This year, the Fifteenth Annual Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Ceremony offers a fun-filled week of activities, climaxing with the induction ceremony on Sunday, August 11.
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With Satchmo SummerFest happening this weekend, we'll be posting some Louis Armstrong videos this week, starting with this one: the earliest known footage of Satchmo live in concert, filmed in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1933.
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The 1920's was a time of influence that resonated in a special way with
the Crescent City. It was a time led by defiance, social change, and
dazzling culture. But most importantly, it gave birth to one of the city's
beloved trademarks-- jazz. From the trenches of smoky nigh...
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At 'OZ, one of our main missions is to bring New Orleans music to the world.
Props to Satchmo, who was always far ahead of us.
Now, over four decades after his death, it's easy to underestimate the size
and scope of his mid-century fame. But the newsreel clip about his 1960 ...
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A Ray Charles tune in which Brother Ray doesn’t sing and David
“Fathead” Newman doesn’t play tenor sax.
A ballad which is not so sedate, from possibly the best known New Orleans
alto player.
Maybe half a dozen of the Crescent City’s altoists, the well-known and the
less wel...
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This week we lend the hour to songwriter and musician Dayna Kurtz, recorded
live at Chickie Wah Wah on Canal Street. In this uninhibited session, she
shares with us her music and what’s on her mind.
Dayna is one tough lady, as she says she “don’t put up with it”, but
you c...
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KEXP in Seattle is one of our siblings in the listener-supported public radio world, specializing in alternative and indie rock. They do awesome work with in-studio video, as demonstrated by this performance set by New Orleans' own Galactic, with Corey Glover, formerly of Livi...
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“It’s Jack Dan-yulzz time!” He would always exclaim
with his signature T-Model grin, his lips waxing from ear to ear showing off
an exquisite pair of what had to be dentures, a 90-year-old gleam in his eye
that still shined with the joy and mischief of a young...
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New Orleans Saints defensive back Jabari Greer will co-host "Jazz from the
French Market" with Sondra Bibb on Monday, July 22, from 4 - 7p.
Clearly, as Paul Sanchez noted on Facebook, this makes Greer "the hippest
Saints player ever.... More Saints players should tune in to ...
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We didn't think one person could replace the AA and the Boudin Man so we got
two. Old Man River and Russell Shelton will host this weeks Wednesday edition
of the Kitchen Sink. We have prepared a special show where we will feature
different versions, remakes and remixes. A ...
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