Though Jazzfest is ostensibly a daytime music festival, many attendees (this writer included) are all about the nighttime gigs. It is possible to see several shows a night without ever reaching the fairgrounds. Fortunately, we caught some daytime shows, like the McDonogh High School Gospel Choir and Paulette Wright in the Gospel Tent, Ellis Marsalis in the Jazz Tent, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux at Congo Square, and Eric Lindell at the Fais Do Do Stage, not to mention a rousing parade through the festival grounds with the Storyville Stompers. And then there were the headliners – Jimmy Buffett, Paul Simon, and Lionel Richie. But as expected, the real action was to be found outside the festival.

The Greyboy Allstars Reunite - In an unprecedented move, preceded only by - well - a few precedents, The Greyboy Allstars have come back together and will hit the stage this evening in Asheville, NC at the Orange Peel. This is an extraordinary development for souljazz fans who have to look all the way back to February of 2006 for the last time that Karl Denson, Robert Walter, Chris Stillwell, Elgin Park and Zak Najor appeared together. Those reunion shows came on the heels of a reunion in November 2005, which followed an extraordinary return in January, February, April and May of 2004, after the bands triumphant reconciliation in August of 2003 following their 2002 reunion after GBA parted ways in 1999 (give or take the occasional show or three). Looking ahead, a Happy Friends reunion tour is scheduled for May and then again for June. [Relix News]