ON THE COVER

• p 30 : All In The Family
  By Jennifer Odell
  This special issue focuses on New Orleans, paying tribute to the city’s musical traditions one year after Hurricane Katrina and the floods. With Branford Marsalis serving as our guest editor, we lead off with a feature on the city’s musical families, a revered institution that dates back to the 19th century and the beginning of jazz itself. In many ways, the history of these families-with names such as Dejean, Alcorn, Celestin, Brunious, Barbarin, French, Batiste, Lastie, Neville, Jordan and Andrews is the history of New Orleans itself.

FEATURES

• p 36 : Harry Connick Jr.
  Booker, Fess And Beyond
  By Michael Bourne
• p 42 : New Orleans Drumming Legacy
  African, Second Line and Swing with Some R&B Funk
  By David Kunian
• p 48 : Dr. John Blindfold Test
  The Nighttripper Goes Blind
  By Ted Panken
• p 52 : Musical Architecture
  Rebuild a Second Line
  By Lolis Eric Elie

DEPARTMENTS

• p 8 : First Take
• p 10 : Chords & Discords
• p 13 : The Beat
• p 16 : Backstage With... Aaron Neville
• p 18 : The Question
• p 19 : The Insider
  By Ted Reichman
• p 20 : The Archives : September 16, 1971
• p 21 : Vinyl Freak
• p 22 : Caught
• p 24 : Players
  – Tab Benoit
  – Clarence "Frogman" Henry
  – Walter "Wolfman" Washington
  – Irma Thomas
• p 59 : Reviews
• p 80 : Toolshed
• p 84 : Master Class : Arranging ’Up From The Skies’ for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
  By Jim McNeely
• p 86 : Jazz on Campus