Traditional / New Orleans - CD Reviews (224)
Jean-Pierre "JP" Alessi is a dedicated follower of his late idol, Emmanuel "Manny" Paul. Manny Paul passed away in 1988 at the age of 84 and is remembered as one of the fin…
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After Beat Records, like its sister label, Little Beat Records, is dedicated to preserving highlights in the history of jazz in Denmark. Both ventures are the work of a con…
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Kermit Ruffins Wraps Your Troubles in Dreams.... .... And parades those troubles away. Kermit Ruffins is a perfect embodiment of New Orleans music history, and…
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Sit Yourself Down for a Delicious Bowl of New Orleans Gumbo, LiterallyWhen you consider New Orleans as the birthplace of jazz, blues, swing,rhythm & blues, and…
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For more than a century, the streets of New Orleans echoed the sound of marching bands with colorful names like Olympia, Excelsior, Eagle, Tuxedo and the early St. Joseph b…
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Hear What They Heard When Jazz Was The American Past Time "Ben Selvin was one of the great pioneers of American popular music. In 1919, just 21 years old, he l…
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Ah, yes. Christmas in New Orleans. The thought does evoke vivid images and strong emotions. But of what kind? For Christmas in New Orleans this year will…
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It seems like yesterday that Kenny Davern was "the kid" that played with Eddie Condon. Well, the kid reaches 70 this year and continues to improve. Surely, Condon is up the…
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The late music critic Henry Pleasants once wrote, "jazz may be thought of as a current that bubbled forth from a spring in the slums of New Orleans to become the main sprin…
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It seems almost incredible that there is not a surviving member of this 1969 all-star quartet. Ralph Sutton (1922-2001) was probably the greatest modern practitioner of gen…
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When I first played this album, I felt the same degree of smug satisfaction that I recall from more than fifty years ago when I heard my first Eddie Condon album. It's the …
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With her third CD, Morrow brings together American legends, living in France, where the reverence for fine musicianship is at a peak. Straight ahead, familiar songs are rev…
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The Period record label is better known among collectors of classical music. The company once occupied offices on East 74th Street in New York and is now just a memo…
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Clarinetist, Mart Rodger played his first gig more than fifty years ago. He's been a driving force on the Manchester jazz scene ever since. In fact, Mart Rodger's Manche…
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For the past twenty-seven years, European traditional jazz fans flocked to the Femo Jazz Festival. Held on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea, the island's 150 full time resid…
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Jeremy Davenport Brings It All Back Home A New Orleans tinged jazz trumpeter and vocalist inevitably draws to mind Louis Armstrong. Fair enough, but in terms of J…
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The New Orleans revival bands in Scandinavia show a tremendous interest in the origins of the music they perform. The Gota River Jazzmen are a prime example. Everyth…
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Famed British jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton titled his memoirs I Play As I Please. Mart Rodger & Manchester Jazz might say, "We play whatever appeals to u…
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The spring and summer of 1945 found jazz legend Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers booked at Boston’s Savoy Café. The band came to town boasting the re-emerging …
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New Orleans Delight set a benchmark with their 2004 sessions with Cliff "Kid" Bastien and George Berry. Sadly, both men have since moved on to their fi…
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