2004-05-24
Clarinetist Dr. Michael White is a professor of Spanish and Afro-American music at Xavier University, a former musical director at Lincoln Center and a mainstay on the New Orleans jazz scene. Beyond these achievements he’s also continued a 20 year recording career, including work with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and as a solo artist on now his 6th album.On the new disc, he’s joined by a number of prominent figures from the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, including trumpeter and Warner Brothers recording artist Nicholas Payton.
Pete Kennedy
Tone, Twang and Taste
DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL STAR BIG BAND
I'm BeBoppin' Too
Sidney Jacobs
First Man
Bob James & Nathan East
The New Cool
ANGELO MICHAJLOV (Performed by Petra Cernocka and The Karl Vlach Orchestra)
Saxana
The Hot Club of San Francisco
John Paul George & Django
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