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New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2003
Words and photos by SuperDee
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After landing in the Crescent
City at 12:30am, we were more than ready to slip right into the NOLA vibe
and headed to Mama's Blues for Alan
Hertz & Friends. At different points, special friends included
Jeff Pevar on guitar, Brandon Tarracone on guitar, Rob
Wasserman on bass, and Grant Green, Jr. on guitar (pictured
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Wednesday afternoon is a funeral... in New Orleans! We checked out the
procession for Earl King, legendary New Orleans songwriter and
guitarist, which was a traditional jazz funeral with full on marching
band, horse and buggy hearse, and the Mardis Gras Indians leading the
way. This is really the way to go out with everyone dancing the street
to celebrate your life. I've never seen so many beaming, happy faces at
a funeral before. |
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Music is popping out of every corner
of New Orleans and we stopped by to see Irvin
Mayfield at the Louisiana Music Factory. People were lined along the CD racks filled with Cajun-
fried music, and Irvin had a gang of jazz makers (sorry, no names right
now) that gave me chills as they passed a blues line from horn to horn.
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The New Orleans experience is really
so much about the food, and this place is the Mecca. Besides having the
"World's Best Baked Ham," they also make a killer po-boy (shrimp, crab,
soft shelled crab, etc.) and have a full breakfast menu all day. Get
them grits in ya! |
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