Love Letter to New Orleans Book

Product Description (includes a 10x8 book, 64 pages).In the richly illustrated book (accompanied by a 14 track cd) 'A Love Letter to New Orleans,' Grammy Award winning trumpeter Irvin Mayfield reflects and reports on the people and places his music has brought into his life thus far. From rowdy New Orleans recording session to late night introspection with mentors like Wynton Marasalis and the late Herman Leonard, 'A Love Letter to New Orleans' is a poignant chronicling of Mayfield's resilient love affair with his city's legacy-Jazz. Review 'A brilliant, poignant and deep look at the extraordinary life and music of Irvin Mayfield. This is a wonderful love letter to the great city of New Orleans, but it is also a rare peek at the influences that have shaped one of America's great artists.' --Anderson Cooper, CNN Anchor