The term "creole" is one of those protean things whose meaning hinges on the context in which it is used. At the very least, it tends to suggest some degree of acculturation or multiple ethnic ...

Mr. Solal, who also wrote music for films and symphony orchestras, was revered in Europe and hailed in the United States on his rare visits there. By David A. Andelman Reporting from Paris Martial ...

French Quarter Festival officials unveiled the lineup for the 31 st annual free event, happening April 10-13, 2014. "Dr. John, who hasn't performed at the free, four-day outdoor festival since 1987, ...

Bob French was one of the legends of New Orleans' jazz. French was a drummer, singer and bandleader of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band. He died Monday at the age 74. And let's take a moment to remember ...

Are New Orleans music fans facing the prospect of another silent spring? Unfortunately, yes. The chances of the 2021 French Quarter Festival and the 2021 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival occupying ...

Martial Solal, a French Algerian jazz pianist who honed his fleet-fingered style alongside American musicians in postwar Paris and became a master of mood-rich improvisations that included the pulsing ...

A multi-instrumentalist at home with the clarinet, saxophone, and the Argentine bandoneon or the Hungarian tárogató, Michel Portal died on Thursday Michel Portal, a French pioneer of European modern ...

Paris (France) (AFP) – Michel Portal, a French pioneer of European modern jazz and a prolific writer of film music, has died aged 90, his agent said Sunday. A multi-instrumentalist at home with the ...