New Orleans’ last bastion of turn of the 20th century horns, plungers, and blaring brass followed up its 2012 Rounder Records disc,
St. Peter & 57th St. – the Hall’s address – with a
50th Anniversary Collection box set on Sony/Legacy. On the former, Ms. Merrill Garbus (Tune-Yards) belts “Tootie Ma” while the latter boasts
the Tom Waits on “Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing.” No such guests at the One World, only eight of the Crescent City’s finest brass preservationists, 6 & 8:30pm.
– Raoul Hernandez