New Orleans Jazz Fest 2012

[Penny Lane]

I'm starting to get excited!

JP--i think you got rid of yours-but if anyone has extra fest tix for weekend 2, let me know! (for a friend, i've got my Sat and Sun tix)

[Jackets N Pones]

After Jazzfest 2010 and Voodoo 2010 in New Orleans, my wife and I decided to skip Jazzfest this year and make Forecastle happen instead (we have never been to Louisville), so no tickets here. Y'all have an awesome time and eat some Crawfish Bread for me! I hope you get DANCEFLOORS and/or HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS with PHJB!

[NoVa_NoLa]

Not sure who will be here Tuesday between, but this show at the Blue Nile Upstairs looks too cool to pass up:

A Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets
Helen Gillet
Mike Dillon
Aurora Neeland
James Singleton
Simon Lott
Justin Peake
Jeff Albert
Mark Southerland

Also, Penny...let me know if you want me to pick up one more ticket for you.  I'm going to run to the box office this week to pick up my outta towner's tix.

[e_wind]

So, based on past events, does anyone know if Eddie Vedder or John Mayer will be replaced?

[RandyC]

Hello, long-time lurker, first-time poster and huge MMJ fan here.
I live in New Orleans and am hearing all kinds of rumors who they're lining up to fill in for Eddie Vedder's vacated spot. Some great, some not so great. But, supposedly, there will be somebody. Not sure about Mayer, tho. Also, here's the schedule for Preservation Hall's "Midnight Preserves". http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2012/04/preservation_hall_announces_mi_1.html

[e_wind]

I'm only going 2nd weekend. I was just curious about Mayer.  Thanks for the info

[NoVa_NoLa]

Not sure who will be in town on Monday, April 30, but this is a can't miss:

http://nola.livemusicblog.com/2012/04/10/international-jazz-day-all-star-sunrise-show-congo-square-on-430-7-a-m/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lmbnola+%28LMB+NOLA%29

WHAT: The inaugural International Jazz Day will be celebrated by millions worldwide on Monday, April 30, and will begin with an all-star sunrise concert in New Orleans' Congo Square, the birthplace of jazz.

WHO: Jazz luminaries including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ellis Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Kermit Ruffins, Bill Summers, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Dr. Michael White, and Roland Guerin. Hancock plans to perform his classic "Watermelon Man" with high school students. The concert will open with ritual drumming led by Luther Gray and conclude with a traditional second-line with Treme Brass Band.

WHY: International Jazz Day – Hancock's first major program introduced as a Goodwill
Ambassador – was created to celebrate and recognize jazz music as a universal language
of freedom.

WHEN: Monday, April 30, 7–8 a.m.; gates to open at 6:30 a.m. The date coincides with the last day of what has been celebrated as Jazz Appreciation Month in the U.S., and follows the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

WHERE: Outdoors at Congo Square, newly reopened in Armstrong Park after years of post-Katrina repair, in historic Faubourg Tremé. 835 N. Rampart St., New Orleans, LA 70116. Free public parking available in the Mahalia Jackson Theatre lot (enter on Basin
St.). Concert to be broadcast live by WWOZ 90.7 FM and webcast at wwoz.org.

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public; all ages welcome.

[NoVa_NoLa]

So, based on past events, does anyone know if Eddie Vedder or John Mayer will be replaced?

Still waiting on the Vedder replacement.  It's a shame that he cancelled so late.  In the recent past, last minute cancellations have been filled by Earth,Wind, and Fire.  Now, I love EWF, but I would prefer to not have them fill-in again.

Mayer and Jill Scott were replaced already...I think Cee Lo Green is filling Jill Scott's place and Bruce Springsteen is getting a marathon set replacing Mayer's slot, I think.

[e_wind]

Yeah I'd perfer it not be EW&F, but my dad would be STOKED! (ha) I'm hoping for something (ANYTHING) that is appealing enough to attend Thursday. Right now I'm thinking about discovering NOLA on Thurs and Fri and Jazzfestin' on Sat and Sun. I've never been to NOLA so i think i'll be having a blast all 4 days no matter what I decide to do.

Do you all think it will be possible for me to sell my Thursday or Friday tickets outside for a lesser price? I was thinking of just selling them for 1/2 off if possible just to unload them quickly and get on with my day.

[e_wind]

Okay going to kill myself now

[NoVa_NoLa]

I take it you've just seen this tweet:

Jimmy Buffett, Acoustic - with Mac McAnally has just been added to #JazzFest2012 on Thursday, May 3 and will be closing the Acura Stage.


...and the Parrot-heads rejoice...

[e_wind]

I feel like the tweet said "hey eric, fuck off"

[NoVa_NoLa]

LOL...My first thought was to wonder why they would want to ruin my favorite day on the Fairgrounds.  Have I not been a good Jazz Fest patron?

Ah well, I will still be on the Fairgrounds that day.  Will be able to see Esperanza Spalding's full set or I can split that time with Astral Project.  And the Iguanas are friends, so I'll probably pop over there for a bit, too.  My only real regret is that this market won't get Eddie Vedder again...

[NoVa_NoLa]

This (snipped from the OZone newsletter today):

:)

I always tell the novices to pace themselves for Mardi Gras so they can last till Tuesday. But it's just the opposite with Jazz Fest. The best advice I can give you is to start cutting down on sleep around January say an hour every two weeks - so that by the time you hit April 26th, you don't need any sleep at all. It's the Crescent City version of boot camp, just as second-lining and dancing at the drop of a high hat cymbal beat is how we maintain ourselves aerobically.

Just one example of what I'm talking about:

Of course you'll want to do the whole first weekend of Jazz Fest at the Fair Grounds, along with every great night concert from a slew of venues across the city. But then, that's when we separate the die-hards from the amateurs.

Racing right from the Fair Grounds as it closes Sunday night at 7 pm, you'll just have time to join Jon Cleary at 8 pm followed by Papa Grows Funk with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux at 11 pm and capped off with a set by Lightnin' Malcolm at 3 am all at the smoke-free and sound-level friendly d.b.a club, at 618 Frenchman Street.

As you head into the glorious sunrise you'll probably want to grab some café au lait and beignets at Café du Monde on your way over to Armstrong Park where the Monk Institute will be presenting a spectacular one-hour program in honor of International Jazz Day. Right from Congo Square you'll hear among others, Luther Gray and ten drummers, Ellis Marsalis, Dr. Michael White, Bill Summers, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Roland Guerin, Dianne Reeves and Herbie Hancock. Oh, yeah--show starts at 7 am Monday morning. (WWOZ will be broadcasting this one live if you can't make it.)

After that, it's time for a power nap, then on to the Louisiana Music Factory, 210 Decatur Street for in-store performances of Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott, Mia Borders, Trombone Shorty, Shamarr Allen and more. Starts at noon, ends at 7 pm.

Then, across the street, hop on over to the House of Blues and take in WWOZ's 24th annual Piano Night ivory fest featuring a host of famous piano players simultaneously performing from three stages till two in the morning. (WWOZ will be broadcasting this one live, as well.)

Probably time for another power nap, 'cause on Wednesday, there's ten hours of non-stop music at ChazFest before hitting the second weekeend at the Fair Grounds Thursday through Sunday! Party till you drop.

Yours in fog horns and lightning storms,

David Freedman
General Manager


Is it Jazz Fest yet?!  :D

[Sassbox]

I have had two sailors who are also painters/contractors at my house all week. We've been discussing music and yesterday I casually remarked that I hoped neither of them are Buffett fans. They laughed and gave an emphatic "NO!"

Not an hour later, the announcement from Jazz Fest. I swear, I jinxed the Fairgrounds!

I think the only aftershows I'm down for are 4/28 dba (Jeremy Lyons w/ members of Morphine), the 5/5 show at the Joy and possibly Soul Rebels (Pennylane, do you still have an extra for me)?

NoVA, have you picked up tix yet? I need one for first Sunday if you haven't. If you have or it's too far out of the way, that's okay. But if not and you can swing it, I'd really appreciate it!

[NoVa_NoLa]

NoVA, have you picked up tix yet? I need one for first Sunday if you haven't. If you have or it's too far out of the way, that's okay. But if not and you can swing it, I'd really appreciate it!

No problem...planning to go next week.  Will happily grab a ticket for you! 

[NoVa_NoLa]

Wow, this is quite the year for cancellations.  Levon Helms (get well soon!) has cancelled a bunch of dates, including his Jazz Fest slot which was opposite MMJ.

He's been replaced with the Warren Haynes Band.  I last got to see this band at High Sierra last year and they put on one of my favorite sets of that weekend.  Super-tight...unfortunately, this makes that time slot even tougher.

WHB and Herbie Hancock and MMJ...still holding out hope for a Warren night time show...all but given up on an MMJ night time show.

[NoVa_NoLa]

And another...Bunny Wailer has been replaced with Ziggy Marley.

[e_wind]

I was mad I had to miss Levon, but this is even worse!

[br00ke]

oh my goodness i'd be all about a late warren show. we always joke that he's the slut of jam bands (he guests and plays with evvvvvvveryone, yeah he gets around) and while i always liked him enough .. it wasn't until this past mtn. jam with the new band that i was like totally on board. penny and i were heading back to the condo for the night but WHB was playing and i'm like let's check this out for a minute. i ended up staying the entire time  8)

sad news about levon. i've heard some not good things and i know he could certainly use some love and prayers sent his way.