It's an old joke: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" Answer: "Practice, practice, practice.” And that’s exactly how more than ...

Discover how New Orleans' cultural blend created jazz through 7 pivotal developments, from Congo Square gatherings to Louis Armstrong's revolutionary playing.

New Orleans trumpet player and composer Jimmy LaRocca died over the weekend. Jimmy‘s father, also a trumpet player, Nick LaRocca, was the leader of The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first ...

Other New Orleans bands had similar technique but none developed it so highly as the Dixieland, whose members rehearsed so often together that each player could almost mind-read the others ...

In 1959, the New Orleans native Dukes of Dixieland were the “number one jazz combo in the country,” according to Ed Sullivan, and just a few years removed from headlining at the Famous Door in ...

The distinctive New Orleans Dixieland style leaned heavily on ragtime, but new forms of jazz emerged from it. The Big Easy, open as ever, embraced them all.

Narrated by actor John Goodman and produced by Peggy Scott Laborde, this documentary was produced for the city of New Orleans tricentennial in 2018. It focuses not only on New Orleans’ earliest ...

NEW ORLEANS — Harry Connick Sr., who was New Orleans’ district attorney for three decades and later faced allegations that his staff sometimes held back evidence that could have helped … ...

Harry Connick Sr., who was New Orleans' district attorney for three decades and later faced allegations that his staff sometimes held back evidence that could have helped defendants, died Thursday ...

NEW ORLEANS – Harry Connick Sr., who was New Orleans’ district attorney for three decades and later faced allegations that his staff sometimes held back evidence that could have helped ...