Charly Pierre opened his hotly-anticipated restaurant over the weekend, bringing Haitian spaghetti, akra, and a clairin-centric cocktail menu to New Orleans’s Treme neighborhood. Fritai is Pierre’s St. Roch Market food stall-turned-restaurant serving Haitian cuisine at the corner of Basin Street and Claiborne Avenue.
Fritai opened in the former Chef D’z, which was briefly a Kermit Ruffins speakeasy before that, on Friday, May 22, a few months after ceasing operations at St. Roch Market. Pierre is a Haitian-American chef originally from the Boston area who moved to New Orleans in 2015. He worked at notable local spots Angeline and Bayona before opening Fritai at St. Roch with then-girlfriend and business partner Minerva Chereches in 2016. The stall became known for its fritai sandwich, a playful invention of pulled pork or chicken stuffed between two fried plantains with avocado, mango sauce, and pikliz, a spicy relish-like condiment made of cabbage, carrot, and pickle. When Pi
Nickel-A-Dance returning to Frenchmen Street in June
Nickel-a-Dance, a free series of Sunday afternoon jazz concerts held each spring and fall is returning to its longtime home, The Maison music club, after a long hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. Free concerts will be held every Sunday from June 6-27 from 4 to 7 p.m. The series attracts a diverse group of fans who gather to celebrate jazz as America’s original music as performed by the best of today’s classic jazz bands.
This season the series features four acclaimed band leaders.
June 6 | Shannon Powell & His New Orleans Jazz All-Stars
Shannon Powell is a highly sought-after drummer and percussionist who has achieved international acclaim for his commanding technique and style. In his early career, Powell toured extensively with Harry Connick, Jr. and released two platinum albums with Connick including, “We Are in Love,” and “Blue Light Red Light.” During subsequent years, Powell has toured with Wynton Marsalis a
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Trumpeter Terry Gibson Jr. unexpectedly passed away last week at his home in New Orleans at the young age of 29.
Gibson was considered by man6y to be an authentic representation of the spirit and legacy of Louis Armstrong. A joyful, resilient, and ubiquitous musical presence on the streets of New Orleans and around the world, New Orleans trumpeter Terry Steve Gibson, Jr. definitely knew how to make people smile.
Terry Gibson, Jr., performing with “Seeking Satch,” Bundeskunsthalle, Germany, 2010.
He was raised under the musical traditions and tutelage of his father, Terry Gibson, Sr. in a loving family who supported his desire to cultivate his musical talent. Coming out of his marching band days as a senior at Warren Easton High School, his family cheered him on as a finalist in the first New Orleans international trumpet competition, “Seeking Satch,” a competition created by the French Market Corporation and the New Orleans Jazz Institute at the Universit
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