Gumbo Spot
Welcome to the Gumbo Spot community. It's the home of Gumbo Publishing, where you can order the book “Daddy Plays Old-Time New Orleans Jazz.” This is an affectionate portrait of Gabriel family history dating back to 1856 when Narcisse Gabriel established what is now six generations of musicians in and from New Orleans -- with more than 70 photos and documents, poetry and New Orleans recipes.
This is also where you can get real gumbo recipes from Esther Gabriel’s New Orleans kitchen – absolutely free of charge.
Award-winning journalist and poet Larry Gabriel wrote the book based on stories that have been passed around the family for decades. It relates personal tales dating to the very birth of jazz, and shows how Gabriel musicians have been intimately involved in the music from then until now – from Manny Gabriel’s youth on the streets of New Orleans to Percy Gabriel’s days on the road during the 1930s and 1940s, to Clarence Ford’s decade-plus with Fats Domino, to Charlie Gabriel’s self-awakening in France in 1971 and Louis Ford’s time with Harry Connick Jr.’s big band in the 1990s, this book is packed with stories, music, African-American cultural history and love. Not to mention more than 90 historic photos and documents, Larry Gabriel’s storytelling poetry and, yes, Esther Gabriel’s recipes. “Daddy Plays Old-Time New Orleans Jazz” takes you back 150 years and rides you up the lazy river to a modern jazz experience.
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