Dr John – Hanging with the Hoodoo Man
Thursday, October 23, 2014
To say Malcolm John ‘Mac’ Rebennack Jr, aka Dr John, has lived a colourful life would be something of an understatement: from spells in jail, being shot in the hand, scoring drugs and his upbringing in deepest, darkest New Orleans, he is the very embodiment of the Crescent City’s rich gumbo soul.
Back with a riotous new album Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch, he celebrates another Big Easy scion, Louis Armstrong and his timeless trumpet and vocal legacies. Ahead of his headline concert at this month’s EFG London Jazz Festival, the Good Doctor tells Michael Jackson how jazz has always woven itself into his work
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