{"id":11181,"date":"2019-05-30T22:40:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T05:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=11181"},"modified":"2019-05-31T17:43:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T00:43:20","slug":"do-you-know-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2019\/05\/do-you-know-what-it-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Know What It Means?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/streetcar-in-new-orleans-699112771-5a98de0d1f4e130036d2e855-e1559277896197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/streetcar-in-new-orleans-699112771-5a98de0d1f4e130036d2e855-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>No sooner had I started to idly wonder what&#8217;s happening in one of my favorite former hometowns than Terri Hinte sent a message reminding me of a new album by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Orleans-Jazz-Orchestra-Toussaint\/dp\/B07NRF9SH7\/ref=asc_df_B07NRF9SH7\/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=343786038450&amp;hvpos=1o1&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=592962272450063440&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=1027744&amp;hvtargid=aud-643565131866:pla-702038537481&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=&amp;ref=&amp;adgrpid=69626275659&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvadid=343786038450&amp;hvpos=1o1&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=592962272450063440&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=1027744&amp;hvtargid=aud-643565131866:pla-702038537481\">The CD<\/a> is a tribute to one of the city&#8217;s most beloved musical heroes, the late Allen Toussaint, composer of &#8220;Southern Nights,&#8221; &#8220;Java&#8221; and innumerable other hits. The members of the orchestra are from across the city and a variety of musical disciplines. When the band is at full strength, it numbers more than twenty musicians. They are led by drummer Adonis Rose, a young veteran of the New Orleans scene. In an introductory video, Rose discusses the philosophy that guides the orchestra<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pG6TD_9aKDQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There is also less happy news on the New Orleans jazz front, although according to today&#8217;s<em> New York Times<\/em>, it is headed toward resolution. To read the story by Giovanni Russonello, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/28\/arts\/music\/new-orleans-jazz-market.html\">go here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No sooner had I started to idly wonder what&#8217;s happening in one of my favorite former hometowns than Terri Hinte sent a message reminding me of a new album by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. 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