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7:30 p.m. Fri., Sept. 24 First Baptist Church, 16333 Hwy. 1085, Covington; 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 25 Mahalia Jackson Theater, 801 N. Rampart St., 523-6530; www.lpomusic.com
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Carlos Miguel Prieto (pictured) conducts acclaimed guest pianist Jorge Federico Osorio and the Louisiana Philharmonic Symphony in a season opening presentation of classics, including Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Handel’s Music for Royal Fireworks and more. Tickets $15-$95.
CHINESE ACROBATS AND FOLK ORCHESTRA 24 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 24; 4 p.m. Sat., Sept. 25 Tulane University, McAlister Auditorium, 613-4727; www.brownpapertickets.com SEP
A touring company of Chinese acrobats and an accompanying folk orchestra visit Tulane for a couple of performances. The acrobatic show presents a wide array of feats of strength, contortion and balance. The Chinese Folk Music Orchestra has toured extensively in the United States. Tickets $20-$50.
JOHN SCOFIELD AND THE PIETY STREET BAND 25 10 p.m. Saturday Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., 899-4206; www.tipitinas.com SEP
THE NINTH ANNUAL PONDEROSA STOMP RETURNS AS ROCK’S OFFICIAL TOAST TO ITS UNSUNG STARS. BY ALEX WOODWARD emphis music institutions Sun and Stax records are enshrined in that city’s museums. Compare that to New Orleans, where musical holy places like Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Studios is now split into laundromats and homes, and legendary hotspots like the Dew Drop Inn and Club Tijuana have been left to the ravages of time. New Orleans, however, has a living history shrine. The annual Ponderosa Stomp — celebrating the one-hit torchbearers of blues, R&B and rock ’n’ roll of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s — presents living legends, both on stage and in museums. The music festival has expanded to exhibitions and ongoing programming through partnerships with the Louisiana State Museum and Louisiana Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and it has established a national reputation via concert showcases at New York City’s Lincoln Center. All of the concerts, interviews and oral history presentations help “preserve the music and enhance the legacy” of the artists, says Stomp founder Ira Padnos. In 2002, Stomp founders the Mystic Knights of the Mau Mau went from presenting one-off rock ’n’ roll shows at Circle Bar to hosting several nights of programming during Jazz Fest weekends. Those annual showcases — the authority and the final word on rock ’n’ roll’s obscure heroes — moved to a midweek event and now debut as a stand-alone,
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A San Francisco band that went from 1950s-style rock to punk precursor, the Flamin’ Groovies performed at the 2009 Ponderosa Stomp, and several members return for a showcase at One Eyed Jacks on Sunday. PHOTO BY JACOB BLICKENSTAFF
Ponderosa Stomp SEPT. 24-25 WWW.PONDEROSASTOMP.COM
COCOROSIE WITH SISSY 27 NOBBY 9:30 p.m. Monday Republic, 828 S. Peters St., 528-8282; www.republicnola.com SEP
After four albums on Touch and Go, nouveau French nymphs Sierra and Bianca Casady jumped to Sub Pop for May’s Grey Oceans, a waking dream visited by a weird cabaret of stage-show orchestration and electro beats. Opening is bounce rapper Sissy Nobby, whose ridiculously riled-up “Beat It Out the Frame” tops the shortlist for best NOLA club popper of 2009. Tickets $15 advance purchase, $18 at the door.
Ponderosa Stomp Concerts 7 P.M.-2:30 A.M. FRI.-SAT. HOUSE OF BLUES, 225 DECATUR ST., 310-4999; WWW.HOB. COM Ponderosa Stomp Music Conference NOON-5 P.M. FRI.-SAT. LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM, CABILDO, ARSENAL ROOM, 751 CHARTRES ST.
Cabot-tat Cabot tat for Humanity BY WILL COVIELLO
Vermont’s Cabot Creamery Cooperative is supplying the cheese and enlisting chef John Folse to create a worldrecord 2,100 pound batch of mac and cheese. A $5 souvenir bowl gets you all the pasta you can eat, and there’s music by jazz vocalist Samirah Evans (a former New Orleanian and current Vermonter). Festivities are from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Fulton Square (Lafayette Street at South Peters Street). Proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity.
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Stomping Grounds
The zigzag career of jazz guitarist John Scofield moves like an improvisational solo: backing Chet Baker and Charles Mingus in the 1970s, flanking Miles Davis in the 1980s and bringing virtuosic flair and vocal tone to solo fusion records in the 1990s-2000s. Captured here, 2009’s Piety Street (Emarcy) features Jon Cleary, George Porter Jr. and Terence Higgins. 3Pc. Spicy opens. Tickets $20.
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