As we close out our Jazz Fest at 50 photo series, we're cheating just a bit:
here are eight final wrap-up photos, all taken at the 50th Jazz Fest in 2019,
both inside and outside of the Fairgrounds gates.
The "50" logo was everywhere this year on official Jazz Fest items, s...
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Clancy "Blues Boy" Lewis died on December 1, 2019 at the age of 83. A New
Orleans native, Lewis was active in the local blues community for decades.
Lewis began playing blues after he constructed an amplifier from a radio as a
teenager. He performed at every Jazz Fest from ...
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Jambalaya Cajun Band in front of the Fais Do Do Stage ca. 2000. 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,...
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Deacon John Moore onstage at Jazz Fest ca. 1980. Photo by Laura Fanguy,
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 J...
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Happy birthday to Zigaboo Modeliste! Here he is onstage with Foundation of
Funk, featuring Modeliste and George Porter, Jr. with special guests Ivan
Neville, Tony Hall, and Ian Neville on April 26, 2019. Photo by Leon Morris.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 20...
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1 I'm Trying to Go Home The Sensational Barnes Brothers 02:50 Nobody's Fault
But My Own
2 Living Water Liz Brasher 03:00 Painted Image
3 01 Keep Me In Mind (SS Mastered 27-3-19) the Bamboos 04:39 Classics
4 Soul Of A Man Charlie Hunter & Lucy Woodward 04:50 Music! Music! Musi...
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Charles Neville at Jazz Fest ca. 2000. Tomorrow would've been his 81st
birthday. Photo by Owen Murphy, 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. K...
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George Porter, Jr. & the Runnin' Pardners on the Gentilly Stage on May 5,
2019. Happy birthday today, George! Photo by Michele Goldfarb.
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, ...
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Troy Andrews ("Trombone Shorty") at Jazz Fest ca. 2000. 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 ...
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Fats Domino at Jazz Fest 2001. Photo by Owen Murphy, 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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