Jazz Fest! The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

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Overview

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival -- better known as "Jazz Fest" to those who attend and to those who always dream of heading down to the Big Easy as April gives way to May -- first happened in 1970, when music festivals weren't quite as common as they were in 2019, when Smithsonian Folkways released this five-disc box set commemorating the fest's success. The very existence of Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival indicates how the event has become a cultural institution, influencing countless other regional festivals in the decades since while retaining a unique blend of local institution and tourist destination. Smithsonian Folkways remarkably re-creates that appeal with their box set, offering 50 live tracks recorded at the fest over its 50 years, a collection that illustrates how far beyond jazz the festival has grown. For listenability's sake, the box is roughly broken down into four segments: it opens with a disc of jazz, spends two CDs with blues and R&B along with gospel, devotes the third disc to Cajun and zydeco music, then concludes with a CD where funk sits alongside bounce and hip-hop. Since this is New Orleans, the borders separating the styles are extremely porous, perhaps even nonexistent, which is a big part of the thrill listening to the box. As it hops between the decades and sounds, the focus remains firmly focused on New Orleans; outsiders are certainly welcome -- Bonnie Raitt duets with Allen Toussaint on "What Is Success" -- as long as they meet the city on its own musical terms. That's why Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival works so well not only as a celebration of a festival that has become integral to the city's life, but as a celebration of the Crescent City itself: in New Orleans, there's no separating music from the city itself. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/10/2019
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074025024
Rank:	72754

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Indian Red  - Dave Ankers  - Robert H. Cataliotti  - Karen Celestan  -  Golden Eagles  - Rachel Lyons  - Jon Pareles  - Jeff Place  - Keith Spera  - George Wein
2. Welcome to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival  - Dave Ankers  - Robert H. Cataliotti  - Karen Celestan  - Rachel Lyons  - Larry McKinley  - Jon Pareles  - Jeff Place  - Keith Spera  - George Wein
3. One Night Only [The March]  - Troy Andrews  - Ryan Montbleau
4. Free to Be  - Donald Harrison
5. Basin Street Blues  - Danny Barker  - Spencer Williams
6. A Streetcar Named Desire  - Terence Blanchard  - Alex North
7. Royal Garden Blues  - Kermit Ruffins  - Clarence Williams  - Spencer Williams
8. Bring Me Flowers While I'm Living/Rub a Little Boogie  - Champion Jack Dupree  - Jack Dupree  - St. Louis Jimmy Oden  - Allen Toussaint
9. Back Home Again in Indiana  - James F. Hanley  - Ballard MacDonald  -  Newport All Stars  - George Wein
10. Louisiana 1927  - John Boutte  - Randy Newman

Disc 2

11. Yes We Can Can  - Allen Toussaint
12. Trick Bag  - Earl King
13. Ruler of My Heart  - Irma Thomas  - Allen Toussaint
14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy  - Irma Thomas  - Larry Williams
15. Ain't Got No Home  - Clarence "Frogman" Henry
16. Big Chief Got the Golden Crown  - Dave Ankers  - Robert H. Cataliotti  - Karen Celestan  - Rachel Lyons  - Jon Pareles  - Jeff Place  - Keith Spera  - George Wein  -  White Eagles
17. Big Chief  - Earl King  -  Professor Longhair
18. Iko Iko/Brother John/Saints Go Marching In  - James "Sugar Boy" Crawford  -  Dixie Cups  - Barbara Anne Hawkins  - Joan Marie Johnson  - George Landry  - Cyril Neville
19. Red Beans  - Marcia Ball  - McKinley Morganfield
20. Litanie des Saints/Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya/I Walk on Gilded Splinters  - John Creaux  -  Dr. John  - Mac Rebennack

Disc 3

21. How Ya Gonna Clap?  - Dave Ankers  - Robert H. Cataliotti  - Karen Celestan  - Ray Hackett  - Rachel Lyons  - Jon Pareles  - Jeff Place  - Keith Spera  - George Wein
22. Blackbird Special  - Gregory Davis  -  Dirty Dozen Brass Band  - Kevin Harris  - Benny Jones  - C Joseph  - Kirk Joseph  - Roger Lewis  - Jenell Marshall  - Efrem Towns
23. Hey Now, Baby  - Henry Butler  - Henry Roeland Byrd
24. Secret Love  - Germaine Bazzle  - Sammy Fain  - Alvin "Red" Tyler  - Paul Francis Webster
25. Jazznocracy  -  Belletto  - Will Hudson
26. Summertime  - George Gershwin  - Ira Gershwin  - Dorothy Heyward  - DuBose Heyward  -  Original Liberty
27. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It  -  Preservation Hall Jazz Band  - Clarence Williams
28. I Want to Be at That Meeting/Golden Gate Gospel Train  - Dave Ankers  - Robert H. Cataliotti  - Karen Celestan  - Rachel Lyons  - Jon Pareles  - Jeff Place  - Keith Spera  - George Wein  -  Zion Harmonizers
29. Old Rugged Cross  - George Bennard  - Irma Thomas
30. Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus  - Andrae Crouch  -  Gospel Soul Children  - Raymond Myles
31. I Can Go to God in Prayer  - Calvin Bridges  -  Johnson Extension

Disc 4

32. Hard to Stop  -  Buckwheat Zydeco  - Stanley Jr. Dural  - Ted Fox
33. Paper in My Shoe  - Boozoo Chavis  - Eddie Shuler
34. Midland Two-Step  - Dave Ankers  - Robert H. Cataliotti  - Karen Celestan  - Rachel Lyons  - Jon Pareles  - Jeff Place  -  Savoy Family Cajun Band  - Keith Spera  - George Wein
35. Disco et Fais Do-Do  - Bruce Daigrepont
36. Recherche d'Acadie  -  BeauSoleil  - Michael Doucet
37. Yellow Moon  -  Neville Brothers  - Aaron Neville  - Joel Neville
38. When the Levee Breaks  - John Campbell  - Joe McCoy
39. It Don't Mean a Doggone Thing  - John Mooney
40. Starlight Diamond0/Jimmy Reed Medley: You Don't Have to Go/Baby, What You Want Me to Do/Going to New York/Honest I Do  - Kenny Neal  - Raful Jr. Neal  - James Reed
41. What Is Success  - Dave Ankers  - Robert H. Cataliotti  - Karen Celestan  - Rachel Lyons  - Jon Pareles  - Jeff Place  - Bonnie Raitt  - Keith Spera  - Allen Toussaint  - George Wein
42. Double-Eyed Whammy  - Tommy Ridgley

Disc 5

43. Fire on the Bayou  -  Funky Meters  - Ziggy Modeliste  - Art Neville  - Cyril Neville  - Leo Nocentelli  - George Jr. Porter
44. Take the "A" Train  - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown  - Billy Strayhorn
45. Blue Moon Rising  - Jack Cruz  - Edward Washington  - Walter "Wolfman" Washington
46. Happy Home  - Deacon John  - Joe Josea
47. Rain Alert  - Dave Ankers  - Robert H. Cataliotti  - Karen Celestan  - Rachel Lyons  - Larry McKinley  - Jon Pareles  - Jeff Place  - Keith Spera  - George Wein
48. Blue Tarp Blues  - Sonny Landreth
49. Back on Dumaine  - Anders Osborne
50. Thorn in Her Side  - Steve Amedee  - Tim Cook  - John Magnie  - Tommy Malone  - Jimmy Messa  -  Subdudes
51. N.O. Bounce  -  Big Freedia  - Thomas McElroy  - Adam Pigott  - Frederick Rosse
52. Smoke My Peace Pipe  - Wilson Turbinton  -  Wild Magnolias
53. Amazing Grace/One Love  - Bob Marley  -  Neville Brothers  - John Newton

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Preservation Hall Jazz Band   Primary Artist
Professor Longhair   Primary Artist
Allen Toussaint   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
The Golden Eagles   Primary Artist
Boozoo Chavis   Primary Artist
Bonnie Raitt   Primary Artist
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band   Primary Artist
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown   Primary Artist
Clarence "Frogman" Henry   Primary Artist
Earl King   Primary Artist
The Dixie Cups   Primary Artist
The Funky Meters   Primary Artist
BeauSoleil   Primary Artist
Donald Harrison   Primary Artist
Walter "Wolfman" Washington   Primary Artist
Champion Jack Dupree   Primary Artist
Dr. John   Primary Artist
John Boutte   Primary Artist
John Mooney   Primary Artist
Henry Butler   Primary Artist
The Wild Magnolias   Primary Artist
The Zion Harmonizers   Primary Artist
Tommy Ridgley   Primary Artist
Bruce Daigrepont   Primary Artist
Buckwheat Zydeco   Primary Artist
George Wein   Primary Artist
Danny Barker   Primary Artist
Gospel Soul Children   Primary Artist
Marcia Ball   Primary Artist
Alvin "Red" Tyler   Primary Artist
The Al Belletto Big Jazz Band   Primary Artist
Irma Thomas   Primary Artist
Neville Brothers   Primary Artist
Terence Blanchard   Primary Artist
Anders Osborne   Primary Artist
Sonny Landreth   Primary Artist
Kenny Neal   Primary Artist
Kermit Ruffins   Primary Artist
Ray Hackett   Primary Artist
Johnson Extension   Primary Artist
Original Liberty   Primary Artist
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews   Primary Artist
John Campbell   Primary Artist
Deacon John   Primary Artist
Big Freedia   Primary Artist
White Eagles   Primary Artist
Raymond Myles   Primary Artist
Larry McKinley   Primary Artist
Savoy Family Cajun Band   Primary Artist
The Subdudes   Primary Artist
Newport All Stars   Primary Artist
Germaine Bazzle   Primary Artist
David Foster   Director
Louis Edwards   Director
Matt Goldman   Director

Technical Credits

Susan Jacob   Engineer
Joe Stolarick   Engineer,Assistant
Jenny Lawson   Engineer
Khalid Hafiz   Engineer
Carrie Booher   Archivist,Photo Research
Dave Ankers   Liner Notes,Editing,Composer,Producer,Assistant,Annotation
Karen Celestan   Composer,Annotation
Keith Spera   Composer,Annotation
Michael Murphy   Producer
Thomas McElroy   Composer
Tim Cook   Composer
James F. Hanley   Composer
St. Louis Jimmy Oden   Composer
Don Marshall   Executive Producer
Jeff Place   Composer,Producer,Annotation,Liner Notes
Quint Davis   Executive Producer
David Foster   Producer
Michael Doucet   Composer
Ziggy Modeliste   Composer
Art Neville   Composer
Allen Toussaint   Composer
Barbara Anne Hawkins   Composer
Wilson Turbinton   Composer
Edward Washington   Composer
John Creaux   Composer
Spencer Williams   Composer
Stanley Dural Jr.   Composer
Steve Amedee   Composer
Anders Osborne   Composer
Ballard MacDonald   Composer
Andrae Crouch   Composer
John Newton   Composer
Sonny Landreth   Composer
Bob Marley   Composer
Keith Keller   Engineer
Kevin Harris   Composer
Boozoo Chavis   Composer
Douglas Mason   Photography
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews   Composer
Robert H. Cataliotti   Composer,Annotation
Jon Pareles   Composer,Annotation
Jenell Marshall   Composer
Mary Monseur   Production Manager
Kate Harrington   Production Assistant
Carla Borden   Editing
Joan Marie Johnson   Composer
Michael P. Smith   Photography
Dorothy Heyward   Composer
Raful Neal, Jr.   Composer
C Joseph   Composer
Huib Schippers   Executive Producer
Jack Cruz   Composer
Jimmy Messa   Composer
Frederick Rosse   Composer
Donna Santiago   Executive Producer
Joe McCoy   Composer
James Deutsch   Editing
Louis Edwards   Producer
Damond Jacob   Assistant
Lu Rojas   Engineer,Assistant
Ted Fox   Composer
Tony Guillory   Engineer
Adam Pigott   Composer
Alan Wehner   Engineer
Bruce Yuager   Engineer
Maryse Claude   Engineer
Cilista Eberle   Producer
Mac Rebennack   Composer
Mark Bingham   Engineer
Ryan Montbleau   Composer
Scott Thompson   Engineer
Pete Reiniger   Mastering
Roger Lewis   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
George Porter, Jr.   Composer,Back Cover
Sammy Fain   Composer
George Landry   Composer
Leo Nocentelli   Composer
Jack Dupree   Composer
Brenda Ladd   Photography
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford   Composer
Joe Josea   Composer
Clarence "Frogman" Henry   Composer
Larry Williams   Composer
Benny Jones   Composer
Earl King   Composer
George Bennard   Composer
Efrem Towns   Composer
David Moreno   Assistant
Donald Harrison   Composer
Gregory Davis   Composer
John Magnie   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
James Reed   Composer
Joel Neville   Composer
John Mooney   Composer
Rachel Lyons   Composer,Producer,Archivist,Annotation,Photo Research
Matt Goldman   Producer
Ronnie Simpkins   Assistant
Randy Newman   Composer
McKinley Morganfield   Composer
Gustavo Borner   Assistant
Aaron Neville   Composer
Tommy Ridgley   Composer
Alex North   Composer
Tommy Malone   Composer
Bruce Daigrepont   Composer
George Wein   Composer,Foreword
Calvin Bridges   Composer
Henry Roeland Byrd   Composer
Will Hudson   Composer
Paul Francis Webster   Composer
Kirk Joseph   Composer
Clarence Williams   Composer
Cyril Neville   Composer
Eddie Shuler   Composer