New Orleans Jazz Fest

Perry loved the New Orleans Jazz Fest and attended every year. His apartment had a display of posters from the Jazz Festival going back several years. Pictured is a poster from 2004, the 35th Anniversary of the festival, featuring Harry Connick, Jr., which is the last festival that he attended.

Here's a link to the lineup that year

Listed among the hundreds of incredible, soulful and spirited acts performing that year were the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Branford Marsalis, Etta James, B. B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Emmy Lou Harris, Irma Thomas, Macy Gray, Dr. John, Ray Charles, Cowboy Mouth, Allan Toussaint, The Steve Miller Band, Lenny Kravitz, The Neville Brothers and, of course, Harry Connick, Jr.

We often listened to Sting when we were together and enjoyed Rod Stewart's jazz cds. The last artist he talked with me about was Jack Johnson. He called to tell me that he was listening to one of his cds and it made him think of me.