New Orleans Jazz Fest - Anybody go or going?

[mrreindeer]

Here's a little thread I thought I'd start up to share your thoughts on this year's Fest! It's the 40th Anniversary Fest!

This was our fifth and possibly the best yet.

Here's a list of all the bands we managed to see (and it ain't all Jazz, it's all types of music if you don't know):

From Saturday, April 25th:

The Dixie Cups - Great 3-woman band from the '60's; really enjoyed them.
Lil' Buck Sinegal Blues Band - Freakin' awesome
Collage (Gospel) - Good, not quite amazing (and I love Gospel)
Astral Project (Jazz) - Good stuff, not quite my cup of tea
Rebirth Brass Band with Kermit Ruffins - Good stuff
Pete Seeger & Tao Rodriguez Seeger with Mike & Ruthy - Really great
Irma Thomas - Great
Third World (Reggae) - Excellent
John Mooney & Bluesiana - Awesome
Erykah Badu - I like her but would have preferred a small jazz club as opposed to a big open stage in the field
James Taylor - Awesome


From Sunday, April 26th:

WayneToups & ZyDeCajun featuring "Back to my Roots" - Good stuff
Vivaz! (Latin) - Awesome
Guitar Slim, Jr. - Freakin' awesome Blues
Storyville Stompers Brass Band - Good stuff
Craig Adams & Higher Dimensions of Praise (Gospel) - Amazing!
Germaine Bazzie (Jazz) - Good stuff
Locos por Juana (Latin) - Awesome
Kinky (Latin Rock) - Freakin' awesome, U2 influences with eletronica kinda
Better than Ezra - Eh, sounded good, not my thing
Dave Matthews Band - I've seen 'em twice before, once the whole band & the other time was Tim Reynolds & Dave acoustic...the acoustic was amazingly good so I'm spoiled....this time it wasn't really my thing but we still had a blast...he played for 2 hours & there was a lot of instrumental in between the singing...like 10 minutes of instrumental and I felt as if I wasn't the only one hoping he'd get back to singing again

All in all, an amazing time & I couldn't recommend going to Jazz Fest more. There's still time to go this weekend coming up. There are two weekends of Fest each year. Go now.

[mrreindeer]

Anybody?

[Mugen910]

guess not eh?

[mrreindeer]

oh well.... :D

[rizzle]

Used to go when I was in school and back in the day when I didn't have as many obligations David. Get warmed up with Mardi gras and smooth right on into Jazzfest. Good times. Scratch that, awesome times. Looks like you had a good lineup to me. I don't know how it would be possible to not see a good lineup.

Keep me in mind if you go in the future. I might be persaded to go meet some brothers over there.:tu

[mrreindeer]

Definitely will do Ritchie....we're on track for next year already and can't wait....the impending babyreindeer may throw a monkeywrench in the mix but I'm very very hopeful for next year.

Yeah, you're right about that....there's so much talent there, across all genres that you can't miss.

This was a pretty cool B&M I hit up.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Frk_KfWB9tg/SfkJPLRb6UI/AAAAAAAAHAE/5rvkCo4TM5k/s512/IMG_2548.JPG

My wife made me do this:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Frk_KfWB9tg/SfkKY2eUk_I/AAAAAAAAG-Y/FY0_Q1BbnYQ/s640/IMG_2652.JPG

[rizzle]

:D
Ah, the obligatory I see. Got any more pics? Definitely ond of the better places to just take "people" pics.

[mrreindeer]

let me see if I can add some more Ritchie...

In the meantime, these guys played there & I freakin' missed 'em! Check 'em out (in a NY subway)!

Ebony Hillbillies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpnQsOJpzb4

[Cigary]

Missed going to Jazzfest by a few days,,,had planned it for like the last 6 months but went on a cruise instead. I love going to New Orleans and always enjoy the festivities,,,,next year for sure!!

[mrreindeer]

next year for sure!! Gonna hold ya to it Gary! :D