12:30pm
Show Host Sherwood Collins will visit with Larry Sieberth, pianist and musical director for Joint’s Jumpin’, the New Orleans R&B review that debuts this weekend at Harrah’s Ballroom. Vocalists from Joint’s Jumpin’ will also be participating in this special in-studio performance.
WWOZ will be broadcasting live from the Somethin’ Else stage at Bonnaroo, a four-day, multi-stage camping festival held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee.
Harrah’s Presents is the sponsor of ‘OZ on the Road’s live broadcast of the Bonnaroo Jazz Fest.
Live Broadcast Schedule
1:30 - 3:30pm - Big Sam’s Funky Nation
4:00 - 5:15pm - Henry Butler & The Game Band
7:30 - 8:45pm - Ivan Neville’s Dumpstafunk
9:15 - 10:30pm - Walter “Wolfman” Washington
1:30 - 2:30pm - Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
3:00 - 4:00pm - Dirty Dozen Brass Band
This festival is part of the New Orleans Vieux-To-Do, which combines three summer festivals into one. Based in the newly re-furbished French Market, the Tomato Festival features two music and food stages, one in the Farmer’s Market and a Latin stage at Dutch Alley. There will be 20 booths offering Creole favorites and local chefs putting on cooking demonstrations at both stages. WWOZ will be broadcasting from the Farmer’s Market Stage (located at Ursuline Street near the French Market).
Live Broadcast Schedule
12:45 – 1:30pm - Treme Brass Band
1:30 - 3:00pm - Don Vappie Quintet
WWOZ travels for the second straight year to the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado for the 31st annual Telluride Jazz Celebration. The festival is held from June 5th to the 8th and this year features two New Orleans icons, The Neville Brothers and Dr. John. Also scheduled to perform are Bettye LaVette, Maceo Parker, McCoy Tyner and many more.
Read about our adventures from last year’s trip to Telluride Live and go to the Telluride Jazz Celebration website for more information about the festival.
Telluride Live Broadcast Schedule
2:45 - 3:50pm - Son Como Son
4:15 - 5:15pm - Crescent Super Band
5:40 - 6:40pm - Betty LaVette
2:40 - 3:40pm - Chuscales with YiYi
7:10 - 8:30pm - Groupo Fantasma
12:15 - 1:00pm - CSU-Chico Jazz X-press
4:30 - 5:45pm - Dr. John
6:15 - 7:30pm - Neville Brothers
The Bayou Boogaloo is a free admission music and visual arts festival held in the heart of New Orleans on the banks of Bayou St. John. The Bayou Boogaloo was founded in 2006 to restore the social fabric of Mid-City and the surrounding neighborhoods in the wake of hurricane Katrina, to reconnect neighbors and neighborhoods, and to provide hope for the future of the city through a celebration of New Orleans’ rich cultural heritage. There are four stages of activity including a children’s stage and an arts fair. The performances are a mixture of Mardi Gras Indians, brass bands, reggae, singer-songwriter and so much more.
WWOZ will be broadcasting from the Orleans Stage at the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo festival from 7 - 9 p.m Friday the 23rd and from 11 - 9 p.m. on Saturday the 24th.
7:30 - 9:00pm - Marc Stone’s Louisiana Blues Throwdown with Josh Paxton, Danon Smith, John Gros, Walter Washington, Johnny Sansone, Jamelle Williams, Jimmy Carpenter, Rick Trolsen, Van Odom, Ernie Vincent, and Sam Price
11:00 - 11:45am - Panorama Jazz Band
12:00 - 12:45pm - Paul Sanchez
1:00 - 2:00pm - Leslie Smith
2:15 - 3:15pm - Joe Krown
3:30 - 4:30pm - Groovesect
4:45 - 5:45pm - Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove
6:00 - 7:00pm - Soul Rebels Brass Band
7:30 - 9:00pm - Bayou Boogaloo Allstars with Anders Osborne, Johnny Sansone, John Fohl, Tom Fitzpatrick, Camile Baudoin, June Yamagishi, Reggie Scanlan, Kirk Joseph, and Willie Green
Check out our full coverage of Jazz Fest including our Jazz Fest live blog, show host music picks, food reviews, or email us with your comments!!
The Second Weekend:
May 1, 2, 3, & 4 - Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
12:15 - 1:05pm - John Ellis & Double-Wide - AT&T/WWOZ Jazz Tent
1:30 - 2:30pm - Topsy Chapman’s Tribute to Dinah Washington - AT&T/WWOZ Jazz Tent
2:55 - 3:50pm - Mark Braud - Economy Hall Tent Presented by People’s Health
4:10 - 5:10pm - The Maurice Brown Effect - AT&T/WWOZ Jazz Tent
4:15 - 5:15pm - Hot Club of New Orleans - Economy Hall Tent Presented by People’s Health
5:40 - 7:00pm - Donald Harrison - AT&T/WWOZ Jazz Tent
3:30 - 4:45pm - The Bad Plus - AT&T/WWOZ Jazz Tent
4:25 - 5:35pm - John Hammond Quartet - Southern Comfort Blues Tent
6:00 - 7:00pm - Marva Wright & the BMWs with guest Al “Carnival Time” Johnson - Southern Comfort Blues Tent
5:45 - 6:55pm Cresent City Allstars with James Andrews - Jazz and Heritage Stage
12:55 - 1:55pm - Jonathan Batiste - AT&T/WWOZ Jazz Tent
5:50 - 7:00pm - Bob French - Economy Hall Tent Presented by People’s Health
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. - Big Sam’s Funky Nation - Congo Square “My Louisiana” Stage
5:40 - 7:00 p.m. - Burning Spear - Congo Square “My Louisiana” Stage (either this or the next group will be taped and broadcast tomorrow)
5:45 - 7:00 p.m. - Lizz Wright - WWOZ Jazz Tent
2:05 - 3:05 p.m. - Big Jay McNeely with Jesse Scinto - Southern Comfort Blues Tent
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Ponderosa Stomp with Tammi Lynn, Archie Bell, Roy Head, Chick Willis, Dennis Binder - Southern Comfort Blues Tent
11:30 - 12:30 p.m. - Lil Freddie King Blues Band - Southern Comfort Blues Tent
1:40 - 2:30 p.m. - Shamarr Allen - Jazz & Heritage Stage
2:55 - 4:05 p.m. - Midnite Disturbers Brass Band - Jazz & Heritage Stage
3:45 - 4:55 p.m. - Roy Young - Southern Comfort Blues Tent
5:30 - 6:50 p.m. - Delbert McCLinton - Southern Comfort Blues Tent
10:00pm
WWOZ takes you live to the Blue Nile to experience the powerful rhythms of West Africa.
Percussionist, Menwar, direct from the island of Mauritius begins the evening when WWOZ goes live at 10: pm.
Stay tuned as the world-reknown Toubab Krewe follow at 11:30. The Toubab Krewe experience combines traditional West African music with a taste of reggae and latin thrown in.
7:00p.m.
Join Kermit Ruffins and the BarBQue Swingers for the Grand Opening of Kermit’s new club, Sidney’s Saloon, located at 1200 St. Bernard (at St. Claude). Expect to see special guests like Herlin Riley, James Whitfield and others.
9:30 - 11:00 p.m.
Live From the Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen Street): the Boom Boom Room presents Dr. Lonnie Smith, one of the most influential organists to ever man the helm of the Hammond B-3, with some very special guests sitting in.
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Live from the Dew Drop Jazz Hall, an historic venue in Mandeville dating back to 1895, will host Kermit Ruffins and his group this Sunday.
