Quint Davis
Quint Davis
Quint Davisis an American festival producer and director based in New Orleans. He is best known as the producer of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festivalfounded by George Wein. Davis has been involved in the production of the event from its start in 1970. He is the CEO of Festival Productions, Inc. - New Orleans, the company that produces the Jazz Fest...
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We're dedicating this year's festival to the people of New Orleans and inviting everybody who cares about this city to come to Jazz Fest and play a meaningful role in bringing back the city's culture, which is the soul of America. Jazz Fest 2006 will be a homecoming party for thousands of New Orleans musicians, Festival chefs and craftspeople, and we want the world to join us in welcoming them back as we present the celebration of a lifetime.
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It was touch and go for most of the time. If Shell and our other sponsors had not come through, it would not have been possible. It would have just been too much.
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At that time, 1970, not many white people had seen black gospel in its full glory. Gospel was not common at blues festivals or jazz festivals. So, you know, we got on kind of a mission there to bring gospel on down to the front of the bus, as we called it.
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We had a lot of rooms blocked for months.
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People were afraid to come to New Orleans, and we needed a beacon.
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I have 2,000 gospel singers and 35 Mardi Gras Indian tribes. You can't just call an agent and order them up.
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A major American city is lying in ruins. Where else would nobody care and not do anything? Whatever's going to happen here is not going to happen fast. The size and scope of the devastation ... it's not going to just take years to do, it's going to take years to know what to do.
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A lot of people up there will have lost everything, and be struggling to come back and, you know, this is a faith-based music. When they come in there, they talk about having church. So it's not a church -- but it's a place where you have church.
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There will be a Jazz Fest in 2006. It will be in Louisiana. It will be as close to New Orleans as we can get it,
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There will be a Jazz Fest in 2006. It will be as close to New Orleans as we can get it.
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Anybody who comes to this year's festival will bear witness to the healing power of music.
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The money being used to build these homes for New Orleans musicians was raised by New Orleans musicians. Our pact with them was to help New Orleans' musical community.
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A full-fledged Jazz Fest will generate an average of $200 million for the state of Louisiana and the city.
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Gospel music is such a raw, direct line to something that is spirit-filled, and spirit-full that you just can't help feel that gospel music can move everybody.