First impressions favorable; Jazz Fest 2019
Notes on Jazz Fest 2019. Clay Parker and Jodi James. “This is an album that will need to be listened to and not just played in the background. It has to marinate in your musical soul--It is for select tastes and for discriminating ears. It will make an impression…it will.” - John Apice, No Depression For several hours in the days preceding Jazz Fest I do my research to plan each day. The smaller, more intimate stages? An interview an artist? The cooking demonstrations , for crying out loud? Or a plunge into the maelstrom of the mega-stages to hear Widespread Panic or Gary Clark, Jr.? On our first day of festival this year, we started off at the small somewhat shade-blessed venue called the Lagniappe Stage** (lagniappe is, according to Mark Twain, a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get, see footnote). My choice to start our first day at Jazz fest this year was the singer-songwriter duo Clay Parker and Jodie James. Both play guitar, and the performance was