Opening our 1st set featuring early Traditional Jazz, clarinetist and bandleader, George Lewis, followed by the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, and Louis Armstrong. In Set #2, it’s Roy James Brown, Roy Brown. Set #3 features Terence Blanchard, Tab Benoit, Trombone Shorty, and the Hot 8 Brass Band. Listen

Tonight, more from Sunny Side, in Set #1. In Set #2, it’s all Chris Kenner, and in it Set #3: Tank and the Bangas. Wait a minute, only three artists, but lots and lots of great music! Listen

Tonight, In Set #1, a set of Traditional Jazz by a contemporary jazz group. That group is Sunny Side. In Set #2 it’s Davell Crawford, Deacon John Moore, John Boutte, George Porter Jr., and Mia Borders. In Set #3: The Iceman Special, Steve Masakowski Family and Friends, and Bamboula 2000. Listen

Tonight, we open with great early trumpet playing bandleaders, true pioneers of early Traditional Jazz-- Bunk Johnson, Freddie Keppard, Louis Armstrong, and Henry Red Allen Jr. In Set #2, it’s Professor Longhair, Clarence Frogman Henry, Earl King, Walter Wolfman Washington, and Dr. John. Set #3: Leigh Harris, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, and the New Orleans Nightcrawlers. Listen

Opening tonight’s show Louis Armstrong, followed by Bunk Johnson, George Lewis, and Jelly Roll Morton. In set #2, it’s Dave Bartholomew, Earl King, James Booker, and Champion Jack Dupree. And in set #3, Ellis Marsalis, Los Hombres Calientes, Hot 8 Brass Band, and The New Breed Brass Band with Trombone Shorty. Listen 

Tonight, the 3rd and final show featuring artists that performed at this year’s Jazz Fest, the 2026 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.  Artists include a tribute to Marcia Ball (who’s stopped performing due to illness), Jesse Royal, New Breed Brass Band, Leela James, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, The Black Keys, Little Feat, Susan Cowsil, Robin Barnes, Kermit Ruffins, Earth, Wind & Fire, AND Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. Listen 

Tonight is the 2nd of 3 shows  featuring select artists scheduled to perform at this year’s, the 56th year, of Jazz Fest. Featured artists include: Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole, John “Papa” Gros, Rickie Lee Jones, Widespread Panic, Treme Brass and Indian Band, John Mahoney Little Big Band, Anders Osborne, Jekalyn Carr, Mike Zito, Dianne Reeves, Ziggy Marley, The Eagles, and Herbie Hancock. Listen 

Ah, Jazz Fest. . . The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, most commonly referred to as Jazz Fest, is the annual festival celebrating the music, art, culture and heritage of New Orleans, as well as, featuring artists from all over the world and across multiple genres. 

This is the 1st of 3 shows featuring select artists performing at this year’s Jazz Fest, and as I have done on past NORMS Jazz Fest shows, we’ll use “the Cubes” as our guide, the graphic that lays out all the performers, times, and stages, we’ll go from stage to stage to take a listen to select artists, share a little history about the Fest, and some personal insights and experiences being at Jazz Fest

Featured artists tonight include: Brother Tyrone, Jelly Joseph, Lena Prima, The Blind Boys of Alabama,  

Irma Thomas, Dr. Michael White, Big 6 Brass Band, The Revivalist, Charlie Musselwhite, Stephen Marley, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, AND Jon Batiste. Listen 

Tonight we open with two from Louis Armstrong, followed by two from Bunk Johnson, then it’s Bunk with Sidney Bechet. In Set #2, it’s James Booker, Johnny Adams, Irma Thomas, Fats Domino, and Luther Kent. Set #3:  Alvin Batiste, Donald Harrison Jr., Wynton Marsalis, and Nicholas Payton. Listen 

And on tonight’s show, select artists performing at this year’s French Quarter Festival! Including: Leroy Jones, Mahmoud Chouk, Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, Big Chief Juan Pardo’s Tribal Gold, The Soul Rebels, Irma Thomas, Kelly Love Jones, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters with Zydeco Boogaloo, John Boutte, and PJ Morton. Listen  

  Opening tonight’s show, Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra, followed by Jelly Roll Morton, then it’s Jimmie Noone, Louis Armstrong, and Sidney Bechet. In Set #2, it’s Henry Butler, The Kings (Earl King, Lee Allen, and Huey Piano Smith), Lee Dorsey, and Eddie Bo. Set #3 features: Select artists that performed at this year’s Congo Square Rhythm Festival, including The New Breed Brass Band, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Cha Wa, Charmaine Neville Band, and Tonya Boyd-Cannon. Listen