belyin
Senior Member
Last Activity: 8 hours ago
Joined: 03-01-2007
Location: New Orleans
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No denying that I am getting older, and generation after generation of old farts will always pipe up, "But it was better in our day . . ."... -
Check out this old article from Gambit for a flavor of their scene in those days (a flavor that favored originality over the endless Meters and trad....Leave a comment:
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Well, Andy Wolf (original Royal Fingerbowl bassist) did "kill" Beatle Bob back in 1998 if I remember correctly. On the Polaroid Stage on the...Leave a comment:
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I think her vision of Jazz Fest was very different than Quint's; he was always the operator, she was the true believer, and his vision won. But that was...Leave a comment:
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Just read R.J. Smith's new biography of Chuck Berry. Smith doesn't shy away from the troubling and difficult aspects of Berry's life and personality,...Leave a comment:
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Some of the best things at the festival have happened there....Leave a comment:
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Looking at some of your past posts it seems you are more in to jazz than many around here, so here are some things in that vein to look forward and some...Leave a comment:
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I saw Blondie in 1978 at Toad's Place, New Haven. They certainly weren't an unknown at that point, but they had just released their third lp Parallel...Leave a comment:
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The Instigation Festival finally updated their site with their full schedule. It begins Monday, January 30 with an intimate duo of Chicago cornetists...Leave a comment:
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I agree the Chilton book was not too great, but it is not too surprising it was light on his New Orleans years (which were much longer than 10—I...Last edited by belyin; 1 week ago.Leave a comment:
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Damon Locks is a very interesting and talented person. HIs inspiration for assembling Black Monument Ensemble occurred in 2016 when he was an artist in...Leave a comment:
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Happy Talk Band!—they haven't played since 2011!...Leave a comment:
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I posted about this on the "Other NOLA Festivals" thread, but this is what I know for now:
Tues. Jan. 31—Jeff Albert, Mikel...Leave a comment:
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Tremendous article about Wadada is linked to on the Big Ears announcement....Leave a comment:
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Yeah, I remember when the tickets were $8, yet I knew plenty of people who risked limb if not life climbing over or under fences behind the horse barns...Leave a comment:
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Good to hear—I will be there Wednesday night....Leave a comment:
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I was quite sure Jimmie Dale Gilmore played the Gentilly Stage about 30 years, around the time his Nonesuch/Elektra American Explorer Series cd (with...Leave a comment:
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I first saw her at the (very) big stage in Millennial Park at the Chicago Jazz Festival quite a few years ago (well before she moved here.) Although "jazz"...Leave a comment:
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Back in the 80's and 90's I was still such a Jazz Fest freak I would go almost every day even though on many days I had to make a 5 (or even 4) o'clock...Leave a comment:
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