Brad Walker and Extended announce the release of their debut concert film, recorded at Esplanade Studios in January 2021. The film is the culmination of an ongoing collaboration between two of the most compelling forces on the New Orleans creative music scene: Walker, with a decade of award-nominated and nationally reviewed records, and Extended, which features three of the leading lights of the jazz scene in New Orleans: Oscar Rossignoli (piano), Matt Booth (bass), and Brad Webb (drums). This project is the result of their extensive work together during the Covid-19 shutdown, the culmination of which is this brand-new set of unique, compelling original music, developed in isolation during some of the darkest months of the pandemic.
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Arriona “Tank” Ball
After a lavish musical introduction by her backing band, Tarriona “Tank” Ball – lead singer of Tank and the Bangas – playfully danced onto the stage to perform her song “Spaceships” to a rocking crowd.
Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say the fans were mildly heaving, swaying, rolling, pitching and/or “yawing,” since they were perched on the deck of a giant cruise ship.
The date was Jan. 9, 2020. The setting was a performance on an ocean liner hosting the 18th edition of Jam Cruise, a floating musical festival that features fleet-fingered talent from all over the world – often with plenty of New Orleanians represented.
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OffBeat Magazine
New Orleans and world audiences have been listening to and watching the remarkable rise of drummer Joe Dyson for almost three decades. At age two, he began playing in church, an element that remains in his often emotional approach to music. He received greater visibility and instruction under the wing of master saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr., and Dyson has been heard regularly and recorded with the legendary organist Dr. Lonnie Smith and trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah.
Look Within stands as Dyson’s debut release under his own name and reveals his huge talents as a composer. While many tunes feature ensemble work with his strong band, pianist Oscar Rossignoli, saxophonist Stephen Gladney, trumpeter Stephen Lands, bassist Jasen Weaver and percussionist Daniel Sadownick, it is not difficult to grasp that the brilliant Dyson is at the helm.
My New Orleans
01/28/2021
Tomorrow evening the
historic Dew Drop Jazz and Social Hall will be the site for a series of free live streamed music concerts to be presented virtually on the City of Mandeville’s and the Dew Drop’s Facebook pages. The series is a collaboration between the City of Mandeville and The Friends of the Dew Drop. Built in 1895, the Dew Drop Jazz and Social Hall, on Lamarque Street in Mandeville, is one of the oldest, unaltered rural jazz halls in the United States. Kicking off the virtual series will be the soulful sounds of singer
John Boutté and his trio band, featuring the unique musical talents of pianist