Reason for the Neville Brothers' absense from the Jazzfest roster:

Aaron has suffered a recurrence of asthma, which he had not had since childhood, and is under doctor's order not to return to New Orleans. I have returned to the city, and as far as I can tell the pollution and stink of the immediate post-Katrina days is no longer a factor and the air is now clear, but Aaron and his doctor (neither of whom have been here since the flood ~ they're in Nashville) have apparently decided to err on the side of caution.

Oldest brother Art, in fact, who has had health problems of his own in recent years, is the only one of the four currently living in the city.