As a younger New Orleans musician, trombonist Charlie Halloran never expected to end up on the Acura Stage supporting Allen Toussaint at Jazz Fest. But it happened! Find out how in this Jazz Fest Flashback.
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Rain and friends on May 5, 1979. Photo by Burt Steel, 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. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
Fest 50 page...
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A few photo highlights from a (mostly) wet first day of Jazz Fest 2019!
Special thanks to our contributing photographers Black Mold, Ryan
Hodgson-Rigsbee, Leon Morris, David Stafford, Michele Goldfarb, and more to
come!
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From the beginning, parades have been an essential part of Jazz Fest -- and because it’s New Orleans, there are no passive spectators at these parades. Everyone joins in. Find out more about the parading culture of New Orleans, and the history of parades at Jazz Fest.
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Big Chief Tyrone Casby of the Mohawk Hunters Black Indians of Mardi Gras shares what it's like to mask at Jazz Fest, why the Indians are present at the Fairgrounds, and more in this Jazz Fest Flashback.
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History in the making: Professor Longhair finds his audience in 1971. Photo
by John Messina, 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. Keep your e...
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Spy Boy Gus of the Black Hatchet Mardi Gras Indians at Jazz Fest 2016. Photo
by Eli Mergel.
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 ...
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Reggie Scanlan has performed with Professor Longhair, James Booker, Snooks Eaglin, and The Radiators at Jazz Fest. In this WWOZ Jazz Fest at 50 Flashback, he recalls a festival in the 1970s when he was watching the Jimmy Smith Trio play and B.B. King hopped onstage, too!
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The chance to hear artists from French Louisiana was one of the "musical experiences" promised by Jazz Fest in its early years. And though it doesn't seem so today, in 1970 New Orleans, it was unusual for "country" musicians to play such a high-profile event in the city.
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