When Jazz Met Bluegrass
Were it not for my believing that something really special was about to happen, I would not have been at Preservation Hall on this Sunday evening. I am guilty
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Were it not for my believing that something really special was about to happen, I would not have been at Preservation Hall on this Sunday evening. I am guilty
At eighty-nine, the New Orleans jazz icon celebrates a debut album—and more milestones
The senior member of New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band has created what's described as his first album as a band leader, and it’s titled for his age — 89.
Charlie Gabriel's '89' is not the sound of a smokin' hot New Orleans gig. Instead, it embodies the after-gig atmosphere of playing some old favorites.
When he was a teenager living in Detroit, he played for Lionel Hampton, alongside the young Charles Mingus.