Up Front and Center: New Orleans Music at the End of the 20th Century
Jay Mazza has been on the music scene in New Orleans since 1979.  He has been documenting his live music experiences for three decades.  His first book is “I Got the Fish in the Head- A Radiators Retrospective.” He wrote the “Jazz City” column and covered culture in the Louisiana Weekly from 1992-2005.  He has numerous other writing credits including articles in Downbeat, Blues Access, Tower Records Pulse!, the Times-Picayune, Offbeat and he was the editor of Beat Street magazine. He is the chairman of the Big Easy Entertainment Awards and blogs at www.thevinyldistrict.com.