3 segments
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New Orleans Now 23 min
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Blue Crescent 16 min
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Avishai Cohen 16 min
A new book by author Ned Subletteexplores the history of war, slavery, and aristocracy in New Orleans. A new CD by clarinetist Dr. Michael White looks to that city’s future. On today's show: New Orleans music, three years after Katrina. Also on the show: live music by Avishai Cohen, an Israeli composer, bandleader, bassist with growing reputation for music that fuses Middle Eastern and Latin folk melodies with modern jazz structures.