1997 New Orleans JAZZ FEST schedule (LONG)
Rick Tenafay
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
April 25 ----- May 4, 1997
1. Fair Grounds Race Track Schedule
2. Evening Concerts
3. Workshops
Fair Grounds Race Track Schedule
Fri, 4/25 Dr. John, James Taylor, Al Hirt, Pharoah Sanders, C.J. Chenier
& the Red Hot LA Band, Nicholas Payton, Corey Harris, Zachary Richard,
Deacon John, Henry Butler, Wayne Toups & Zydecajun, Rosie Ledet, Little
Queenie & Friends, Slim & the Supreme Angels, Oliver Morgan, Bruce
Daigrepont Cajun Band, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band. Tabby
Thomas, Al Johnson, Woodenhead, Willie Lockett & the Blues Krewe, Golden
Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, Bamboula 2000, Caliente, Tiny Town, Sunpie
Barnes & the LA Sunspots, Fred Kemp, Al Belletto Big Band, Geno Delafose
& French Rockin' Boogie, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans, Lady Charlotte, Larry
Seiberth w/ Betty Shirley. Pigeon Town Steppers, Chosen Few Brass Band,
Jr. Westbank Steppers, New Zion Trio + One, Community Missionary Baptist
Church Choir, Banks Family, Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Rockie Charles,
Merritt Doggins & the Bloodhounds, Frank Federico & the Medicare Madcaps,
Javier Tobar & Elegant Gypsy, Greg Baber, Last Chance Western Swing Band,
Reggae Revealers. Xavier University Jazz Band, Gray Hawk, Papa Don
Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band, Bluebirds, Zion Travelers, Clickin'
Chickens, Ninth Ward Hunters, The Chops Brass Band, Andre Borbe, LA Tech
Jazz Ensemble, The Original Camellia Jazz Band, Kat & the Kittens,
Jefferson Parish Talented in Theater Students, Just Stepping, Big Nine
SAPCs, Behrman Elementary School Performers.
Sat, 4/26 Ellis Marsalis, Santana, Tony Rich Project, Kirk Franklin &
the Family, Milton Nascimento, Pete Fountain, Allen Toussaint, Cowboy
Mouth, Keb' Mo, Earl King, Terrance Simien, Gato Barbieri, Cubanismo,
Nocentelli w/ Zigaboo Modeliste, Jean Knight, Young Tuxedo Brass Band,
The Williams Sisters of New York City, Jimmy Johnson, New Orleans Ragtime
Orchestra, Treme Brass Band, Wallace Davenport. Kidd Jordan & IAQ,
Reggie Hall Band, Keith Frank, Shepherd Band, Percussion Inc., Michael
White Quartet w/ Thais Clark, Sammy Berfect & Dimensions of Faith,
Acoustic Swiftness, Irvin Mayfield Quintet, Little Freddie King, Jude
Taylor & his Burning Flames, Larry Garner, Sadie Thompson, White Cloud
Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Pet De Kat Krewe, Tony Bazley Quintet,
Pinettes Brass Band, Money Wasters, Jolly Bunch, Popular Ladies, Black
Men of Labor, Nkrumah Better Boys SAPCs, St. John Divine Gospel Choir.
St. Raymond Gospel Choir, The Crownseekers, St. Francis DeSales Choir,
Invisible Cowboys, Jumpin' Johnny Sansone, Azikwa Children's Percussion
Ensemble, Michael Ward, Coushatta Dancers, Clancy "Blues Boy" Lewis w/
Sheba Kimbrough, Eddie LeJeune & the Morse Playboys, SUBR Jazz Ensemble,
The Taggart Boys w/ Joe Clay, Sonny Bourg's Bayou Band. Rampart &
Perdido Jazz Band, Irene & the Mikes, SPEBQSA, Don Wiley w/ Amanda Dark,
Coolie Stumps Gospel Singers, Dillard University Jazz Ensemble, Lady
Prince of Wales, Lightfoot, Golden Trumps SAPCs, Jonno Frishberg's Cajun
Experience, The Rollers, Mahogany Brass Band.
Sun, 4/27 Irma Thomas, Earth, Wind & Fire, funky Meters, Frankie Ford,
Rachelle Ferrell, Dorothy Norwood, Harlem Jazz & Blues, Olatunji & his
Drums of Passion, Houston Person w/ Etta Jones, Beau Jocque & the Zydeco
Hi-Rollers, Johnny Adams, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Sonny Landreth &
the Goners, Continental Drifters, Raymond Myles & the RAMs, Nathan &
Zydeco Cha Chas, Chris Smither, Alvin Batiste & the Jazztronauts, Treme
Brass Band. Los Babies del Merengue, George French's New Orleans
Storyville Band, Gregg Stafford's Jazz Hounds, Escola de Casa Samba, Six
Nations Women Singers, Twangorama, Bobby Marchan & Higher Ground, Bryan
Lee & the Jumpstreet Five, Basin Brothers, Balfa Toujours, Willie West,
Keith Claiborne, Placide Adams, New Orleans Spiritualettes, Westbank
Steppers, Scene Boosters, Valley of the Silent Men SAPCs, Algiers Brass
Band, Antioch Gospel Singers, Friendly Five, The Wild Magnolias Mardi
Gras Indians, Astral Project, Patrice Fisher & Arpa. Paco del Puerto of
Spain, Creole Zydeco Farmers, Khadir, Gray Montgomery, David & Roselyn,
Culu Dancers, Barbara Shorts, Tornado Brass Band, Alida & Moise Viator,
Carrollton Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, The Dynamic Smooth Family of
Slidell, Maggie Lewis & the Thunderbolts, Timothea, Greg Dawson &
Crosswinds, Moderno Teatro de Munecos of Costa Rica, Victor Goines,
Jetsetters, New Orleans Men & Women Buckjumpers, Prince of Wales SAPCs,
Colleen Salley, Loyola University Jazz Band, Jeremy Davenport, Calendar
Girls Club, Don Sanders the Sourdough Cowboy, High Steppers Brass Band.
Thu, 5/1 BeauSoleil, Blues Traveler, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Boozoo
Chavis & the Magic Sounds, James Moody, Hiway QC's, Anders Osborne,
Delfeayo Marsalis, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Banu Gibson, Tab Benoit,
Larry Johnson, Luther Kent & Trick Bag, Hazel & the Delta Ramblers, Dash
Rip Rock, Jambalaya Cajun Band, Eddie Bo, Louisiana Repertory Jazz
Ensemble, Andrew Hall's Society Jazz Band, Steve Masakowski & Friends.
Ricardo Lewis Quintet w/ guest Sandra Booker, Soul Rebels Brass Band, The
Heralds of Love, The Coolie Family, Albita, Galactic, Cool Riddums &
Sista Teedy, Lionel Ferbos & the Palm Court Jazz Band, Hadley Castille &
LA Cajun Band, Ancestro, The First Revolution, Libby Rae Watson,
Guardians of the Flame, Mamou, Julio & Caesar, Louis Red Morgan,
Destinee, Storyville Stompers Brass Band. Tim Laughlin, Hammond State
Strawberry Jammers, Executive Steel Band, Betsy McGovern & the Poor
Clares, J. Monque'D, Clyde Kerr, Jr., South Lafourche High School Jazz
Band, Armagh Rhymers, Irie Dawtas, Chris Clifton's New Orleans Allstars,
Paula & the Pontiacs, Peter Bennett, Bon Temp Roulez Brass Band, Philip
Manuel, Angela the Yarnspinner, New Orleans All City Jazz Outreach.
Fri, 5/2 Ernie K-Doe, Al Jarreau, Bruce Hornsby, Delbert McClinton,
Marcia Ball, Cyril Neville & the Uptown Allstars, Doc Cheatham, Rockin'
Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, Orlando Draper & the Associates, Tuba
Showcase featuring Howard Johnson & Gravity, Iguanas, Art Farmer, Pet De
Kat Krewe, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Marlon Jordan Quintet, Coco
Robicheaux & the Perspirators, D.L. Menard & the Louisiana Aces, Marc &
Ann Savoy, Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin', Robert Parker, Roland Stone.
Doc Paulin Brass Band, Gentlemen June Gardner & the Fellows, Michael Ray
& the Cosmic Krewe, Andy J. Forest & the Blue Orleanians, Ben Hunter the
Soul Avenger, File, Al Carson, Last Straws, The Humble Travelers,
One-a-Chord, Sherman Robertson, Milton Batiste's Magnificent 7ths, Bobby
Cure & Summertime Blues, Thousand $ Car, Carlos Sanchez "Amenecer
Flamenco" Neslort. Patrick Henry & the Liberation Band, Mas Mamones,
Evening Star String Band, Ironin' Board Sam, Waso Belgian Gypsy Band,
T-Roy & the Vibes, Jason Marsalis, Armando Rodriguez, Local International
Allstars, John Rankin, The Haphazards, Ed Petersen, Jesuit High School
Jazz Band, Peace Puppets, Pfister Sisters, Black Eagles Mardi Gras
Indians, Fischer Elementary School Troupe, The J.J. Muggler Band, Algiers
Steppers, Single Men, Revolution SAPCs, Delgado Community College Jazz
Ensemble, Carl LeBlanc.
Sat, 5/3 Buckwheat Zydeco, Herbie Hancock, Rita Marley, Better Than
Ezra, Thompson Community Choir of Chicago, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown,
Marva Wright, The Dixie Cups, James Rivers Movement, King Floyd, George
Porter & the Runnin' Pardners, Syl Johnson, Dirty Dozen, Tribute to
Sidney Bechet featuring Claude Luter and Michael White, New Leviathan
Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra, Alex Chilton, Allen Fontenot & the Country
Cajuns, Cookie & the Cupcakes. Charles Neville Band, Germaine Bazzle,
Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, NewBirth Brass Band, Paulin
Brothers Brass Band, Onward Brass Band, Wendell Brunious, Willie Metcalf
& the Academy of Black Arts Youth Jazz Ensemble w/ the World Peace
Movement, St. Luke AME Gospel Choir, Zulu Ensemble, Johnson Extension,
Little Rascals Brass Band, Butch Mudbone, Secondline Jammers, Calliope
High Steppers, Royal Fingerbowl, Walter Payton w/ Sharon Martin, John
Boutte, Belton Richard, Kumbuka Drum & Dance Collective. NOCCA Jazz
Ensemble, Luke Thompson & the Green Valley Cut Ups, Native Nations Inter
Tribal, Peabody, Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds, Phila Fila, Los
Sagitarios, Raful Neal, Golden Star Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Leroy
Jones, Jacques Gauthe & his Creole Rice Jazz Band, Caledonian Society
Scottish Dancers and Pipes, Paky Saavedra's Bandido, The Mighty Chariots,
The Heritage School of Music Band, Danny Collet, The Power Rangers. Lady
Sequences, Lady of Essence SAPCs, McTeggart Irish Dancers, Clarence
Johnson & Chris Severin, O.G. Steppers, Allen Fontenot & the Country
Cajuns, Mid City Music & Dance Workshop, Kita Productions, Young
Steppers.
Sun, 5/4 Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Neville Brothers, McCoy Tyner
w/ Michael Brecker, Dorothy Love Coates, The Radiators, Jazz Jamaica,
ReBirth Brass Band, Eric Gable, Charmaine Neville & Friends, Terence
Blanchard, Dr. Arvol Looking Horse, Tribute to Sidney Bechet featuring
Bob Wilber and Fabrice Zammarchi, Olympia Brass Band, Snooks Eaglin,
Donald Harrison, Kermit Ruffins Big Band. Tommy Ridgley & the
Untouchables, Wanda Rouzan, Irie Vibrations, Ritmo Caribeno, Kent Jordan,
The Zion Harmonizers, The Hackberry Ramblers, Gospel Soul Children,
Willis Prudhomme & Zydeco Express, Pin Stripe Brass Band, NewBirth Brass
Band, Mem Shannon & the Membership, Horace Trahan, C.C. Adcock, White
Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, ELS. New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Jo "Cool"
Davis, Alvin " Red" Tyler, The Rocks of Harmony, Furious Five,
Untouchables, Olympia Aid, Lady Zulu SAPCs, Lillian Boutte, Kristi
Guillory & Reveille, Sask Northern Drum, Cookie Gabriel, Tony Green &
Gypsy Jazz, Po' Henry & Tookie, Los Caliente del Son, Y'Shua Manzy, Ernie
Vincent, UNO Jazz Ensemble, Waylon Thibodeaux, Liz Barnez, Creole Wild
West Mardi Gras Indians, Louis Cottrell & his Original Creole Jazz Band,
Thomas "Big Hat" Fields. Original Black Magic Lady Steppers, N'Kafu
Traditional African Dance Co., SUNO Jazz Ensemble, Young Cheyenne Hunters
Mardi Gras Indians, Les Bucherons, Uptowners Hobo Clowns, Devastation,
Original Four SAPCs, Curtis Pierre w/Samba Children, Looney Tunes Brass
Band, John Lee & the Heralds of Christ, Golden Arrows Mardi Gras Indians.
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EVENING CONCERTS
Fri, 4/25 9 p.m. -- Santana; funky Meters. Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena
Sat, 4/26 9 p.m. -- Earth, Wind & Fire; Maceo Parker & Roots Revisited.
Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena.
Sat, 4/26 Midnight jam -- Ellis Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Wess Anderson,
Peter Martin, Ed Petersen, Johnny Vidacovich, Bill Huntington, David
Pulphus, Jeremy Davenport, Adonis Rose. Praline Connection Gospel & Blues
Hall, 907 S. Peters Street.
Mon, 4/28 and Tuesday, 4/29 8 p.m. -- Jazz At The Palm Court: Harlem Jazz
& Blues w/ Al Casey, Fred Smith, Arthur Hamilton, David "Bubba" Brooks,
Edwin Swanston, Johnny Williams, Johnny Blowers & Laurel Watson featuring
special guest Doc Cheatham. Palm Court Jazz Cafe, 1205 Decatur St.
Tue, 4/29 8 p.m. -- Dew Drop Inn Revisited: Marva Wright, Walter "Wolfman"
Washington, Deacon John King Floyd, Wanda Rouzan, Lillian Boutte, The N.O.
Jazz Legends: Germaine Bazzle, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Sigismund Walker, Wendell
Eugene, Warren Bell Sr., Peter Badie, Sam Mooney, Harry Nance & Arnold
DePass. The Wardell Quezergue Big Band, La Louisiane Ballroom, Ernest N.
Morial Convention Center.
Wed, 4/30 8 p.m. -- La Noche Latina: Johnny Ventura and his Orchestra;
Albita; Acoustic Swiftness. La Louisiane Ballroom, Ernest N. Morial
Convention Center.
Thu, 5/1 8 p.m. -- Al Jarreau; Herbie Hancock; Astral Project, La
Louisiane Ballroom, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Fri, 5/2 9 p.m. -- Artists to be announced. Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena
Sat, 5/3 9 p.m. -- Artists to be announced. Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena.
Sat, 5/3 Midnight jam -- Art Farmer, Howard Johnson, Donald Harrison, Jr.,
Herlin Riley, Mike Pellera, David Torkanowsky, Victor Goines, Eric Traub,
Bob Stuart, Jim Singleton. Praline Connection Gospel & Blues Hall, 907 S.
Peters St. Dinner is available at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
WORKSHOPS
Fri, 4/25
10 a.m. -- Gospel Is Alive!: Kirk Franklin & The Family, Mahalia Jackson
Mass Choir, Stephen Foster & The Arch Angels. Franklin Ave. Baptist Church
1 p.m. -- Pharaoh Sanders. Lawless Memorial Chapel, Dillard University
Mon, 4/28
8 p.m. -- African Drum & Dance Summit: Babatunde Olatunji & His Drums of
Passion, National Dance Co. of Mali, Harambe Pamoja Children's Dance Co.
Orpheum Theater
Wed, 4/30
11 a.m. -- Moderno Teatro de Munecos of Costa Rica. Times-Picayune Theater,
Children's Museum. 2 p.m. -- Tribute to Sidney Bechet Centennial, featuring
Dr. Michael White. Nunemaker Hall, Loyola University.
Fri, 5/2
1 p.m., Herbie Hancock. Multi-Purpose Auditorium, Southern University.
WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN AND FREE TO THE PUBLIC ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED
BASIS.
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See ya at da fest .. and remember to PET DE KAT!