asked me to be sure to take lots of pictures at the jazz funeral. They gave him a great one, as befitted someone who had loved and photographed New Orleans culture for decades. Every brass band in ...

This past Saturday, a funeral was held at St. Katherine Drexel Church to honor the great jazz musician. The Treme Brass Band played in his honor, with many members of the New Orleans music community ...

They held an upside-down American flag and black signs bearing upside-down images ... A band played drums, horns, and a banjo. It was a New York version of a New Orleans-style jazz funeral.

(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Musicians from the Treme Brass Band play in front of the Superdome during a jazz funeral procession dedicated to the victims of Hurricane Katrina August 29 ...

But on Sunday, it began its grand re-entrance, with the first jazz funeral procession to take place since Hurricane Katrina. The brass band ... Mourners carrying pictures of chef Austin Leslie ...

Maxi Jazz’s funeral was held in his hometown ... Claire R Greenway/Getty Images) Expressing their gratitude, the band continued in their message: ‘We would also like to say a huge thank ...