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Standing in the floodwaters last week, his cowboy boots muddied, New Orleans' coroner was philosophical about the future, talking death one minute, jazz and grilled oysters the next. Minyard claims that his re-election, eight times in a row, is attributable mostly to his trumpet playing at Preservation Hall, where they call him Dr. Jazz. "I'm native born in New Orleans, live in the French Quarter, been here all my life," he says. "We've recovered from the Civil War, from yellow-fever epidemics, from hurricanes--the hurricane of 1915, and the hurricane of 1947 that like to have...
...elegance met an indefinable wildness to encourage the flowering of creative intelligence. Whites, Creoles and Negroes were strained, steamed and stewed in a thick, sticky, below-sea-level bowl of musky gumbo. These people produced an original cuisine, an original architecture, vibrant communal ceremonies and an original art form: jazz...
...JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER 212-258-9800; jalc.org New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis and Elvis Costello headline a Sept. 17 benefit concert that will air live...
...Gaurav Raina, acting as producer, to jettison the traditional sound of her earlier work in favor of something altogether less orthodox, just as her father teamed up with Beatle George Harrison a generation ago. The album's anchor remains Shankar's dreamy sitar, but it also draws on electronica, jazz, rock, and African rhythms. Best track: the mesmerizing...
...years together, husband and wife Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, plus bassist James McNew, have been praised more than Philip Roth and sold only slightly more records. These three discs are the perfect way to discover a band that swings wildly between exuberant lo-fi noisemaking (The Story of Jazz, Shaker) and some of the best adult love songs of the past decade (Stockholm Syndrome, Tears Are in Your Eyes). They're proof that maturity and fun are not mutually exclusive...