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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Koindu Stage 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, al...
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Tune in to the '50s R&B Show with host Neil Pellegrin on Tuesday, April 23
from 7-10p. He'll be featuring a special guest appearance by iconic and
prolific songwriter Dan Penn. Classic songs from Penn's pen include 'Do
Right Woman, Do Right Man,' 'I'm Your Puppet,' 'The Da...
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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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Jazz Fest founders George Wein and Quint Davis announce the festival's
upcoming 50th anniversary year from the Acura Stage in 2018. Photo by Michael
E. McAndrew. On the first day of the 2019 festival (Thursday, April 25),
Quint Davis will interview George Wein at the Alliso...
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