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Mr. Okra set up near the Jazz & Heritage Stage on April 29, 2017. Photo by
Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.
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
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Savoy Family Cajun Band on the Fais Do Do Stage at Jazz Fest, May 6, 2017.
Photo by Bill Sasser.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
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New Orleans artist Leyla McCalla has a new record, The Capitalist Blues, out
now. Check out the video for her first single, 'Money Is King,' below!
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Lunch time at Jazz Fest on April 26, 2013! Photo by David Stafford.
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"We good spirits."
WWOZ's Action Jackson sits down with Bone Man George Quinn to talk about what
it's like being a bone man coming out on Mardi Gras morning to wake up the
neighborhood. Quinn is the first Bone Man to appear at Jazz Fest.
Hear it below:
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1 Tell Your Mama Dave Hamilton 02:58 Detroit City Grooves
2 Heavy As Lead Leyla McCalla 06:37 The Capitalist Blues
3 I'm Gonna Get There Creative Source 02:24 Migration
4 Hello Stranger Brown Sugar 03:28 I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks: Brown Sugar
And The Birth Of Lovers Rock ...
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Eureka Brass Band, 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 eyes here, and at our Jazz
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Food has been a major draw at Jazz Fest from the beginning. Here's a shot of
Food Area I in 1987. 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...
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