The Fish Fry

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The Mardi Gras celebration begins this weekend In New Orleans and on tonight's Fish Fry!

Touted as America's biggest party, Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is traditionally a time for eating and enjoying richly before the Lenten season. The celebration in New Orleans stems from a mixture of cultures which is also often touted as the founding factor in the birth of jazz music.

This Saturday night, invite KCUR's Fish Fry and 12th Street Jump to bring the jazz & blues to your New Year's Eve party!

From 8pm to midnight, join Chuck Haddock on the Fish Fry ringing out the old and ringing in the new as he and his wife Terri Mac play an eclectic mix of the finest in blues, soul, rhythm 'n' blues, rock & roll,  jumpin' jive & zydeco.

Then at midnight, celebrate 2012 and the birthday of tenor saxman James Carter on 12th Street Jump, public radio's weekly jazz, blues and comedy jam.

Happy 2012 from KCUR!

Taj Mahal, Otis Redding, The Mar-Keys

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To Rebecca Pryor, her grandfather Charlie was a kind of Pied Piper. Everywhere he went, he made music that thrilled listeners.

Charlie Pryor was a percussionist, specializing in drum set, xylophone and a homemade musical washboard supped up with cowbells and horns. When she was little, Charlie took Rebecca with him to play at churches, and he played at her school's assemblies. 

"One of my favorite memories from childhood when we would come around and do assemblies and performances at the schools that I went to, was that he would play "Flight of the Bumblebee." So he would hold two mallets in each hand and play "Flight of the Bumblebee." Anyway, it was a very rapid-fire song, and he never missed a note."

Kansas City , Mo. – One of Kansas City's legendary jazzmen, Alaadeen, stopped by The Fish Fry to talk about his career and the 25th anniversary re-release of The City Light Orchestra's album "Raised Spirits."

Kansas City, MO – The Fish Fry's Chuck Haddix talks with blues man Frank Ace, a frequent musical guest at BB's and other area clubs.

Kansas City, Mo – Cedric Burnside, grandson of the legendary R.L. Burnside, son of drumming great Calvin Jackson, is widely regarded as one of the best drummers in the world. Bluesman Lightnin' Malcolm is one of the leading younger generation artists on the scene today.