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Video: Soul Brass Band at WWOZ - 1.4.19

Sun, 01/06/19
Soul Brass Band at WWOZ for our first live performance on-air of the year! Check it out:  Read more

Wess Anderson Quintet at Jazz Fest 2018 re-airing, Mon. 5p

Sun, 01/06/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
WWOZ is celebrating Jazz Fest at 50 by opening the vaults! Tune in Monday at 5p to hear the Wess Anderson Quintet's set in the Jazz Tent from May 4, 2018. And we've got much more coming up! All year long we'll be re-airing rare live Jazz Fest recordings from the New Orleans... Read more

Perfect Gentlemen Second Line Parade, Sun. 1p

Sat, 01/05/19

Wild Magnolias on Koindu: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sat, 01/05/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
The Wild Magnolias at Koindu, 1985. Photo by Ice Cube Slim, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. Read more

Rhythm Room 01/05/19

Sat, 01/05/19
Authored by Allan "Alski" Laskey
1 Night Rumble Inez & Charlie Foxx's Swinging Mockin' Band 03:01 Inez & Charlie Foxx's Swinging Mockin' Band 2 Meet Me The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers 02:45 Heavenly Fire '15 3 Homeless Curtis Mayfield 04:48 Soul Legacy 3 (Cautionary Tales) 4 All The Time Ella Washington 02:32 ... Read more

David Torkanowsky, Kermit Ruffins, Shannon Powell, and Corey Henry: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Fri, 01/04/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Tribute to Louis: David Torkanowsky, Shannon Powell, Kermit Ruffins, and Corey Henry in Economy Hall, 2015. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. Read more

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Thu, 01/03/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux onstage, 1987, by Burt Steel. Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. Read more

Allen Toussaint + Eddie Bo: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Wed, 01/02/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Allen Toussaint and Eddie Bo backstage by Ice Cube Slim. Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. Read more

Professor Longhair and Allison Miner: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Tue, 01/01/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Professor Longhair and Allison Miner at Jazz Fest 1971 by John Messina. Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. Read more

Remembering those we lost in 2018

Sun, 12/30/18
The New Orleans music and cultural communities lost a number of talented and influential individuals in 2018. Here, we remember those who passed away in the last year. Johnny Jackson, Jr., d. January 24 Arthur "Mr. Okra" Robinson, d. February 15 Johnny Vindigni, d. March 5 ... Read more

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