Karen Dalton-Beninato: Jazz Fest Day 2: Billy Joel Offers Honesty on Honesty, and New Orleans Legends Get Their Due
Posted in: Today's ChiliDeacon John Moore offered a crystalline take on Steely Dan’s Deacon Blues at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest on Saturday. Rounding the festival track later, my husband told Moore he remembered him playing his CYO dances in high school.” “I was so much older then,” Deacon John said with a smile.
By day two of Jazz Fest, serendipity takes over at the racetrack. At the Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra, a crowd outside the packed tent was dancing as enthusiastically as those inside. We stayed for awhile, then danced through.
Jason Marsalis drew us in with a xylophone set so intense, it could levitate the extras in Fantasia. Gerald French & The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, a jazz band over a century old, played a tribute to the late, great, ever-outspoken Bob French.
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