Jazz Fest '97 -- Schedule for 4/25/97

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Jazz Fest '97 -- Fair Grounds Schedule - Stages and Times

Sunday, May 4, 1997

Fox 8 / Polaroid Stage
11:00 - 11:50	Ritmo Caribeno
12:05 - 1:00	Tommy Ridgley & the Untouchables with Cookie Gabriel
1:25 - 2:20	Charmaine Neville and Friends
2:45 - 3:45	Snooks Eaglin
4:15 - 5:30	Widespread Panic
5:50 - 7:00	The Radiators

House of Blues / Dr. Martens Stage
11:15 - 12:00	Liz Barnez Band
12:20 - 1:15	Ernie Vincent & Top Notes
1:40 - 2:40	Mem Shannon & the Membership
3:00 - 4:00	Wanda Rouzan & A Taste of New Orleans
4:25 - 5:25	C.C. Adcock
5:55 - 7:00	E.L.S.

WWL / Ray-Ban Stage
11:15 - 12:00	SUNO Jazz Ensemble
12:20 - 1:00	White Eagles Mardi Gras Indians
1:25 - 2:25	ReBirth Brass Band
3:00 - 5:00	George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
5:45 - 7:00	The Neville Brothers Featuring Aaron Neville

WB38 Fais Do-Do Stage
11:15 - 12:00	Horace Trahan, Leo Abshire & Original Mamou Playboys
12:20 - 1:15	Thomas "Big Hat" Fields & His Foot Stompin' Zydeco Band
1:35 - 2:30	Kristi Guillory & Reveille
2:50 - 3:50	Los Calientes del Son
4:15 - 5:15	Waylon Thibodeaux "Louisiana's Rockin' Fiddler"
5:45 - 7:00	Willis Prudhomme & Zydeco Express

Gibson / WWOZ Jazz Tent
11:15 - 12:00	Alvin "Red" Tyler Quartet
12:45 - 1:15	The Kermit Ruffins Big Band
1:40 - 2:40	Kent Jordan with Strings
3:00 - 4:00	Donald Harrison
4:20 - 5:20	Terence Blanchard Group
5:45 - 7:00	McCoy Tyner & Michael Brecker

Cox Communications Economy Hall
11:15 - 12:00	Louis Cottrell & his Original Creole Jazz Band
12:15 - 1:05	Duke Dejean's Olympia Brass Band
1:15 - 2:00	Tommy Yetta's New Orleans Jazz Band
2:20 - 3:15	Boutte l'Etienne Music Friends
3:35 - 4:25	Fabrice Zammarchi Quartet Tribute to Sidney Bechet
4:45 - 5:45	Bob Wilber & the Bechet Legacy with vocalist Pug Horton
6:00 - 7:00	Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Congo Square Stage
11:15 - 12:00	Y'Shua Manzy
12:20 - 1:15	Irie Vibrations
1:35 - 2:20	Dogon Dancers of Mali
2:50 - 3:45	Eric Gable
4:15 - 5:25	Jazz Jamaica
5:50 - 7:00	Omou Sangare of Mali

BellSouth Mobility Lagniappe Tent
11:15 - 12:00	UNO Jazz Ensemble
12:20 - 1:15	Walter Cook & the Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians
1:35 - 2:20	Dr. Avrol Looking Horse with Sask Northern Drums
2:45 - 3:45	New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
4:15 - 5:15	The Hackberry Ramblers
5:45 - 7:00	Traditional Instrumental Ensemble of Mali

Music Heritage Stage
12:00 - 12:45	The Mardi Gras Chorus
1:15 - 2:00	Po' Henry & Tookie
2:30 - 3:15	Tony Green Gypsy Jazz
3:45 - 4:30	Dawn Hill, Dr. Looking Horse & Chief Sundown (interview)
5:00 - 5:45	Mem Shannon (interview)

Rhodes Gospel Tent
11:00 - 11:35	The Melody Clouds
11:45: 12:20	Joyful!
12:30 - 1:05	Therrow Scott & Tehillah
1:15 - 1:50	The Famous Rocks of Harmony
2:00 - 2:35	John Lee & the Heralds of Christ with Christine Myles
2:45 - 3:05	Jo "Cool" Davis
3:15 - 3:50	Alvin Bridges & the Desire Comm. Choir
4:00 - 4:40	Sherman Washington & the Famous Zion Harmonizers
4:55 - 5:55	Dorothy Love Coates Singers
6:05 - 6:50	The Gospel Soul Children

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