Party at Anne and Richard's

I went to a party on April 29 hosted by my friends Anne Abler and Richard Woodworth. Every year at Jazzfest they rent the same apartment on Bourbon Street - a place big enough for a pretty nice gathering. This year they hired a three-piece band with Tim Fischer on clarinet, Matt Perrine on bass and Matt Bottel on banjo. Richard is a reed player, and he sat in on some of the numbers. Anne played washboard for one piece. Some other partygoers brought instruments and played in a few numbers, and some others sang.



That's Richard Eager on the right. You can also see him in the Second Line pictures.



The trumpet player is Jean-Marie. He leads a band in Paris called Fidgety Feet. Richard is in the middle on clarinet.



That's Anne in the doorway.



That's Bart Nassberg in the foreground.











Here's Anne on washboard.







The woman on the left is Thais Clark. She's a friend of Anne and Richard's who sings with Dr. Michael White every year at Jazzfest.





Here is Thais second-lining with Helen from the New Orleans Jazz Society.





Here is Anne singing September Song.