Visits

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Mardi Gras



It snuck up on me this year...


 


Probably because I didn't make it to


New Orleans this year.


 


Between now and Mardi Gras (Tuesday), we'll


Be showing sides of the city that you can


Only experience if you're there.


 


Like this backyard jam, featuring an "Indian" chant


That Jelly Roll Morton remembered from his childhood.


 


These chants may be the oldest continuously performed


Black music in America...and they never get old and this


Community jam shows.


 


"Ooh-Na-Nay"


 


Video:


 




 


- Lester Perkins


Jazz on the Tube

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