We Will Drown the Bitch in Beauty May 1, 2008
Posted by Wet Bank Guy in 504, 8-29, Dancing Bear, Federal Flood, Hurricane Katrina, Jazz, Jazz Fest, NOLA, New Orleans, Rebirth, Recovery, Remember, Sinn Fein, Toulouse Street, We Are Not OK, je me souviens, levee.Tags: 504, Jazz Fest, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, LPO, New Orleans, NOLA, Requiem for Katrina, Terence Blanchard, WWOZ Jazz Tent
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“I told you I would be here.
It was important that I came.
I’m leaving but I’ll be back again.
Will you be here?”
— Shelton Alexander
Terrence Blanchard. Requiem for Katrina. Tomorrow at Jazz Fest
We will drown the bitch in beauty and flood the city with tears of joy.
Will you be there?
Update: Replacing generic Terence Blanchard YouTube with a camera video shot May 2, 2008 at Jazz Fest, an excerpt from Funeral Dirge from Blanchard’s A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina), featuring Blanchard’s Quintet and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.
Without question.
[...] was also, as I promised Friday, a time of joy. As the band wailed through the beautiful Ashe and the straight ahead jazz numbers [...]