Sunday, May 2
Louis Ford and His New Orleans Dixieland Flair
Clive Wilson and the New Orleans Serenaders
Clive Wilson trumpet; Tom Fisher clarinet; Frederick John trombone;
Butch Thompson piano; Tom Saunders bass; Trevor Richards drums
Treme Brass Band
Treme is the name of a neighborhood in New Orleans.
Some people bring totems to Jazzfest make it easier for
friend to spot them in the crowd.
Lars Edegran and the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
Lars Edegran piano; ? violin; Tom Fisher clarinet; Lionel Ferbos
trumpet - vocal; Maynard Chavis trombone; Bill Huntington bass; Ernie
Riley drums
This group is devoted to ragtime rather than jazz.
Gregg Stafford and the Jazz Hounds
Gregg Stafford trumpet; ? Paulin tenor sax; Frank ? trombone; Marie
Watanabe piano; Mark Brooks bass; Gerald French drums; Steve ? guitar -
banjo
On the evening of May 1, the next-to-last day of Jazzfest, Daniel
Breaux was murdered by four muggers as he was leaving the festival.
Breaux was an artist who painted portraits in New Orleans' Jackson
Square. He was also a social worker for the federal VISTA program and a
self-taught musician. He was a Jazzfest regular who often danced at
Economy Hall.
The killing cast a cloud over the last day of Jazzfest. Gregg Stafford
and his band hosted a jazz funeral for Daniel Breaux, with mourners
marching around the tent. They often do mock jazz funerals in Economy
Hall, but this was the first time I saw a real one. I didn't take
pictures of the funeral, as I felt it would have been disrespectful.
There was also a pause in the program where Silvia Barker, the
daugher of Danny Barker, came out and spoke. Danny Barker was a
guitarist who performed with Henry Allen, Buster Bailey, Luis Russell,
Pops Foster, Paul Barbarin, J. C. Higginbotham, Benny Carter, Sam
Price, Wellman Braud, Chu Berry, Roy Eldridge, Sid Catlett, Cab
Calloway, Doc Cheatham, Milt Hinton, Cozy Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah
Jones, Ziggy Elman, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Shavers, O'Neil Spencer,
Albert Nicholas, Adrian Rollini, Lucky Millinder, Wilbur de Paris,
Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday and others. He was married to Blue Lu
Barker, whom he also performed with. He was a mentor to many current
New Orleans jazz musicians, including Gregg Stafford, Dr. Michael
White, Shannon Powell, Lucien Barbarin, Leroy Jones, Tuba Fats
(recently deceased) and Wynton Marsalis.
Pete Fountain
