Dozens of other artists will take the stage, too, and many have New Orleans roots, including Connick, Lil Wayne, Big Freedia, ...

The American musical art form jazz ... both black and white audiences. Recordings and radio broadcasts allow the music to reach beyond nightclubs, and the arrival of virtuosos such as New Orleans ...

French Quarter Festival takes over much of downtown this weekend, but there is plenty of music to be heard in venues across ...

While many black and Creole jazz musicians did perform in Storyville ... The fact that during segregation so many white musicians from New Orleans like Jimmy Durante, Papa Celestine, and Pete Fontaine ...

Seasons; Billie Holiday Tribute: God Bless The Child/Lover Man; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Hello Young Lovers; Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans; I Know A Place; 'Round Midnight; Sunday; ...

And at the time of the hall’s founding, New Orleans jazz was in need of preservation: Traditional jazz had enjoyed a resurgence in the 1940s, but just a decade later, rhythm and blues ...

It’s party time down in the Big Easy! The annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a celebration of the city’s music, art and culture, is kicking off later this month, and this year’s ...