Three tunes for fat Tuesday (which I completely missed) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-glI45drhs]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OH_hVEF7mY]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaoCsmFDLcY]

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Plus - BONUS! Colour footage of 1941 New Orleans parade:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppTjgLiWi0s

UncategorizedJack Dyson10 March 2011fat tuesday, funk, I totally forgot it was pancake day, jazz, mardi gras, music, new orleans, rhythm and bluesComment

Music break - modern all-star jazz

On 12 May, Mos Def and Ben Jaffe got together to write a song for Gulf Aid, a benefit fund for those affected by the oil spill. In an all-night jam session, they recorded this musical collaboration as the GULF AID ALL-STARS: New Orleans' own Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Trombone Shorty playing with Lenny Kravitz, Tim Robbins and Mos Def. The song – an updated version of a 1960s New Orleans Mardi Gras standard originally written by Joseph Smokey Johnson (who also recorded the track) and Wardell Joseph Quezergue – features updated lyrics by Mos Def and Preservation Hall's Ben Jaffe.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-hgqMys-Bs]

Thanks Dana!

UncategorizedJack Dyson15 December 2010gulf aid, lenny kravitz, mos def, music, new orleans, preservation hall, tim robbinsComment