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The Poster: Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule

Wed, 03/06/19
Find out more about the history of the festival's longest-running collector's item on this WWOZ Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule. Read more

Germaine Bazzle: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Wed, 03/06/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Germaine Bazzle in the Jazz Tent with bassist Mark Brooks on April 25, 2010. Photo by Pat Jolly. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year ... Read more

Smithsonian Folkways to release Jazz Fest 50th anniversary box set

Wed, 03/06/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Smithsonian Folkways will be releasing the "Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" box set this year, celebrating the sights and sounds of the festival! The five disc box set includes unreleased material spanning the years 1974 to 2016 and features key moments... Read more

Krewe de Fleurs: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Tue, 03/05/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Krewe des Fleurs at the Mardi Gras arts area on May 6, 2017. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year long ... Read more

Tribute to Buckwheat Zydeco: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Mon, 03/04/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Tribute to Buckwheat Zydeco featuring Nathan Williams, C.J. Chenier, Corey Ledet, and the Ils Sont Partis Band on Day 6 of Jazz Fest - May 6, 2017. Photo by Black Mold. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with ou... Read more

Young Maasai Hunters step out

Sun, 03/03/19
2018 was the first Mardi Gras for the Young Maasai Hunters, led by Big Chief Dump (Keelian Boyd Sr.). The black masking Indians of New Orleans, commonly known as Mardi Gras Indians, comprise a diverse group that is always evolving. Some participants are born into it, while... Read more

Ernie K-Doe and the FCC: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sun, 03/03/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Ernie K-Doe holds his signed, temporary permit from the FCC somewhere backstage at Jazz Fest on April 23, 1992. Photo by Ice Cube Slim, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest pho... Read more

Ole & Nu Style Fellas with TBC Brass Band: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sat, 03/02/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Ole & Nu Style Fellas Social & Pleasure Club onstage with TBC Brass Band at Jazz Fest on May 7, 2017. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and ... Read more

Rhythm Room 03/01/19

Sat, 03/02/19
Authored by Allan "Alski" Laskey
1 My Waist Sir Oungku & Red Hot 03:17 2 Boogaloo_Mardi_Gras_Pt2 bobby willams 02:29 45 3 them boys don't want no drama 79'ers gang 04:12 Audio CD 4 Talay Talala Blueboy 06:50 5 steamin' blues hot 8 brass band 03:44 advance single 6 Soul, Soul, Soul [Somebody Got] The Wild Magn... Read more

BB King, Quint Davis, and The Meters: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Fri, 03/01/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis onstage with B.B. King and The Meters while photographer Michael P. Smith shoots in 1973. Photo by John Messina, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fe... Read more

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