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Tuba Fats: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sun, 04/21/19

Authored by: Carrie Booher

Tuba Fats with Treme Brass Band ca. 1995. 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 Fes... Read more

Dizzy Gillespie: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sat, 04/20/19

Authored by: Carrie Booher

Dizzy Gillespie addresses the audience 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 ... Read more

Rhythm Room 04/19/19

Sat, 04/20/19

Authored by: Allan "Alski" Laskey

1 Evergreen Booker T 06:48 Evergreen 2 2. Good Old Gospel Music Meditation Singers 04:41 Change Is Gonna Come 3 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You Esther Phillips 02:49 The Best of Esther Phillips (1962-1970) Disc 2 4 The Truth Johnny Osbourne 02:43 5 Slipped, Tripped and ... Read more

Opening the Vaults: Champion Jack Dupree

Fri, 04/19/19

In case you missed it... We opened the vaults on another historic Jazz Fest performance for our Jazz Fest at 50 series! This week, host Marc Stone played Champion Jack Dupree performing and being interviewed by Allen Toussaint at the Allison Miner Stage on May 6, 1990. Re... Read more

Aaron Neville in the Gospel Tent: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Fri, 04/19/19

Authored by: Carrie Booher

Aaron Neville performs in the Gospel Tent at Jazz Fest 2012. Photo Leon Morris. 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,... Read more