Seasoned en Vieux~ I've Been Framed at the Galerie 1501 !

"1920 Downtown New Orleans"~Michele Lambert, artist www.michelelambertartist.com

 

 

1501 Canal Street, former Texaco Corporate Headquarters. Now a senior loft apartments.

 

 

 

1501 Gallery, a temporary space until we welcome Dunkin Donuts!

Vieux Carre Home~ Jeff  Todd, artist

 

Cocoon I~ Wire & Metal Sculptures
www.silkrivermetals.com


 

Silk Metal Rivers, artist

 

Mr. Armstrong~ Sheila Pipps, artist 16x20

 

Just Look at Her Playin' Her Clarinet!
Doreen, The Clarinett Queen~ Sheila Pipps, artist 16x20 acyrlics

 

 

 "Spirited" 24x24~Saundra Dymond, artist

 

 

 

"It's a Mardi Gras World"~ Saundra Dymond 24x24

 

 

 Gailene St, Amand, artist

www.gailenestamand.see.me

 

 Jeff Todd, Bluesman for Old Dog Records


 

 "White Phoenix Duster"~Alfred Tumblin & Beesigye Ogden, designers

 

 

 

 

 

Featuring (l. to r)  "Spirited" & "Its a Mardi Gras World" by Saundra Dymond,  "Crimson Chief" , "Indian Decrie" & Big Chief Ascension" by Allan B. Smith (Mardi Gras Indians)
www.reimentsofpowers.com

 

 

 

 

 

"Tromborne Shorty:Jazzy City"~ Ransom McCormick.  Prepping & mapping...

 

 



"Blues Woman Bessie Smith"~Ann Cooper, artist

Silk Rivers Metals ~Placing wire & metal sculptures in space



 





Don't need No Words...

Blind Willie Johnson 1897-1945

the raw, powerful "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was the Ground", where he sings in wordless hum and moans about the crucifixion of Jesus. This song was a "moaning" piece related to the Bentonia school of blues practiced by such "eerie voiced" artists as Skip James and Robert Johnson.

Dark Was The Night, Cold Was the Ground was included on the Voyager Golden Record, sent into space with the Voyager spacecraft in 1977; this piece was used in the widely seen science show Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan in 1980.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNj2BXW852g&feature=related

From 1927:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R8RuOagzck&feature=related

Koko Taylor 1928-2009 Queen of the Blues

1967 footage @ age 48:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkyklIiHdlQ&feature=related

Here she is in 2008 singing in honor of Morgan Freeman @ Kennedy Center

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUmkbhxfFVQ&feature=related

Interview "Baby Please don't Dog Me":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajEaxCS3iB4&feature=related

And"Wang Dang Doodle"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFgroDqAsI&feature=related

Banjo Lady, Lady Blue

This quilt was created for Blu Barker , sassy blues singer of New Orleans and wife of jazz giant Danny Barker. Exhibited at the Amewrican Jazz Museum 2007-08