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A young Black Indian of Mardi Gras at the Fairgrounds in the early
or mid-1990s. Photo by Ice Cube Slim, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Archive.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience...
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1 Dr. Dekker Don Drummond 02:56 Reggae Jazz Attack
2 I Pity The Poor Immigrant Marion Williams 04:22 How Many Roads - Black
America Sings Bob Dylan
3 Clean Up America Candi Staton 03:13 Candi
4 Too Late Art Neville 02:45 Get Low Down: The Soul Of New Orleans '65-'67
[Disc 2]...
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Tank & the Bangas energetic set on the Acura Stage in 2019. Photo by Jamell
Tate.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
Fest 50 page, all year long to see the...
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Hazel & the Delta Ramblers perform at the new Rhythmpourium Stage at Jazz
Fest 2019. Photo by Bob Rodrigue.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
Fest 50 page...
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Erica Falls and Corey Henry performs with Galactic at Jazz Fest in 2016.
Photo by Black Mold.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
Fest 50 page, all year lon...
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Hear the interview with Ben "Da Grill Man" Smith as he sits down and talks
with WWOZ's Action Jackson about parades in the 1960s, the Jolly Bunch,
what's on the grill, the seasonal nature of his business, his idea for
including the second line community in the national even...
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Pheasant, quail, and andouille gumbo in 2019. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
Fest 50 page, all year long to see them, plu...
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Before the arrival of Europeans, there were many settlements in what is now
New Orleans. One was called Tchou Tchouma (near Bayou St. John), and one
group of indigenous people were known as the Tchoupitoulas, often translated
as "River People."
In recent years, some people...
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Vocalist and keyboardist Art "Poppa Funk" Neville passed away on Monday,
July 22, 2019 at the age of 81. Art was a founding member of funk legends
The Meters and The Neville Brothers and was instrumental in shaping the New
Orleans funk sound.
Born December 17, 1937 at Cha...
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