Jazz Fest on WWOZ, Sat 4/25

The OZ page has yesterday's schedule taken off! Good job.

So, on the schedule today is:

11:25 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Henry Gray & the Cats featuring Carol Fran
1:40 - 2:35 p.m. Lil' Buck Senegal Blues Band
2:00 - 3:10 p.m. Rebirth Brass Band with Kermit Ruffins
3:50 - 5:05 p.m. Third World

I'm certainly looking forward to the last two.
Not sure about the first two. Now, how will they
deal with the Lil' Buck and Rebirth being on at
the same time? We'll see.

Interesting tidbit. Someone was searching for
"WWOZ MIssy" and found my blog entry for
yesterday. I wonder who?

Nice to listen to Music From The Glen with Sean
who's still on after all these years. (He's
playing an Indian reggae cut now... Nice.)

12:12 NY time Sean hands it over to Bob and Lisa.
Bob French, oh well. Signal is breaking up.
(Stream is fine.) Some sort of mic problem with
Lisa's mic. I hear some wind but this is in
addition to that. Bob's mic is fine. Why don't
they fix Lisa's mic? Maybe they have now. Yes,
seems better.

12:34 NY time, they go to Henry Grey. Mix seems
ok, Henry's vocals a little low. Level is hotter
than studio feed.

12:58 NY time, Carol's vocals low. Henry's too.
Henry is practically out of the mix. I guess the
engineer is doing something else. Carol's vocals
get better but Henry's are still low.

Bob's station ID is practically inaudible.

Roll Me - Henry's vocals are very low. Does anyone care?

Next song, the same. Engineer is awol.

The mixes are otherwise excellent.

Set over.

Lisa's voice is doubling. Bob's isn't or it isn't noticeable. I wonder why.

...

Lil Buck til 2, then Rebirth then Third World,
then John Mooney and Bluesiana? OK.

"www.org" Hunh?

DJ level is lower than CD. Bob's mic is lower
than Lisa's. Bob isn't being very obnoxious
today. How nice.

Bob: "So the next time", gets repeated 4x... I
thought it was a digital trick but I think it was
him just being senile.

2:45 NY time, Bob's mic is still lower than
Lisa's. Then they go to Lil' Buck. Live feed is
hotter than previous level.

3:13 NY time. They had a promo for Acura between
the last two songs. Now they do one for Drs for
Charity Hospital. Both said they are sponsoring
the hour. Which is it?

And where is Rebirth? They said they would be on at 2 NO time.

Set over. Bob isn't drinking anymore. Does that explain his better nature now?

TR Johnson and Sondra Bibb coming up.

4:07 NY time. New Djs are on. Apparently Sondra
is not meant to be heard since her mic is so low.

When is Rebirth going to be on?

(My computer crashed so I was not listening for
about 10 minutes right around 5 pm.)

5:08 NY time. No sign of Rebirth.

Ah, Third World is on! Good.

96š in the Shade!! Love the sirens and barking dog!

They love the sirens too, adding them liberally to the next song too.

... (I go get the mail, so miss some.)

Try Jah Love!

Now That We've Found Love!!

Good, they've done their set and the DJs aren't
barging in to do a station ID. And it's the top
of the hour. Good. Never seen such restraint.

Encore: Here come the sirens again. MLK soundbites! Not much of song though.

OZ DJs kick in eventually. Sondra is VERY low level.

So, what about Rebirth?

Ponderosa Stomp feature again.

Now the schedule says for today "3:15 - 3:55 p.m.
Rebirth Brass Band with Kermit Ruffins" but they
weren't on at all. It also says John Mooney will
be on at 6 NO time, 7 'til 7:55, NY time. OK. I
still don't get what happened to Rebirth.

6:23 NY time. Sondra's level is good now.

Now they play "some highlights" of Rebirth. OK.
We hear the stage MC low level. Hear the band
warming up. Band level is low, averaging -20db
compared to everything earlier. Good mix though.

6:32 NY time, the level is brought up. Good.

...One awful solo by Kermit... (at end of the
tune before the Go Shorty intro of the next tune)

So, if Rebirth is on now, when will John Mooney be on?

Set ends (7:25 NY time)

Right to John Mooney, good.

A good day. Great to hear Third World. Looking
forward to Sonny Landreth, Herlin Riley and
Robert Cray tomorrow.

Jazz Fest on WWOZ, Friday, 4/24

4/23, ~4pm NY time
The main page says: "WWOZ brings you live broadcasts of 32 acts over
seven days." You click on the link for "live broadcasts" and you get
the live broadcast page. It says "There are no currently scheduled
upcoming live events broadcasts."

OK. It's the day before Jazz Fest. They probably haven't put the
schedule up yet but why not at least say that it is coming on that
page? I'll give them this one but let's hope it isn't a sign of
things to come.

9:10 pm NY time
The web page now says: "WWOZ will be broadcasting 32 acts over the 7
days of Jazz Fest. Please check back for further details."

Great. Nice and vague, as usual. (Yes, I know they don't know who
will be on ahead of time but do they have no clue?)

Piano night will have:
David Torkanowsky!, Dr. Lonnie Smith!, Josh Charles, Matt Lemmler,
Dan Dyer (oh no), Carol Fran!, Marcia Ball!, Tom McDermott, Henry
Gray, John Gros!, Joe Krown! and Tom Hook.

Should be good.

Friday, 4/24
Good. They have the complete schedule up, all the way through both weekends.

So, here's who I'll be listening to:

FRIDAY, APRIL 24
11:15 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. June Gardner & the Fellas - I'll try them out
12:50 - 1:30 p.m. Gospel Soul Children - should be good
4:20 - 5:25 p.m. Leroy Jones & the Fairview Baptist Church
Brass Band Alumni: Tribute to Danny Barker - should be good
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Tribute to Mahalia Jackson, featuring Irma
Thomas, Mavis Staples, and Pamela Landrum - should be good

Um, how are they going to broadcast the two last shows,
simultaneously? Typo, one confused person or will they be tape delay?
It would be nice if they said. Note some more of these conflicts
further down the schedule.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25
11:25 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Henry Gray & the Cats featuring Carol
Fran - maybe
1:40 - 2:35 p.m. Lil' Buck Senegal Blues Band - maybe
2:00 - 3:10 p.m. Rebirth Brass Band with Kermit Ruffins - definitely
3:50 - 5:05 p.m. Third World - great!

SUNDAY, APRIL 26
12:20 - 1:05 p.m. Roderick Paulin & the Big Easy Groovers - maybe
1:25 - 2:15 p.m. Germain Bazzle - yes
2:10 - 3:10 p.m. Sonny Landreth - yes!
2:35 - 3:25 p.m. Herlin Riley - yes!
3:40 - 4:55 p.m. The Robert Cray Band - yes!

Weekend 2
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
12:25 - 1:15 p.m. Rumba Buena -probably not
2:55 - 3:45 p.m. New Birth Brass Band - yes, wait, will this
be a repeat?
2:50 - 3:40 p.m. Delfeayo Marsalis presents Sweet Thunder
(Duke & Shak) - probably not

FRIDAY, MAY 1
12:25 - 1:20 p.m. Doreen's Jazz New Orleans - maybe

SATURDAY, MAY 2
2:40 - 3:35 p.m. Ensemble Fatien featuring Seguenon Kone, Dr.
Michael White, and Jason Marsalis - maybe
4:25 - 5:25 p.m. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - yes

SUNDAY, MAY 3
1:35 - 2:25 p.m. Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm - maybe
4:10 - 5:05 p.m. Luther Kent & Trickbag - yes

That will give me plenty of leeway to catch whatever AT&T will be
webcasting. They aren't telling us what they'll be airing yet but
they usually get bigger names.

11:56 NY time
Bob French is on. Too bad. They switch over the Fairgrounds in 5
minutes. They play a promo with the music. If Bob is in the studio,
then we won't hear him for the live broadcast, yea!

Good latin swing tune on now.

They switch over. We hear Tom Morgan talk but he is not aware he is
on air. They play some CDs or records. (I hear some scratches.)

Abrupt end to cut. They just let a CD play rather than mix it with
others. Anybody can do that.

OK, its 12:16 NY time. The band was supposed to be on now.

Now they mix a CD.

12:20 NY time, Tom Morgan and Missy Bowen are on. June is a drummer.
Missy does a station ID after Tom has already mentioned it. The
website is timing out.

So they're going to be airing the Danny Barker tribute tomorrow?

They go to June Gardner at 12:29 NY time. I don't think I'll need to
listen to this.

I come back at 1 NY time. Whoever is announcing in the band is
off-mic. (Later, as they end the set, someone announces on-mic.)

Nice version of I Walk On Guilded Splinters from Dan Dyer from Piano
Night 2007. Might give me new faith in listening to him this coming
Piano Night.

Go to the Gospel Soul Children at 1:45 NY time (early!). Nice! (A
little dull on the high end but otherwise good.) Very cool bass efx
(swirl). Serious hum!

Tom does a station ID after the second song. Mentions OZ twice in the
same break. Is that necessary? Do they think we've forgotten?

Level goes down and up a couple of times.

Nice ending with the women's high voices until they do it too often.

DJs haven't interrupted with station IDs!

They fade out the MC on stage but he's not done and the DJs don't
come on, then they do.

Tom isn't coming through.

The set ends on time.

The loss of the high end seems to be a limitation of the stream. It's
happening when they play CDs too.

Good info/interview on NOMC?

So the Tribute to Mahalia will be on today. What about the one to Danny Barker?

Tom and Missy sign off at about 4 pm NY time. Lisa and Suzanne on next.

CD level is hotter than DJ/live level...

Good music played in-between and good Ponderosa Stomp feature.

Some kind of weird doubling going on with Lisa's voice now, 4:38 NY
time, after Robert Palmer's Bare Footin'.

They go to Mahalia Jackson tribute at 5:38 NY time, mid-song.
..."Give it to her" (Mavis Staples) as she goes off stage.
Pamela Landrum on next.
..."Give it to her" (Pamela Landrum) as she goes off stage.
OZ DJ buts in.
Irma Thomas on now. Her mic is out of the
mix. OZ engineer takes some time to bring her in. Getting there but
not there yet. Better, there yet? Could be better. Good enough.
Doubling heard on her voice (and Pamela's too). Doubling not heard on
instruments...

So. overall very few problems. It's good that the DJs don't barge in
too often to do station IDs, even though they repeat it twice in each
ID out of habit. And the mixes are good, levels are good, the stream
held up - no breaks.

Looks like this will be a good Jazz Fest.

More tomorrow.

French Quarter Fest on WWOZ

I tried to listen to as much of it as I could but things didn't work
out so I caught a lot less than I thought I would. No acts stand out
but I did like the Revealers and The Wild Magnolias sounded the best
I've ever heard. I do wonder, since the Mardi Gras Indians are
including Latin music into their music, is there a Mexican/Puerto
Rican mixing of music with all the Mexican labor introduced after the
storm? What do they think of the Puerto Rican/Cuban/Brazilian Latin
influences that seem to be more mainstream than the Mexican/Central
American?

I don't feel like giving my usual run-down but I will say I am
pleased that the mixes seemed good (I only heard one time when an
instrument was out of the mix.), the DJs didn't interrupt too often
with station IDs and for the most part the DJ blather was listenable.

Let's hope Jazz Fest will be as good as this.