabmeat Po-Boy
Creole Stuffed Crab,
Catfish Almondine
Potato Salad
Stuf Hapn Event Catering
New Orleans, LA

Boudin
Boudin Balls
Crawfish Remoulade
Creole Hot Tamales
Papa Ninety Catering
Belle Chasse, LA

Cochon de Lait Po-Boy
Fried Eggplant w/ Crawfish Sauce
Fried Eggplant w/ Marinara Sauce
Love at First Bite
New Orleans, LA

Soft-Shell Crawfish Po-Boy
Fried Gator Po-Boy
Guil’s Gator w/ Fried Jalapeños & Onions
Sharon & Guilherme Wegner
Metairie, LA

Crawfish Sack
Oyster Patties
Crawfish Beignets
Patton's Caterers
Chalmette, LA

Fried Shrimp Po-Boy
Fried Oyster Po-Boy
Fried Oyster Spinach Salad
Panéed Chicken Po-Boy
Stuffed Artichoke
Vucinovich's Restaurant
New Orleans, LA

Mango Freeze
WWOZ Community Radio
New Orleans, LA

Fried Pork Chops
Smothered Cabbage,
Iron Skillet Cornbread
Fried Pork Chop Sandwich
Designing Foods Catering
New Orleans, LA

Ya Ka Mein
Vegetarian Ya Ka Mein
Banana Bread Pudding
Miss Linda’s Catering
New Orleans, LA

Rosemint Iced Tea
Mandarin Orange Iced Tea
Regular Iced Tea
Sunshine Concessions
Covington, LA

[photo from the Vaucresson Sausage Company Web site.]

Jazz Fest Lineup: Friday, April 25

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Music Lineup

Friday, April 25

Buckwheat Zydeco, Sheryl Crow, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Burning Spear, Ozomatli with Chali 2na, Lizz Wright, Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Terence Simien & Zydeco Experience, Leo Nocentelli’s “Rare Gathering” feat. Bernie Worrell, Doug Wimbish & Will Calhoun, Doyle Bramhall with C.C. Adcock & the Lafayette Marquis, Ellis Marsalis, Paul Porter of the Legendary Christianaires, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Barbara Lynn, Theresa Andersson Group, Banu Gibson & New Orleans Hot Jazz, The Iguanas, The New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Twangorama, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Zydepunks, Vivaz!, Shamarr Allen, Zion Trinity, Otra, Kim Carson, Moov of Martinique, Kustbandet of Sweden, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Leah Chase, Kumbuka African Drum and Dance Collective, Rosalie “Lady Tambourine” Washington, Jesse McBride, Bonsoir Catin, J. Monque’D Blues Band, Bamboula 2000, Paky Saavedra’s Bandido, Jamil Sharif’s New Orleans Jazz Professors, Voices of Distinction, Pastor Sean T. Elder & the Mt. Hermon BC Mass Choir, Creole Wild West and Semolian Warriors Mardi Gras Indians, Joe Hall, Rufus “Rip” Wimberly & the Dreamers, Brice Kapel of the Togo, Amina Figarova Group of The Netherlands, Jonno & Bayou Deville, Andrew Hall’s Society Brass Band, Real Untouchables Brass Band, June Gardner, Val & Love Alive Fellowship Choir with the Dimensions of Faith, Teatro Alpargata of Argentina, Family Ties and Big Nine SAPCs, Hazel & the Delta Ramblers, Smitty Dee’s Brass Band, McDonogh #35 Gospel Choir, Gregg Martinez, Keep N it Real and Single Ladies SAPCs…

more including hourly schedule of the festival's eleven tents and stages

[photo of participating musician Dwayne Dopsie from the Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers Web site.]

Portishead | Portishead

"Current TV presents an exclusive premiere of British trip-hop phenomenon Portishead's studio performance as they unveil seven songs from their new album "Third" in Portishead, England."

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Ed Ruscha and Photography

The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60603-6404
[through June 1]

Ed Ruscha and Photography

"Also on on view are Ruscha’s celebrated “conceptual” books. These witty volumes group thematic photographs of banal and everyday things into intriguing arrangements. Thirtyfour Parking Lots and Twentysix Gasoline Stations represent pivotal achievements in Ruscha’s career as well as in the history of American contemporary art. These books and 13 others will be on view in the exhibition."

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[photograph from AIC Web site. Caption: Edward Ruscha. Phillips 66, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1962. From Twentysix Gasoline Stations, 1963. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.]

British Calotypes at the National Gallery

National Gallery of Art
Washington DC
Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives 1840-1860

"Contrary to accounts provided in standard histories, this exhibition demonstrates that "calotypes"—photographs made from paper negatives—flourished during the 1840s and 1850s. The exhibition follows the progress of the movement from the invention of the process by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1839 to the Great Exhibition of 1851, where the aesthetic possibilities of the calotype were amply illustrated, to its flowering in the years immediately thereafter."

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[image from NGA online 'exhibition feature' – click on 'more' above.]

Mars Tokyo | New Orleans

Barrister's Gallery
2331 St. Claude Ave
New Orleans

April 9th thru May 31st, 2008
Mars Tokyo
Retrospective (1980-2008)

Opening, Saturday, April 12th 6-9:00 pm

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[image from gallery Web site. Caption: "Black on Black Series #1, India Ink and Graphite 30"w x 22"h (2007- present)"]

2008 Guggenheim Fellows Announced

2008 Guggenheim Fellows

[graphic by Phoebe Gloeckner, 2008 fellow.]

2008 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced

2008 Pulitizer Prize Winners

[graphic: screen grab from Pulitzer Web site.]

Merle Haggard

[A day late, we celebrate the silver-throated Country Music Legend Merle Haggard's 71 birthday, featured in a duet in this video with Tammy Wynette, singing "Tonight I started Loving You Again." As Tammy puts it succinctly: "My hero."]



Born: April 6, 1937, Bakersfield, California, U.S.A.

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Art + Money

Artforum at The New School: Art and Money

April 14 – 6:30 p.m.

Art and Money explores contemporary art’s production, presentation, and acquisition during a radical expansion of public interest and market forces. Is the current boom another chapter in an older, modernist history, or is it truly unprecedented? How did contemporary art, of seemingly endless supply, become so dear? How did Ai Weiwei become more valuable than Tiepolo? What roles do narcissism and trophy-gathering play? Why has contemporary art reached so far beyond traditional borders, and how does that affect the world’s artists? Who gets rich, who stays poor, and who decides? The forum complements a special issue of Artforum devoted to the same topic.

This event will be moderated by Tim Griffin, Editor of Artforum. Panelists include: Amy Cappellazzo, Co-Head, Christie’s Contemporary Art; Thomas Crow, Rosalie Solow Chair, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; Jeffrey Deitch, Director, Deitch Projects; Kathy Halbreich, Associate Director, Museum of Modern Art; and Yinka Shonibare, artist.

Co-sponsored by Artforum and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics.

Location:
Tishman Auditorium
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY

[graphic from google image search for 'art and money']

African American Portraits

Louisiana State Museum
Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits

March 13 - June 1, 2008
Old U.S. Mint
400 Esplanade Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits [a project of the National Portrait Gallery] explores the history of African American achievement from the mid-nineteenth century to the present through the changing roles of photographic portraits.

The exhibition includes portraits produced by both well-known photographers such as Berenice Abbott, James VanDerZee, Edward Weston, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, Carl Van Vechten, and lesser-known or anonymous photographers.

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[image from museum Web site.]