The Jazz Musicians Go Marching In

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Mardi Gras may be over, but New Orleans is gearing up for another major cultural event, the city’s 37th Annual Jazz & Heritage Festival, the first since Hurricane Katrina. Artists ranging from Fats Domino to Bob Dylan are scheduled to perform. Find out whether Jazz Fest can revive the Big Easy. Plus, the WNYC Young People’s Radio Chorus return to Soundcheck to perform pieces by composers John Corigliano and Mark Adamo. And saxophonist Roy Nathanson shares his new solo album, the result of two years of workshopping at Brooklyn's club Barbes.

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