Colleen Savage at the Rat.

One of the really great things about teaching at Tulane is the university's willingness to direct resources bringing jazz to the students. This year our first session at the rat features both the Tulane Jazz Factulty band the Professors of Pleasure, and my good friend and colleague of 34 years, Canadian vocalist Colleen Savage. Colleen is in town to cut a CD with us at Word of Mouth studios in Algiers, and while she's here has consented to hang with us at the Rat and favor us with a few tunes. We hit at 8:00p.m. February 3rd in the Rathskellar Bar in the LBC on the Tulane campus. Admission is absolutely free, and that's a price you can't beat. spring 2011 schedule at the Rat Colleen and I go all the way back to our college days at VCC in the mid 1970s. She was also featured on two tunes on my debut album as a leader, "One Up, Two Back" in 2002.

Profs of Pleasure CD release, Jan. 23rd at Snug Harbor, New Orleans.

Slower than Christmas but finally arrived, the date has been set for the release party on "John Doheny Presents the Professors of Pleasure, vol.2." January 23rd at Snug Harbor, 626 Frenchmen Street, New Orleans LA. Shows at 8 and 10:p.m. $15 at the door. http://www.snugjazz.com/site/ The CD has been in stores and online since Sept.In town, the best place to pick it up is the Louisiana Music Factory and of course it will be available at the club. We'll be whipping out some stuff from the new CD: and our freshman release, "Volume 1." Be there or be square.