Bruce Daigrepont onstage in 2012. Photo by Kichea S. Burt.
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John Rankin is a respected New Orleans musician and son of former longtime
WWOZ show host and Jazz Fest volunteer Big Mama Rankin. In this WWOZ Jazz
Fest Flashback, he recalls attending his first Jazz Fest in 1976 and how
wonderful it was to see Snooks Eaglin, Johnny Vidaco...
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Trumpet Mafia in the Jazz Tent on April 28, 2018. Photo by Leon Morris.
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Greeting Stage 5 with open arms at the second Jazz Fest at the Fairgrounds
in 1973. Photo by John Messina, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Archive.
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1 Mack The Knife Bobby Emmons 02:13 Name Of The Game:Hi Records
2 If He Walked Today Arthur Conley 02:31 Kent 358 - Arthur Conley - I'm
Living Good 1964 - 1974
3 Black Myself Our Native Daughters 03:55 Songs of Our Native Daughters
4 Black Balloons Syl Johnson 02:42 Is It Bec...
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Alison Fensterstock is a WWOZ volunteer and a music writer who has covered
Jazz Fest for the Times-Picayune/nola.com, NPR, The Gambit, 64 Parishes, and
more. In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Flashback, she recalls seeing Joe Blakk and the
Throwback Jam at the Congo Square Stage in 20...
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Wild Mohicans at Jazz Fest on April 29, 2017. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.
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The Fairview Baptist Church Christian Marching Band at Jazz Fest in Congo
Square, 1971. Photo by John Messina, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Archive.
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Mike Gowland is the owner of Fireman Mike's Kitchen. He and his family have
run two food booths at Jazz Fest for years: one in the kids area and one in
Food Area I with alligator sauce piquante, shrimp & grits, and shrimp,
sausage, and okra gumbo. In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Fla...
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