After a delayed start due to the tent being overcrowded, Hancock and his ridiculous band took off on a tour de force that was the perfect exclamation point to the magnificent 50th anniversary of this storied festival. On second Friday, Ghost-Note and a bevy of friends invaded the Music Box Village for a “Junkyard Jam”, a sold-out abstract performance at the interactive venue that saw the band perform an assortment of repurposed structures doubling as instrumentation, while the likes of Daru Jones, Ryan Zoidis (again on soprano sax), Big Sam Williams, Jermaine Holmes, and many more took turns blessing up the bewildered masses. 2: Return of the Ankh. The core trio of Glaspie, bassist Nate Edgar and guitarist/frontman Nicholas Cassarino were treated to a special appearance towards the end from Lettuce trumpet-maestro Eric “Benny” Bloom. All of these were peppered between other unlisted sit-ins all over town. This gig served to shut it down, forwards and backwards, for Frequinox 2019. The entirety of the Ghost-Note mission was fully realized as they succeeded in re-creating their landmark double LP, which was recorded at Parlor Studios here in NOLA, live onstage over the course of two raucous sets. NOLA buzz band The Grïd, lead by the uber-talented drummer/producer A.J. In a word: Deliverance. Nigel Hall may not be born on the Bayou, but the man has resided in the Crescent City for the past decade and has been wholly accepted into the bosom of this great place. But don’t let us deter you. MEGAWATT vol.3 @lukequaranta & @deitchadam unearthing an ancient riddim at @bluenilenola for @backbeatfoundation #megawatt #Qstylo #DBDQ #rasta #riddim #NOLA #JazzFestAfterDark #upfulLIFE, A post shared by ~B.Getz~ (@upfullife187) on Apr 28, 2019 at 3:58am PDT. At Prime Example, Brown focused on tracks from his most excellent LP The Mood, released last year. There were numerous Ivan & Ian Neville sit-ins all over the city, not to mention Ivan’s popular piano sessions at the Ace Hotel and his Cris Jacobs collab, Neville Jacobs, at NOLA Crawfish Fest. Naturally, trumpet star Maurice “Mobetta” Brown would be a crucial element to this equation, as would guitarist Marcus Machado. After performing some safer traditional numbers, Herbie stretched out and limbered up on “Cantaloupe Island” before dusting off “Actual Proof”, performing the much-revered Headhunters classic in full. By the end of the concert, people were howling for the release of their long-awaited debut LP, Egyptian Secrets. From Tip’s, we screamed down to Frenchmen to slip into the Blue Nile midway through the Adam Deitch Quartet’s annual seance. Few out-of-town musicians are more prolific in their time during Jazz Fest than this master trumpet magician. For so many of us, Jazz Fest is a welcome respite every spring, a raging reminder that after an often arduous winter, we’ll see summer come again. email. St. James Infirmary #risingappalachia #risingappalachiaconcert #leahandchloe #risingappalachianola #risingappalachianeworleans #beautifulenergy, A post shared by Janie C2 Pecanty (@consciouscreative_cocreator) on May 7, 2019 at 8:33am PDT, Nikki Glaspie is my personal Jazz Fest MVP for 2019. for your brand, business or career, we'd really love to hear from you. Add him sliding through FIYA POWA, on the Soulaquarians Salute, with DMD, Andy Frasco & the UN, Funky But Better, and numerous unlisted sit-ins in a variety of combinations, and you get the point. But it’s no use us just telling you how it is, we want you to experience it for yourself. Lagniappe Stage. Painter Scramble Campbell, who’s style and ethos is firmly rooted in a New Orleans state of mind, shared space with Weintrob to display a selection of his own wonderful works of art. Like the thousands who have second lined to brass bands, caught the Holy Ghost in the Gospel Tent, and gluttonously pounded Crawfish Monica before me, Jazz Fest has enriched my life immeasurably, far beyond the two weeks out of the year it occupies.