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WE’RE GONNA GROOVE TONIGHT: NOLA Jazz Fest Remains The Spice of Life [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 B.Getz adam deitch, alex wasily, blue nile, Eric Benny Bloom, eric krasno, george porter jr., ian neville, Ivan Neville, jazz fest after dark, Jazz Fest Fairgrounds, lettuce, Maple Leaf Bar, Midnight Preserves, Music Box Village, Nels Cline, New Orleans, Nick Daniels III, Nikki Glaspie, NOLA, NOLA Jazz Fest, papa mali, preservation hall, Queen Latifah, raja kassis, skerik, soul brass band, stanton moore, The Headhunters, the iceman special, The Nth Power, Tipitina's, tony hall, Toubab Krewe, weedie braimah and the hands of time, wil blades

For 20 years since the turn of the millennium, I’ve been fortunate to immerse myself in the most historic—and vibrant—musical mecca in the country, an amateur musicologist embedded in her bountiful bosom.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast- Ep.055: The Return of WEEDIE BRAIMAH (djembefola, Hands of Time, Nth Power, Trombone Shorty, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah)

March 26, 2022March 29, 2022 B.Getz Africa, baba olatunju, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, cory henry, djembe, djembefola, east st. africa, east st. louis, Ghana, hand drummer, luke quaranta, music podcast, musician interview, musicology, New Orleans, percussion, percussionist, raja kassis, ropeadope records, stretch music, The Nth Power, Trombone SHorty, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave., weedie braimah, weedie braimah and the hands of time

Welcome back the great Weedie Braimah to Ep.055! An educational, inspirational, international deep dive with a man who is sworn to the drum.

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Jazz Fest After Dark 2018: A Journey Through The Essence of Time (B.Getz on L4LM)

May 16, 2018May 19, 2018 B.Getz adam deitch, Jazz Fest, JOhn Medeski, lettuce, luke quaranta, New Orleans, new orleans jazz & heritage festival, raja kassis, robert walter, Ryan Zoidis, skerik, The Nth Power, weedie braimah

A tradition like no other, Jazz Fest in New Orleans is an underground culture and lifeblood all its own. Journey into the essence of time during Jazz Fest After Dark 2018.