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Food Area II: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Fri, 08/30/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
A sunny morning near Food Area 2 just after the gates opened in 2011. Photo by Richie Drouant. 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 lo... Read more

Dumaine Street Gang: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Thu, 08/29/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Dumaine Street Gang in the WWOZ Hospitality Tent in 2011. Photo by Jef Jaisun. 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 long to see them, ... Read more

Hear "Art Neville's 13th Ward Bag" + notes from Jerry Brock

Wed, 08/28/19

Sugarboy Crawford: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Wed, 08/28/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
James "Sugarboy" Crawford performs as a guest of Jo Cool Davis in the Gospel Tent on May 6, 2012. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. 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 o... Read more

Katey Red: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Tue, 08/27/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Katey Red performs as part of The Bounce Shakedown at the Congo Square Stage on May 6, 2012. Other performers included Big Freedia, Keedy Black, and DJ Poppa. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest pho... Read more

'Art Neville's 13th Ward Bag' radio program to air Wednesday 2-4p

Mon, 08/26/19
In the summer of 1981, WWOZ founder Jerry Brock engineered a 90-minute WWOZ program, hosted by a then 43-year-old Art Neville. It was called Art Neville's 13th Ward Bag, in acknowledgement of the neighborhood where he and his brothers had grown up, and Art still lived. The ... Read more

Branford Marsalis: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Mon, 08/26/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Happy birthday to Branford Marsalis! He was born on this date in 1960. Photo at Jazz Fest 2007 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 p... Read more

Wayne Shorter: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sun, 08/25/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Happy birthday to Wayne Shorter! He was born on this date in 1933. Photo at Jazz Fest 2016 by Kichea S. Burt. 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 pa... Read more

New Wave Brass Band: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sat, 08/24/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
New Wave Brass Band leads a parade in 2012. 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 long to see them, plus more celebration of the big an... Read more

Rhythm Room 08/23/19

Sat, 08/24/19
Authored by Allan "Alski" Laskey
1 Ju Ju Infernal Blues Machine 03:38 Adios Amigo 2 Too experienced Bob Andy 03:11 Songbook 3 Clean Up Your Own Yard Jackie Moore 03:08 The Complete Atlantic Recordings 4 If You Ain't Here George Jackson 02:49 Old Friend - The Fame Recordings Vol 3 5 Circuits Overloaded Inez F... Read more

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