He mixed the British music hall tradition with an American taste for jazz, sex and money,

He mixed the British music hall tradition with an American taste for jazz, sex and money.

[Does Piazza feel jazz is an acquired taste?] If by 'acquired taste' you mean that jazz resists immediate enjoyment, I'm not sure I agree, ... But an active understanding of the ways in which the musicians make sense together, as opposed to a more passive way of enjoying the music, does take time to acquire, and I hope Understanding Jazz will give its readers insights that will make the music come alive for them in all its depth and excitement, which is intellectual as well as sensual, reflective as well as driving and exciting.

Passions were definitely running high for people who remained in New Orleans. There is a large part of their lives with they need to rebuild from scratch. It has apparently has resulted in widespread frustration, which has made rebuilding efforts that much more challenging.

For the first year, it's going to be more of a single-ticket audience (at MAC), ... Hopefully it will be a new audience that isn't familiar with our work, and hopefully (they'll) become subscribers down the line.

In the first year, we wanted to test the water and see what kind of market there is out there,