June 11-13, 2010
Friday, June 11 at 7:30 pm, Herter Hall.
will open the festival with an evening of blazing jazz in our intimate concert hall.
“His work is remarkably free of cliches and default licks….daring yet precise, with clean edges and unexpected implications….he is something special.”
-Downbeat Magazine
Saturday, June 12, 12:30 – 7:30 pm
Gates Open at 11:00am
Singer/pianist Marcia Ball knows how to raise roofs and tear down walls with her infectious, intelligent and deeply emotional brand of southern boogie, rollicking, roadhouse blues and heartfelt ballads. Over the course of her three-decade career, Ball has earned a huge and intensely loyal following all over the world. Her exquisite piano playing and passionate, playful vocals fuse New Orleans and Gulf Coast R&B with Austin’s deep songwriting tradition into a sound No Depression described as “a little rock, a lot of roll, a pinch of rhythm and a handful of blues.”
USA Today calls The Holmes Brothers’ vision of American roots music “masterful and convincing.” Entertainment Weekly says, “The Holmes Brothers are juke-joint vets with a brazenly borderless view of American music.” Their chilling harmonies resonate with a passion and conviction matched only by their inspired musicianship and their ability to perform sanctified gospel, low-down roadhouse blues, deep soul, Americana/ country and pure pop—all in one set. They’ve recorded with Van Morrison, Peter Gabriel, Odetta, Phoebe Snow, Willie Nelson, Rosanne Cash, Levon Helm and Joan Osborne.
“Ruthie’s drawn comparisons to Ella and Aretha, but musically neither is really close,” observed the Philadelphia City Paper in one such rave. “What she does have in common with Fitzgerald and Franklin is the irresistible blaze. It’s impossible to look away, even close the eyes, for one second.”e.
Papa Grows Funk’s all-star lineup features NewOrleans’ finest musicians and funkiest characters, all of whom have deep roots in New Orleans music. Anchored around the slinky Hammond B3 grooves of band leader John Gros (George Porter, Jr. and Runnin’
Pardners) is internationally renowned June Yamagishi (Wild Magnolias) on guitar, Marc Pero (Smilin’ Myron) on bass, Jason Mingledorff (Galactic) on saxophone and Jeffery “Jellybean” Alexander (Jon Cleary), whoreplaced Russell Batiste, Jr. in 2005, on drums. Influenced by Dr. John, the Meters and the Neville Brothers, Papa Grows Funk are the guardians of New Orleans
funk. PGF continually stretches the bounds of New Orleans music, turning ears and shaking hips wherever they perform.
Bert Carlson Quartet Featuring Danny Knicely
Local favorite and extraordinary guitarist Bert Carlson leads a set of hot jazz and blues with Danny Knicely on mandolin.
Sunday, June 13, 11:00am – 2:00 pm, Herter Hall
Hod O’Brien & Royce Cambell
New Orleans Jazz Brunch
End your weekend in style with a New Orleans brunch buffet, complete with Bloody Marys, Mimosas, and great jazz from Hod O’Brien & Royce Cabmpell. The brunch will be open from 11am-2pm— Reservations are required!