OK, this one didn’t work out
so well, but I like the lower
right “grain”.
OK, this one didn’t work out
so well, but I like the lower
right “grain”.
OK, this one didn’t work out
so well, but I like the lower
right “grain”.
The famous statue at the center
of Jackson Square in the French Quarter…
…this might have been a
restaurant, although any
place classy enough to display
statuary was probably beyond
my means in 1978.
Somewhere in the Quarter
was an establishment with
this name…might still be
there.
…I believe this was sketched
at a city park where the
Louisiana Jazz and Blues Heritage
Festival was held…I remember eating
“dirty rice” and seeing the
Fabulous Thunderbirds that day.
Last year I had the pleasure of dining
at a non-descript eatery called, I think,
Metairie Seafood…great food and large
posters on the wall for nearly every
LJBHF dating back into the 70s.
From my first visit to
New Orleans, 1978.
Venuti was one of the earliest
jazz violinist and his recordings
with virtuoso guitarist Eddie Lang
directly inspired the Django-Grapelli
collaboration. Venuti was an indefatigable
session musician and recorded with a
raft of my favorite 20s/30s artists,
including the Boswell Sisters and Bing Crosby.
jazz violinist and his recordings
with virtuoso guitarist Eddie Lang
directly inspired the Django-Grapelli
collaboration. Venuti was an indefatigable
session musician and recorded with a
raft of my favorite 20s/30s artists,
including the Boswell Sisters and Bing Crosby.
Venuti’s sideman…
don’t know who he was
This is a precious concert
memory…seeing the legendary
Joe Venuti gig at an intimate
club in the Orlando area. This may
be the venue pictured in the Wikipedia
article, the Village Jazz Lounge. He
died 6 months later.
