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Billed “A Cultural Affair,” the 2025 Jazz & Heritage Gala made groove the “go” at Generations Hall. In huge lighted letters, ...
The live music options in New Orleans this week include a free Cajun and zydeco festival and one of the most acclaimed new ...
Given the trumpeter’s track record — with scores for dozens of film and television productions, groundbreaking operas, and a ...
Bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste played the very first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival in 1970 with their groundbreaking funk band The Meters. More than 50 years later ...
Brainstorming to reinvent the San Francisco Jazz Festival, SFJazz Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard didn’t have to search far for an organizing concept. “Look where I’m from, bro,” the New ...
Want to honor and celebrate Juneteenth in New Orleans? You can enjoy live music, celebrate with friends and learn about Black ...
Jonathan Mayers, a concert promoter who co-founded the music festivals Bonnaroo and helped create Outside Lands as a ...
Jonathan Mayers, Bonnaroo's co-founder, is dead. The Superfly co-founder was also a force behind Outside Lands, Clusterfest ...
Louisiana-born and Juilliard-educated, Batiste hails from a family revered as a musical dynasty in the New Orleans ... Jazz Museum Lifetime Achievement Award and was included in Time magazine's ...
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with special guest Southern Avenue will perform at the Ulster Performing Arts Center on ...
The founder of the Black Archives of Mid-America brought Juneteenth to Kansas City in 1980. This year's celebrations include ...
Batiste hails from a family revered as a musical dynasty in the New Orleans area, having spawned numerous notable musicians including his uncle, celebrated jazz drummer Lionel Batiste. Batiste ...