This week on Jazz New Orleans with Fred Kasten (Fridays from 8–10 p.m. Central on 89.9 WWNO and streaming live at wwno.org) — An extended conversation with pianist and composer Monty Alexander, the Jazz New Orleans “Player of the Week.” Alexander will play Jazz Fest with his Harlem-Kingston Express on Thursday, April 30.
Plus, A Jazz Fest Preview – PART 2 OF 3 — with music from scheduled festival artists Cassandra Wilson, Jon Cleary, Leroy Jones, the Panorama Jazz Band, Allen Toussaint, Fredy Omar, Robert Cray, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, the Dirty Dozen, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Cecile McLorin Salvant, James Rivers, Taj Mahal, Marcia Ball, Victor Goines and more.Jazz New Orleans Jazz Fest Preview - Part 2 of 3 - hour 1Jazz New Orleans Jazz Fest Preview - Part 2 of 3 - hour 2
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