Here are a few things of note happening today at Jazz Fest:
Interview: John McCusker’s Creole Trombone: Kid Ory with Lucien Barbarin, 1:15 - 2:00 on the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage, inside the grandstand
Parades
12:10 Ninth Ward Hunters and Ninth Ward Navajo Mardi Gras Indians
1:20 Smitty Dee’s Brass Band with Olympia Aid, New Look, and First Division SAPCs
2:30 Jazz Funeral for Uncle Lionel Batiste with Treme Brass Band and Friends
4:00 Black Eagles, Shawee, and Big Chief Kevin Goodman & the Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians
5:20 Tornado Brass Band with Furious Five, Untouchables, and Big Steppers Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
5:40 Men of Class Social Aid & Pleasure Club in Economy Hal
See your favorite tradition bearers: Second Lines, Mardi Gras Indians, and Brass Bands
WWOZ's Live Broadcasts today include:
12:10 The Session (Jazz Tent)
1:35 Gregg Stafford & The Jazzhounds (People's Health Economy Hall Tent)
2:45 Shannon Powell Quintet with Charlie Gabriel (Jazz Tent)
4:10 Dianne Reeves (Jazz Tent)
5:40 Treme Brass Band Tribute to Uncle Lionel Batiste (People's Health Economy Hall Tent)
Today's complete music schedule.
Here are some shots from yesterday, Saturday April 27, at Jazz Fest.