The case involved a former sales representative who worked for what is now Jazz Pharmaceuticals and marketed a drug for a form of narcolepsy.
The way Duke accompanies Satchmo is masterful, and the personality of the two of them signifies what jazz is all about.
The Shinjuku district is also home to some of the oldest surviving jazz kissa, including what many believe is the premier jazz club in the city, the Pit Inn, which hosts top Japanese and international acts every night and amateur performers every day.
This is what the next generation of jazz masters sounds like today.
From the opening (a summoning of the "Ghost of Congo Square") to the end (a personal letter called "Dear Mom"), this recording reveals what many jazz fans know: Blanchard is a powerful storyteller.
Besides food and jazz, what sets New Orleans apart is its unmatched calendar of festivals virtually non-stop, and I just visited at the tail end of Jazz Fest, which is second only to Mardi Gars in scope, and growing.
"The word 'jazz' is not going to hold me back from doing what I want to do with a set of instruments, " he said.
WSJ: Where Classical Music and Jazz Collaborate | By Larry Blumenfeld
Top recording artists serve as your guide as they discuss, for example, what makes jazz such an important American phenomenon, what the song-writing process is like or how one genre of music has deeply affected another.
Mr. BLUMENFELD: This is what New Orleans is about, and it really is, to me, you know, there's a thriving jazz world in New York and elsewhere, but New Orleans, where the Hot 8 as part of, where the black men of the neighborhood part of, where the Mardi Granians(ph) are part of, this is a living culture.
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