Amadee Castenel returning to Paulie’s NOLA Jazz & Blues Festival in 2010
by worcesterite - June 3, 2010 4:50pm
One of New Orleans’ premier tenor saxophonists and flautists, Amadee Castenel has been nurtured by 40 years of playing in the rich multi-layered music scene of New Orleans.From 1973- 1983 he was musical director of the band Chocolate Milk, writing and performing on their 8 albums for RCA Records. He has… also been an… important member of the award winning, legendary musical genius Allen Toussaint Orchestra. When not touring, he is a much seasoned and in demand studio musician. Amadee has recorded with such legendary artists as Dr. John (Grammy award winning “Going Back to New Orleans”), Robbie Robertson (“Storyville”), Lee Dorsey (“Night People”), and Neville Bros. (“Fire on the Bayou”) to name just a few. From Etta James to Idris Mohammed, Fats Domino, and Albert King all have loved the tasteful phrasing of his sultry soulful saxophone.This consummate journeyman, shaped by the hot voodoo rhythms and Mardi Gras energy of Southern Louisiana, and with 2 albums under his own name on the Nyno Records label, has come to center stage a second time in collaboration with Dave Osoff on “Mosaic”. He also appears on the current HBO TV series “Treme” performing with Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Aaron Neville, and Lloyd Price.
Amadee is in the pic playing live at last years Paulie’s NOLA Jazz & Blues Festival in Worcester, MA
He is returning in 2010… http://baevents.com/pauliesnolabluesandjazzfestival/index.html