Simon Lott is a drummer extraordinaire, a multi-persona with musical sensibilities that range from rock solid grooves to adventurous melodic electronic experiments. Lott has been a go-to drummer for local combos and for major stars: Sandra Bernhard, Harry Shearer, Joan Rive... Read more

A vibrant musical ensemble based in New Orleans, The Silver Lining Serenaders embrace the city’s active swing music scene with a repertoire heavy on vintage jazz, swing, and Western swing.  This collective of passionate musicians, anchored by violinist Ella Thomasine and gu... Read more

Sharon Martin, as a solo act or with her band Music from New Orleans, brings her unique vocal stylings to every stage she graces. Martin’s sass and humor augment her top-drawer musicianship; she has played Billie Holiday in the stage performance of “Lady Day at Emerson’s Ba... Read more

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Russell Welch is a sought-after guitarist, composer, and producer who excels in the Gypsy jazz stylings first espoused by Django Reinhardt. Welch brings his impeccable fretwork to his own band, the Russell Welch Hot Quartet/Trio, and to a number of other local trad jazz ban... Read more

Roderick “Rev” Paulin, a saxophonist and clarinetist, was born with deep roots in the New Orleans music scene. The son of legendary band leader Ernest “Doc” Paulin, who led brass bands on the streets of New Orleans for over 70 years, young Roderick was steeped in musiciansh... Read more

Rickie Monie is a celebrated pianist, a longtime fixture with the storied Preservation Hall Jazz Band and a recipient of a National Medal of Arts. The New Orleans native, born in 1952, was raised in the Ninth Ward near pianists Edward Frank and Roosevelt Sykes, and absorbed... Read more

Peter Harris lays down deep jazz bass grooves with his own acclaimed ensembles and for a host of top-named talent – Germaine Bazzle, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Herlin Riley, Ellis Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Don Vappie, and Nicholas Payton. The New Orleans native has... Read more