In April 1974, just weeks before the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Professor Longhair’s house burned — he lost everything he owned but the clothes on his back. So on April 22, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation staged a benefit concert for him at the ... Read more

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

Tune in to Sittin' At The Crossroads with Big D on Wednesday, March 20 as we Open the Vaults on another historic Jazz Fest performance for our Jazz Fest at 50 series! This week, host Big D will be sharing Charlie Musselwhite's May 5, 2011 set from the Blues Tent starting i... Read more

Tune in on Lundi Gras at 4p as we Open the Vaults on another historic Jazz Fest performance! This week, we're airing the Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra's April 30, 2010 performance from the Jazz & Heritage Stage as part of our Jazz Fest at 50 series. Performers include: Big C... Read more

Tune in to the Trad Jazz show with host Leslie Cooper this Tuesday morning (9-11a) as we Open the Vaults on another historic Jazz Fest set in honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary this year! This week, Banu Gibson will join us in the studio to share insights as we hear Con... Read more

Tune in to the New Orleans Music Show on Friday, Feb. 22 as we Open the Vaults on another historic Jazz Fest performance for our Jazz Fest at 50 series! This week, host Bill DeTurk will be playing Leigh "Lil Queenie" Harris's set from the Jazz Tent on April 30, 2006. Jimmy... Read more

Tune in during Blues Eclectic on Monday, February 18 as we open the vaults on another historic Jazz Fest recording! This week, host Andrew Grafe brings you part of the legendary R.L. Burnside's appearance from the Music Heritage Tent in 1994 as part of our Jazz Fest at 50 s... Read more

WWOZ is celebrating Jazz Fest at 50 by opening the vaults! Tune in Monday at 5p to hear the Wess Anderson Quintet's set in the Jazz Tent from May 4, 2018. And we've got much more coming up! All year long we'll be re-airing rare live Jazz Fest recordings from the New Orleans... Read more