Chris Stapleton, Vampire Weekend, Fantasia topped a big Saturday at the 2024 Jazz Fest
Posted on AllSides April 27th, 2024
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In the hours before country superstar Chris Stapleton, R&B belter Fantasia and indie rock band Vampire Weekend closed the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s main stages on Saturday, the festival occasionally paused to remember. A jazz funeral procession on the Fair Grounds infield honored Russell Batiste Jr., the renowned New Orleans drummer and character who died of a heart attack last year at 57. Later, his extended family in the Batiste Brothers sang his praises at the Congo Square Stage. The late Bob Jones, an instrumental figure in...
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