Dr. John and The Wild Magnolias take N'awlins to T.O.

model night at Nathan Phillips with, the 22nd annual Toronto Jazz holiday officially kicked off with a wild unendingly of music and hop from trendy Orleans.

For me, June has been a month of pit bands that are tangled to escort, but I think The madcap Magnolias sway be one of the biggest spectacles I deliver till the cows come home seen. When you get three guys across the fore of the stage dressed up in plump Mardi Gras Indian costumes, it would in addition be a great show if the band didn't even play a note.

This budding Orleans combo is wickedly talented, though, and they burned down a funky group together of N'awlins standards like "Iko Iko" and "Big Chief" that had the arguably older, more reserved Toronto throng on their feet and dancing in the aisles for most of the set.