Traditional Jazz

Tim Laughlin

Mon, 08/14/23
Tim Laughlin is a clarinetist of the highest caliber, an expert in the New Orleans traditional jazz idiom who keeps it fresh with a hefty roster of originals and fresh takes on the standards. Laughlin was 15 when he played his first gig on clarinet (on a Mardi Gras float, n... Read more

James Andrews

Tue, 08/08/23
James Andrews is a vocalist, songwriter and trumpet legend from New Orleans. He hails from a musical family, the grandson of Jesse Hill and the brother of Trombone Shorty. A trumpeter and vocalist with a tone and voice as distinctive as Louis Armstrong, Andrews is one of th... Read more

Kid Chocolate

Tue, 08/08/23
Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown brings his impeccable trumpet sounds to any gig he blesses. The veteran performer picked up the horn at the tender age of nine, and by 15 was touring the world. He performs with a number of combos, including Players Ella & Louis Tribute Band and f... Read more

Panorama Jazz Band

Tue, 08/08/23
The Panorama Jazz Band, and its larger counterpart, the Panorama Brass Band, interweave classic New Orleans traditional jazz with thick strands of Jewish klezmer, Creole bigiunes from Martinique, South American jazz and folk tunes, and other international music to create a ... Read more

Preservation Legacy Band

Tue, 08/08/23

Preservation All-Stars

Tue, 08/08/23

Mari Watanabe

Tue, 08/08/23
Mari Watanabe is a gifted pianist, composer, and arranger who leads her Chosen Few Jazz Band with dynamic energy and crisp musicianship. Watanabe began studying music in her native Japan at the age of five, and knew early on that New Orleans traditional jazz was her passion... Read more

James Rivers

Tue, 08/08/23
James Rivers has played on some of New Orleans’ most classic hits, and continues to please crowds today with his versatile repertoire and mastery of multiple instruments. He has also penned music for six Clint Eastwood films. Born in 1938 and raised in the historic Treme ne... Read more

Dominick Grillo

Tue, 08/08/23
Dominick Grillo’s swinging tenor sax is an essential component of several New Orleans jazz bands as well as the star attraction for Grillo’s own band, the Frenchmen Street All-Stars. Grillo moved to New Orleans in the early 2000s to study jazz at UNO, and was schooled up by... Read more

Debbie Davis

Sun, 08/06/23
Debbie Davis is a New Orleans institution, a songstress, ukulele master, and entertainer who has performed with an impressive roster of local music royalty: John Boutte, Paul Sanchez, The Pfister Sisters, the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Tom McDermott, Alex McMurray, at the D... Read more

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