O for an oyster po' boy right now. Mmm, the city where one can eat pork chops for breakfast.







1. Rehearsing at Religious Street for my first jazz festival with Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe.

2. Onstage at Congo Square.

3. Entrance: the 25th annual festival.

4. Jenna Mammina.

5. In the Jazz Tent, 1996.

6. Hanging out backstage.

7. Onstage with guests, 1996. From left to right: me, Stacy Starkweather, Jenna Mammina, Trey Anastasio, and Marshall Allen.