THE GIG

How the Stories End

 

Playlist, May 15

‘Treme,’ Jamie Lidell, Chris Lightcap, Kris Kristofferson

Yesterdays and Tomorrows

 

 Christian Scott said a lot of things when we met for dinner, in preparation for a new feature in the current JazzTimes. (That preview is free but incomplete; for the full piece, buy the issue.) Some of those things were ballsy, or just forceful: when I filed, I warned my editor that this piece would contain more casual profanity than the previous year’s haul in the magazine. This wasn’t a matter of sensationalism. It’s how the dude speaks, and to edit would be to lose a measure of truth.

The Christian Scott media barrage has been covered elsewhere, and it’s an ongoing story. (Surely there’s a Treme follow-up here?) I won’t add much kindling to the campfire, except to post a bit of audio from the interview, which took place at Great Jones Café. (I thought it would be fun to chow down on some ersatz New Orleans cuisine. Scott was polite about the gumbo there, though he clearly wasn’t terribly impressed. I like Great Jones -- a decent hang, and a good place to get Abita on tap -- but I understand his assessment.)

Deep Inhale

Critics’ Choice: New CDs

Trombone Shorty, “Backatown”