Playboy Jazz Festival has come and gone once again. My friends and I kind of made it an annual thing since 2015, though I seriously debated about skipping it this year. The ambience is always so much fun, however, thus I decided to just go as usual. Six of us attended together on Saturday, then four of us on Sunday. Three of us brought food & wine to share on Saturday, as did we same three on Sunday. Since people throw Mardi Gras beads and jello shots out to the crowd every year, I simply bought “special” Mardi Gras beads when I was in New Orleans in January and let my friends choose which ones they wanted to wear. We were kind of out of luck with the jello shots, as the person who usually makes them opted to go to Mexico this year rather than going to the Jazz Fest. Of course, people around us were kind enough to share their jello shots with us!
Who played you’re probably asking? Well, you know that they use the term “jazz” lightly, as Fantasia Barino, the Neville Brothers, Common, etc. have performed in the past. On Saturday we saw Patrice Rushen, Angelique Kidjo, Sheila E. & Kool & the Gang, among others. The latter three definitely had the crowd up & dancing. Sunday’s performers included The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Maceo Parker, Boz Scaggs & The Family Stone. In my opinion, Boz Scaggs was much better than I’d expected. How old is he now, anyway?
There really isn’t much else to report, other than 3 of us stopped to get bacon-wrapped hot dogs after the concert on Sunday! Have you ever had one? My preferred way is simply with mustard & ketchup; no onions, jalapeno, relish, mayo or anything else. I’m boring, I know.