Traditional / New Orleans - CD Reviews (224)
Standards is not an easy disk to review. It’s a strange album. First of all, it is titled "Standards" but not "standards" that most people would expect. There is no …
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Heating up the Yuletide.... .For most of us we tend to forget the enjoyment and fun we had during the holidays as a child. Les DeMerle and band deliver The Jazz Spirit o…
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Rob Levit is an accomplished guitarist. Actually, he’s also an accomplished composer, visual artist, educator, and poet/essayist. His new record, "Uncertain Path", is adorn…
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Dan Kozar's first release entitled "I Remember You" creates a wonderful introduction into the jazz guitar world in its most organic form, solo guitar. Kozar, …
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There he goes again. Not Wynton Marsalis. Rather, Ken Burns. After hitting a homerun with his epic The Civil War, Ken Burns has maintained throughout Baseball
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METZ’n Around is a simple celebration of a musical family and their friends. The Metz family is very, very musical indeed. Ed Metz Senior has pumped the piano for mo…
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Fans of National Public Radio will instantly associate Allan Vache with the networks respected Riverwalk jazz series. Vache was clarinetist with the Te…
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The many fans of the late DeParis brothers will be pleased to find this reissue disk on the shelves of their favorite record shop. A quick glance at the musicians listed ab…
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Over two years ago, I was fascinated with the band called Bird Mancini. Their self-titled album captured my imagination and kept me interested from start to finish. Today t…
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What the Duke of New Orleans -- Dr. John -- has done with his latest opus, N'Awlinz.... is fashion a "symphony" (or "concept album," if you will) paying tribute to …
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New Orleans’ premier clarinetist, Dr. Michael White, visits his roots with a beautiful presentation dedicated to the memory of some recently deceased icons of the Crescent …
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Jazz Crusade president, Big Bill Bissonnette, began a recording project a decade ago. His intent was to preserve on disk, some of Britain’s finest traditional jazz players.…
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Although we are only half way through the year, If Bix Played Gershwin has to be a contender for my favorite traditional jazz recording in 2004. Dick Hyman, Tom Plet…
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Johnny Varro is a piano-man in the tradition of Condonites Joe Sullivan, Ralph Sutton, and Gene Schroeder. He’s a veteran of the bands of Eddie Condon, Ruby Braff an…
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We must not wait in vain for some unspoken future opportunity, but rather be the singularity that forges fearlessly ahead in the present moment. "Rob Levit"Rob Levit lef…
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Brian Carrick is one of the most dedicated clarinetists on the New Orleans revival scene today. The reedman travels internationally to perform in concert and on records wit…
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The Boilermaker Jazz Band describes themselves as "an ecstatically fun band performing authentic hot jazz, ragtime, and swing." They're not kidding. Their music is energeti…
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Pianist Don Ewell (1916-1983) was a fellow that refused to change with the times - bebop & what followed had no impact on him at all - but in his case, that wasn’t necessar…
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You can always count on New Orleans Delight to issue a new CD yearly. Pardon the pun but this new offering is delightful and features Chris Tyle as special gu…
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Many years have passed since the first edition of Big Bill Bissonnette’s International Jazz Band back in 1964. The original front-end featured Kid Thomas Valentine a…
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