Gene Scaramuzzo

Gene Scaramuzzo is situated in New Orleans, LA. Since 1980, he continues to be deeply mixed up in Caribbean and African music moments, interviewing and researching. He includes a special desire for the music of Trinidad, Tobago, as well as the French Antilles islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, and may be the just English-language writer offering in-depth coverage from the French Antilles music picture. Since 1980, Gene offers managed a bi-weekly radio system, “The Caribbean Display,” on New Orleans radio train station WWCZ. From 1980 to 1991, he was affiliate editor and columnist on Caribbean and Rhythmatic music for Wavelength, a fresh Orleans music publication. Since 1985, he offers created a column for The Defeat called “The Additional Caribbean” and offers written freelance content articles on Caribbean and African music for most publications, like the New Orleans daily newspapers. He’s Caribbean music consultant for the brand new Orleans Jazz & History Festival and Event International de Louisiana as well as the editor and annotator for Rounder compilations on zouk and soca. Desert Isle Picks Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines Duke Ellington The Blanton-Webster Music group Count Basie THE ENTIRE Decca Recordings Benny Goodman (Self-titled) Lester Youthful Giants from the Tenor Sax Coleman Hawkins Body and Spirit Charlie Parker Grasp Calls for Dizzy Gillespie Dizziest Bud Powell Jazz Large Miles Davis Drill down Billie Vacation The Legacy (1933-1958) Sarah Vaughan THE FIRST Years