Happy birthday to Irma Thomas! Here she is onstage at Jazz Fest in 2014.
Photo by Leon Morris.
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Parade at the Fairgrounds in the late 1970s or early 1980s. Photo by Ice Cube
Slim, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.
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Nancy Ochsenschlager has worn many hats at Jazz Fest, first starting as a
volunteer in 1976, then moving into the Fair Director position, and finally
Associate Producer before retiring in 2005, though she remains involved to
this day.
Nancy has been integral to the festiva...
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Tightrope walker Will Sodo reaches new heights above the Fairgrounds in 1986.
Photo by Harold Baquet, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Archive.
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1 Superbad Superslick John Wagner Coalition 03:03
2 All That You Have Is Your Soul Tracy Chapman 05:16 Crossroads
3 01 - Be What You Are Staple Singers 04:59 Be What You Are
4 The Same Old Song Delroy Wilson 03:02 Better Must Come: The Anthology
5 Midnight Rider Charlie Whiteh...
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Dr. John on the Acura Stage on April 24, 2005. Photo by Leon Morris.
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New Orleans trumpeter Connie Jones has passed away at the age of 84.
Connie is a New Orleans native who began his musical career at the age of
five on piano. He first picked up a bugle while in military school and began
playing trumpet when he was ten years old. After high...
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Liz Weiner and Brian Ferdman dance during Preservation Hall Jazz Band's set
in Economy Hall tent on May 4, 2013. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.
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