To Honor Irma Thomas

By Jan Ramsey

We are proud and happy to honor Irma Thomas as our “Forever Soul Queen” on this year’s Jazz Fest Bible cover. I thought long and hard about who would grace it, and I couldn’t think of a better subject than our musical queen and icon, Irma Thomas Jackson—even though Irma has graced our Jazz Fest issue several times (2003 and 2011). Irma is the epitome of talent, grace, intelligence and standing up for herself as a musician. She’s now in her mid-eighties and is still performing. I admire all of o

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