Jazz Journey
Brian Blade in a Jazz Journey concert. Photo by Eric Simon.
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While Jazz Fest is our highest–profile event, employing more than 7,000 artists, the Foundation produces many other festivals and concerts throughout the year.
The Jazz Journey concert series brings many of the leading figures of modern American music to New Orleans. Among the many jazz luminaries who have performed as part of this series are:
Ahmad Jamal
Andy Bey
Carl Anderson
Chucho Valdes
Ellis Marsalis
Freddy Cole
The Heath Brothers
Ida McBeth
Idris Muhammad
Jon Lucien
Kevin Mahogany
Malachi Thompson
Michel Camilo
Monte Alexander
The New Legends
Nnenna Freelon
Shirley Horn
Wallace Roney
Our most recent concert in the Jazz Journey series was Dec. 6, 2008, at the Contemporary Arts Center. The concert, featuring rising jazz guitar star Kurt Rosenwinkel, was a co–production with the CAC and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. The free show was a smashing success — a standing–room–only crowd thoroughly enjoyed the stellar musical dynamics. The Times–Picayune wrote a glowing review. Reporter Chris Waddington did a preview of the show.
NEW ORLEANS MUSICAL FAMILIES
In the past year the Foundation has started a new tradition, a concert series called New Orleans Musical Families. These tributes recognize the historic role of dynasties in the continuity of our culture.
The late Ernest “Doc” Paulin was the subject of our first tribute, which featured performances by his sons in the Paulin Brothers Brass Band, as well as special guests including Dr. Michael White, Gregg Stafford and others.
The most recent Musical Families concert honored Maynard Chatters, the longtime music educator, trombonist with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and patriarch of a family that includes the Batistes, Jordans, and many other famous surnames of New Orleans jazz.
JAZZ JOURNEY VENUE GUIDE
To support the efforts of presenters who work year–round to sustain jazz, the Foundation has established the Jazz Journey newsletter (see link below). Distributed in every copy of OffBeat magazine and at venues throughout the city, the newsletter helps the New Orleans jazz economy by guiding locals and visitors to the endless entertainment options in the Crescent City.
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