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Part V: The Part of Tens
� The Creole Queen: Take an old-school cruise on the Mississippi with
live jazz. For information, call 504-529-4567.
� Fritzel’s European Jazz Pub: Stiff German beer and authentic New
Orleans jazz make a satisfying merger here. Call 504-561-0432 for details.
� Preservation Hall: The popular center for authentic New Orleans
jazz was badly damaged by Katrina but reopened in April 2006. The
Preservation Hall Jazz Band sustains its busy performing schedule,
including dates in New Orleans. Check this venue’s status online at
www.preservationhall.com/2.0/.
� Snug Harbor Jazz Club: One of the city’s leading jazz venues has live
music seven nights a week, including pianist Ellis Marsalis most Fridays.
Check out www.snugjazz.com.
� The Spotted Cat: This club has two bands or more every night, including
jazz, blues, and Latin music. Call 504-943-3887 for more information.
Visit this Web site to check the post-Katrina status of clubs: www.neworleans
online.com/neworleans/music/musicclubs.html.
New York City
Read the New Yorker and weep, if you’re a jazz fan who doesn’t live there. In
one issue, its calendar lists an all-star band led by saxophonist James Carter,
dueling pianists Bill Charlap and Bill Mays, guitarist Jim Hall’s trio, saxophonist
David “Fathead” Newman, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and, from Berlin,
Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester. Maybe not as impressive as bebop’s
52nd street hey-day, but magnificent by any other standard.
Jazz legends tend to play at the following noteworthy clubs:
� Birdland, www.birdlandjazz.com
� The Blue Note, www.bluenote.net/newyork/index.shtml
� Dizzy’s Club, www.jalc.org/dccc/c_calendar.asp
� Iridium, www.iridiumjazzclub.com
� Village Vanguard, www.villagevanguard.net
Jazz’s heritage in New York City is sustained on many fronts:
� World-renowned authors and critics such as Francis Davis, Gary
Giddins, and Ben Ratliff cover the music with sensitivity and intelligence.