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  Paperback and Hardback cover Kindle cover               The book trailer Vocalist Audrey Reine has enjoyed local stardom at a famous jazz club in New Orleans for nearly two decades. When the club owner, her lover, replaces her with an ingénue, Audrey must negotiate an unexpected new life while trying to rescue her tentative musical career.   The Repertoire   is a jazz novella for a new era. Available now at Amazon Signed copies will be available mid-September from Etsy Listen to the playlist for THE REPERTOIRE on YouTube

  Ingrid Lucia's new recording, Wanderlust , is now available! I'm loving the music and believe this may be her best work to date. I also must confess I'm a bit proud to have taken the cover photograph. Enjoy!

"Reading The Horn " copyright 2019 Kristin Fouquet In my childhood, it was customary for my parents to bring my brother and me to the French Market on Sundays to buy our weekly produce. It was on one of these occasions I heard the most amazing music. The song emitted through a radio owned by the man selling Creole tomatoes. I lingered to listen until my mother called for me. When I caught up, I asked about that music. Her reply, “Just jazz.” Despite being native to New Orleans, I wasn’t brought up in a household with jazz. It was up to me to learn the musicians and the songs- from trad jazz onward. Jazz became my favorite music. Ten years ago, at the recommendation of the much-respected Carter Monroe, I read The Horn by John Clellon Holmes. It had such a deep effect on me, I recently decided to pick it up for another read. I’m so glad I did. The Horn is considered the definitive jazz novel, so my humble opinion of it will hardly drive up sales. Yet, after rere...

"Uncle Shadow" August 4, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Signatures" August 4, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Old Habit" August 4, 2017 "The Masterful Mr. Brunious" August 4, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Love Lost Lie" August 4, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Guinni at Molly's" August 4, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Damp Dancers" August 4, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Traditional Jazz at Three Muses" August 5, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Jazz Vipers at d.b.a." August 5, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Brass Backs" August 4, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Boudreaux?" August 4, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Bachelorette Party at Three Muses" August 5, 2017- copyright 2017 Kristin Fouquet "Danci...

I hadn't heard the lyrics to this Fats Waller song until I heard Debbie sing it. It's also on her new CD, "Vices and Virtues" with Josh Paxton, which is available at https://debbiedavismusic.com

            " Seeking Live Jazz in Contemporary New Orleans " an audio walking tour

I've just written and recorded my first audio walking tour- a New Orleans Jazz tour . The VoiceMap app is free and uses the GPS on your phone. Enjoy!   Seeking Live Jazz in Contemporary New Orleans

Ingrid Lucia and Amasa Miller perform at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on September 23, 2014. Odd gigs are fun indeed!

The Swing Setters perform "Ladybugs' Picnic" at New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park on September 13, 2014. Film by Kristin Fouquet