Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band

Sunday, February 7, 2016 - 9:00am

St. Charles Ave. Baptist Church presents its 22nd annual Jazz Service, an Uptown Mardi Gras tradition led by Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band, at 9 am on Sunday, February 7.  All are invited to the worship service and the king cake reception to follow at the church, 7100 St. Charles Ave. at Broadway. This is a free, community event.

Redeemer Presbyterian Church, which shares worship space with St. Charles Ave. Baptist Church, joins in presenting the Jazz Service for a fourth year. 

Dr. White, renowned New Orleans clarinetist, and the Original Liberty Jazz Band have led the Jazz Service since it began in 1994.  The Jazz Service always packs the church on the Sunday before Fat Tuesday as it presents a festival of hymns and spirituals in the New Orleans jazz style. 

Dr. White, a jazz clarinetistbandleadercomposer, jazz historian and musical educator, has been described as a musician who displays the feel and spirit of the best New Orleans clarinetists.  In 1981, he founded The Original Liberty Jazz Band with the express intent of preserving the musical heritage of New Orleans. 

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