Description
“Up from the Cradle of Jazz” is an intimate historical past of New Orleans music throughout the remaining 45 years. It describes the piano taking part in of Fat Domino, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Huey “Piano” Smith and Dr John; the making a song of Irma Thomas, Little Richard, Aaron Neville and Lee Dorsey; the compositions and performances of Allen Toussaint, Guitar Slender, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, The Meters and The Neville Brothers. From smoky bars and nightclubs to the outside revelry of Mardi Gras, this paintings aims to be the definitive story of the music of up to date New Orleans.