Remembering Blues & BBQ 2009
The 2009 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival was our biggest and best yet. Here are some highlights.
Can't Lose With the Blues
Buddy Guy, Sonny Landreth, Irma Thomas, Bobby Rush, T-Model Ford, Robert Belfour, Chris Smither, Guitar Shorty, Luther Gray, Cyril Neville and many more performed at the 2009 Blues Fest. They all came to play! Check out our photo gallery.
Hotel Contest Winner
Laura Valliant from right here in Gretna, LA, was the winner of our special Fans of the Fest contest to get a free night at a plush downtown hotel for the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival. The contest was open only to Fans of the Fest members. Stay tuned for more Fans-Only contests to come. Not a member? Join here.
Raffle Winner
M.A. McIver from Gulf Breeze, Florida, was the lucky winner of the Blues & BBQ Fest Raffle. Ms. McIver won an official 2007 Jazz Fest Congo Square Poster titled “ReBirth” by Terrance Osborne, featuring Philip Frazier, founder of the Rebirth Brass Band. Numbered and signed by the artist, the poster is valued at $620.00.
Richie Havens Concert
Folk music legend Richie Havens performed a benefit concert for our Heritage School of Music on Oct. 16 at the Howlin' Wolf. The crowd was thrilled with Havens' rendition of his greatest hits, including "Here Comes the Sun" and "Freedom." The duet of Paul Sanchez and Heritage School alum Shamarr Allen was also warmly received. Students from the Lusher and Dillard campuses of the Heritage School performed and sounded great!
Jazz Journey Concert: John Patitucci Trio
On Oct. 4, the world-famous jazz bassist John Patitucci performed a Jazz Journey concert at Loyola University's Roussel Hall, which we produced in collaboration with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Appearing with saxophonist John Ellis and drummer Kendrick Scott
, Patitucci was forceful and passionate. See the photo gallery.
Photographers Wanted
Each year the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive selects photographers to document the internal culture, people, crafts, music and food at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell
. Selected photographers will work according to a schedule provided by the Archive and will be provided with festival and photo pit access. See here for details.
Upcoming Events
Tom Dent Congo Square Symposium
"Congo Square: Crossroads of the Afro-Atlantic World"
Saturday, Nov. 14
1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The Jazz & Heritage Center
Presenters include author Ned Sublette, Yale scholar Robert Farris Thompson, Alex LaSalle of Alma Moyo, Freddi W. Evans, Connie Zeanah Atkinson, Luther Gray and Herreast Harrison.
Admission: Free
Web site: congosquarerhythms.com
The third annual Congo Square Rhythms Festival
Sunday, Nov. 15
11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans
Performers include Ensemble Fatien, Bamboula 2000, the Kumbuka African Dance Company, Moyuba, Tekrema Dance Theater and many more.
Free admission
Event web site: congosquarerhythms.com
The third annual Fiesta Latina
Saturday, Nov. 21
10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, LA 70003
Performers include Grupo Fantasma, Rumba Buena, Fredy Omar, Otra and many others. Plus soccer matches and clinics for kids and adults.
Free admission; $5 parking
Event web site: fiestalatinanola.com
The second annual Treme Creole Gumbo Festival
Saturday, Dec. 12, and Sunday, Dec. 13
10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (both days)
The Jazz & Heritage Center
Performers include Kermit Ruffins & the BBQ Swingers, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, James Andrews, Glen David Andrews and others. Also includes the Jazz & Heritage Holiday Bazaar sale of official Jazz Fest merchandise and other collectibles.
Free admission
Event web site: jazzandheritage.org/treme-gumbo
Jazz Journey Concert
Featuring multi-instrumentalist David Baker
Tuesday, Dec. 15
7:30 p.m.
Roussel Hall, Loyola University
Free admission
Presented with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
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in the areas of education, economic development and cultural events. You can help by joining our membership organization, Fans of the Fest. Your generous contributions help to sustain the ongoing efforts of the Jazz & Heritage Foundation. When Jazz Fest is over, our work is just beginning! Support the foundation today. Join us! Thank you.
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