New Year's Eve at Tipitina's! PHJB and Galactic!

On The Road with PHJB #11: A Poster shop in Knoxville

Ben Jaffe guides through a woodprint poster shop in Knoxville while on tour with PHJB.

Snow in New Orleans!

It snowed this morning here in New Orleans. Nobody was sure what to do for the first few hours. But then it stopped and everybody got back to work because it became just wet, cold and nasty. But it was gorgeous while it lasted! Here's some photos of the Preservation Hall courtyard and the French Quarter. Stay warm! all photos by Erin Alexander

ON THE ROAD WITH PHJB #10:photos/videos from the passenger seat

A few captures by Clint from the passenger seat...

Creole Christmas at Preservation Hall- Christmas Eve December 24 2009

Gonna be in New Orleans for the Holidays? Join us on Christmas Eve for New Orleans style Holiday Music featuring Lars Edegran and The St. Peter Street Allstars with vocalist Big Al Carson. There's 2 concerts, one at 2pm and the other at 4pm. Call (504)522-2841 to reserve tickets for you and your family. Happy Holidays!

ON THE ROAD WITH PHJB #9: St. Louis Blues featuring Freddie Lonzo. And a jog around the stage!

Check out 'The Good One' Freddie Lonzo doing his thing to St. Louis Blues at B.B. King's in NYC. Watch as he takes a little jog during his trombone solo.   Go Freddie!

The Reviews: TMP and PHJB in Ma Maison

Some nice words from The New Orleans Times-Picayune!

Trey McIntyre jazz ballet a triumph; final show tonight, Nov. 22

Posted by Chris Waddington, Contributing writer, The Times-Picayune November 22, 2008 4:51PM

I could almost hear the clatter of bones as nine skeletons, dressed in Carnival motley, shimmied to the wailing clarinet, dangled loose-limbed arms to the thrum of the banjo, and jerked their heads, as if nagged by the long, steady roll of the snare. When a downbeat came,
they let loose with fluttering steps and whiplash turns from the world of ballet, moving with the singular purpose of schooling fish chased by a shark.

For me, and the thousand cheering dance fans who packed Tulane University's Dixon Hall on Friday, Nov. 21, it seemed that Mardi Gras had come early -- not the Bourbon Street party for hooting tourists and girls-gone-wild, but the dark revel that only makes sense when you've gone through a hurricane season, buried a few friends and danced in a second line parade with tears in your eyes.

Is it clear that I'm also talking about an artistic triumph? I hope so, for that's exactly what was delivered in "Ma Maison," the stunning, 30-minute dance collaboration between choreographer Trey McIntyre, local costume designer Jeanne Button, the improvising musicians of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and nine dancers whose artistry let them forge a powerful blend of street styles and ballet athleticism...

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