From Earshot Jazz:
Drummer Clarence Acox has stepped up to fill the very large shoes of Seattle legend Floyd Standifer by holding down the Wednesday night slot at the venerable New Orleans Restaurant in Pioneer Square. Acox leads the Legacy Band (formerly the Floyd Standifer Quartet), featuring a handful of well-known area musicians. To inform any visiting tourists who may not already be aware, Acox is a locally-infamous ambassador of the Seattle jazz scene with impeccable jazz credentials. His experience includes a thirty-five-year tenure as the director of the award-winning Garfield High jazz program, leading the Seattle University jazz ensemble, and founding the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. The Wednesday-night tradition of straight-ahead jazz at the New Orleans (114 1st Ave S) lives on. Music begins at 8 pm and is free.