In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Flashback, Leroy Jones remembers parading at the very
first festival with the Fairview Baptist Church Christian Marching Band (his
first paying gig!) and what it was like to be at the very new festival as a
boy.
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Amanda Shaw will be joining hosts Charles Laborde and Jim Hobbs during the
Cajun/Zydeco Show on Sunday, March 17 (12-2p). Amanada is coming in to share
news of the launch of La Joie d’Louisiane, which pays homage to Louisiana
culture and heritage. The event series will laun...
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WWOZ Piano Night is returning to House of Blues Monday, April 29! As the
city’s premier event celebrating the great pianists of New Orleans, this
year’s Piano Night is the 31st annual event raising funds for
WWOZ. Tickets for the event at House of Blues are available now.
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Eureka Brass Band parades at Jazz Fest in the early 1970s. 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 Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, an...
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1 Funky Yolk Arnold Albury & The Casuals 02:39 Dade 2027
2 Let It Shine Al Green 03:17 The Immortal Soul of Al Green - (Disc 4)=P&K
3 1. Trouble's Brewin' Meditation Singers 04:50 Change Is Gonna Come
4 Who's Lovin' You Brenda And The Tabulations 03:14 Dionn Singles Collection...
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Irma Thomas performs to a large crowd on the Acura Stage on April 29, 2016.
Photo by Leon Morris.
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...
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Como Fife & Drum Corps (with Otha Turner, Napoleon Strickland, RL Boyce,
Bernice Turner) onstage 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 Fest
photo of th...
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Ms. Linda Green is known across the world as the the YaKaMein Lady, but
nowhere better known than in the streets of New Orleans-- more succinctly, at
the second line. Many swear by her recipe as a "hangover cure."
Ten years ago, Jazz Fest brought her into the fold and her Y...
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View from the Grandstand in 1986. Photo by Harold Baquet, courtesy of the New
Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.
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 p...
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The students from St. Mary's Academy Brass Band, led by Mr. Kurt Brunus,
joined us in the WWOZ studio on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 for 'School Groove!'
March is women's history month and we celebrated with a performance from this
all-girls school.
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