Dispatch Five: The Boss on Fire
Bruce Springsteen rages, Hugh Masekela preaches, and Allen Toussaint reigns. Read about the amazing performances of the first weekend -- and our editor's confession
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Dispatch Four: From Dirges to Dave Matthews
"... Dressed all in white and armed with tuba, trumpet, tambourines and drums, the Mahogany Brass Band stepped lively into the windy fray, then, as if on cue, slowed its joyous music to a dirge and stopped in its tracks not five feet from where I stood in the shelter of a gumbo stand. The instant transition from jubilee to jazz funeral hit me hard, pointing out the absurdity of standing in the midst of a New Orleans renaissance and complaining about the wind, of all things ..."
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Dispatch Three: Exhilarating Day 1
New Orleans must be the only place in the world where Bob Dylan opens for Dr. John. Our music editor on the performances from Saturday, April 29
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Dispatch Two: A Taste of New Orleans
From po-boys and crawfish to brass bands and zydeco dancing, our music editor samples the local color
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Dispatch One: First Impressions
Despite Katrina, the consciousness of the survivor is deeply ingrained into New Orleans' traditions, its all-over embrace of food, music, romance and other forms of decadence. Our music editor finds a celebratory mood on the street
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New Orleans Social Club: Musicians Band Together
... The great talents of the New Orleans music scene had been accustomed to living minutes away from each other in the Ninth Ward, but Katrina scattered them across Texas, Colorado and elsewhere. "I think I live in South Austin," says Cyril Neville, still trying to get his bearings on his new home ...
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Bruce Springsteen Joins the Lineup
The Boss and many others will grace the stage at this year's festival
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History of Jazz Fest
"At other festivals, when the festival is over, it's over. In New Orleans when the festival is over, it's just beginning." -- Nicolas Payton
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Introduction
"Jazz Fest 2006 [is] the great New Orleans homecoming. Anybody who comes to this year's festival will bear witness to the healing power of music." -- Quint Davis, Festival Director
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