The Slick Skillet Serenaders bring a pre WWII sensibility to their effervescent and enthusiastic shows, with vaudeville jokes and slapstick stage antics adding dimension to their repertoire of ragtime, traditional jazz, and blues. The band has a handful of albums out, inclu... Read more

The Silver Lining Serenaders, a vibrant musical ensemble hailing from New Orleans, embrace the city’s active trad jazz scene with a repertoire heavy on vintage jazz, swing, and Western swing.  This collective of passionate musicians, anchored by violinist Ella Inglebret and... Read more

The Shotgun Jazz Band, the brainchild of bandleader and trumpeter Marla Dixon, is one of the most in-demand, exciting traditional jazz bands to emerge in recent years. The cast is all-star: on rhythm, banjoist John Dixon, bassist Twerk Thompson, and David Boeddinghaus on pi... Read more

The Shake 'Em Up Jazz Band, an all-female cast of traditional New Orleans jazz musicians, is a dynamic presence on the local – and international – musical scene.  Featuring expert musicians like trombonist Haruka Kikuchi, trumpeter Marla Dixon, and Chloe Feoranzo, Molly Ree... Read more

Seva Venet is a traditional banjoist and guitarist who channels the spirit of Django Reinhardt and Danny Barker in his traditional jazz stylings. Venet was raised in Los Angeles, and learned musical craftsmanship from his father, a songwriter and producer, and his uncle Nik... Read more

The Secret Six Jazz Band took shape during the pandemic, when, with clubs shut down,  a core group of six musicians (members of the Smoking Time Jazz Band) took their instruments to parks, parking lots, on porches – anywhere to keep the music playing and keep up the spirits... Read more

Russell Welch is a sought-after guitarist, composer, and producer who excels in the Gypsy jazz stylings first espoused by Django Reinhardt. Welch brings his impeccable fretwork to his own band, the Russell Welch Hot Quartet/Trio, and to a number of other local trad jazz ban... Read more

Raphael Bas is a talented guitarist and harmonica player who has been composing and performing music since junior high school. He grew up in Bourges, France, home of the eclectic music festival Printemps de Bourges, where he first performed at age 15. Now based in New Orlea... Read more

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is one of the world’s most well-known embodiments of New Orleans jazz, a group that celebrates the music as both a treasured tradition and vibrant, living musical form. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band offers traditional jazz, often with conte... Read more

Preservation Brass is the resident brass band affiliated with the venerable Preservation Hall. While Preservation Hall’s mainstay jazz band focuses on traditional New Orleans jazz (and accompanying instrumentation, including banjo, piano, etc.) the Preservation Brass ensemb... Read more