In New Orleans, Music screams.
Feintuch\'s interviews and Samson\'s sixty-five color photographs create a powerful portrait of an American place like no other and its worlds of music..
Michael White, Deacon John Moore, Cajun bandleader Bruce Daigrepont, Zion Harmonizer Brazella Briscoe, producer Scott Billington, as well as Christie Jourdain and Janine Waters of the Original Pinettes, New Orleans\'s only all-woman brass band.
Here you will find intimate and revealing interviews with eleven of the city\'s most celebrated Musicians and culture-bearers--Soul Queen Irma Thomas, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Charmaine Neville, John Boutt , Dr.
Photographer Gary Samson joined him, adding a compelling visual dimension to the book.
Thinking about the devastation--not only material but also cultural--caused by the levees breaking in 2005, he began a series of conversations with master New Orleans musicians, Talking about Their lives, the cultural contexts of Their music, Their experiences during and after Katrina, and Their city.
In Talking New Orleans Music, author Burt Feintuch has pursued a decades-long fascination with the Music of this singular city.
From traditional jazz through rhythm and blues and rock \'n\' roll to sissy bounce, in second-line parades, from the streets to clubs and festivals, the Music seems unending.
One musician leads to another; traditions overlap, intertwine, nourish each other; and everyone seems to know everyone else.
It messes with your head.
It messes with your feet.
It messes with pitch.
It messes with time.
It purrs.
It wails.
It blats.
It honks.
In New Orleans, Music screams
