Past shows

 Kicking off the show tonight, are  Joe King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, followed by Israel Gorman, George Lewis, Henry Red Allen Jr., Sidney Bechet and the vocals of Stella Brooks. Set #2 Snooks Eaglin, Ingrid Lucia, The Original Pinettes Brass Band, and Donald Harrison Jr. Set #3 is all Davell Crawford. Listen  

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band opens tonight’s show, followed by Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Henry Red Allen Jr. with Coleman Hawkins, and Lionel Ferbos. Set #2: It’s all Dr. John; Set#3: Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton, and Donald Harrison, Jr. Listen 

Tonight it’s Piano Night, broadcast on Monday, 27 May 2024, inspired by The Piano Night held every year in New Orleans, a separate event during the NO Jazz and Heritage Festival that’s the flagship fundraiser for New Orleans’s radio station WWOZ.  In our 1st set, we’ll hear from Sweet Emma Barrett, Jelly Roll Morton, and Professor Longhair;  Set #2: Fats Domino, James Booker, Henry Bulter, Huey Piano Smith, and Dr John; Set 3: Allen Toussaint, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Harry Connick Jr., and Jon Batiste. Listen

Tonight three incredible and influential New Orleans-born, amazing musicians, and all three have made significant contributions to jazz, the music, and to the history of jazz itself! 

Our first artist, was at the beginning of it all, pianist Jelly Roll Morton; our 2nd artist carrying on the tradition of traditional (New Orleans) jazz, clarinetist, educator, and historian Dr. Michael White, and our 3rd featured artist tonight, the patriarch of the New Orleans 1st family of jazz, father, pianist, educator Ellis Marsalis. Listen

We opened tonight’s show with Sweet Emma Barrett, followed by Bunk Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Peter Bocage, and Jimmie Noone. Set #2: Allen Toussaint, Benny Spellman, Fats Domino, Chris Kenner, Roy Brown and Clifton Chenier’ and in Set #3 It’s the New Orleans’ 1st Family of Jazz, The Marsalis’ all of them, starting with father Ellis Marsalis Jr., and then sons Wynton, Branford, Jason, and Delfeayo. Listen 

We open tonight’s show with Louis Armstrong, followed by the George Lewis Quartet, Israel Gorman’s Pontchartrain Pals, and then the Onward Brass Band. Set #2 opens and closes with Allen Toussaint with Walter Wolfman Washinton, The Meters, and Clarence Gatemouth Brown in the middle of the mix. Set #3: Kermit Ruffins, Steve Masakowski, Galactic, and the Treme Brass Band. Listen

We opened the show with Jelly Roll Morton, followed by Israel Gorman’s Pontchartrain Pals, Punch Miller w/ Samuel Charters, Jimmie Noone, and Bunk Johnson. Set #2 It’s Professor Longhair, Huey Piano Smith, Fats Domino, Eddie Bo, Tommy Ridgley, Leroy Jones, and Bruce Daigrepont.  Set #3 Stanton Moore, Tank and the Bangas, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, and Jon Batiste. Listen  

Tonight, something we’ve done a couple of times in past shows, feature New Orleans-born modern contemporary jazz artists performing early traditional jazz songs, some standards, and all classics . . . featuring Allen Toussaint, Dr. Michael White, Wynton Marsalis, Kermit Ruffins, The Olympia Brass Band featuring Donald Harrison Jr. and Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton, Dr. John, Trombone Shorty, Branford, and Ellis Marsalis. Listen  

 Tonight’s show is the 1st of 4 shows leading up to the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival featuring artists scheduled to perform at this year’s Jazz Fest. Artists on this 1st show include Lonnie Lamarque, Omari Neville, Corey Ledet, John Boutte, Kim Che’re, a tribute to Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Gregorio Uribe, The Flaming Arrows, Stephen Marley, The Headhunters, The Kenny Barron Trio, and The Beach Boys. Listen 

 Tonight’s show is the 2nd of 4 shows leading up to the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival featuring artists scheduled to perform at this year’s Jazz Fest. Artists on this 2nd show include Rosie Ledet, J & The Causeways, The Hot 8 Brass Band, Luther Kent & Trickbag, Wycliffe Jordon, Jason Marsalis, Selwyn Birchwood, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Louis Prima Jr., Heart, and Jon Batiste. Listen  

Tonight is the 3rd of 4 shows featuring artists scheduled to perform live during this year’s . . . the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The featured artists include Samantha Fish, The Orignal Pinettes Brass Band, The New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Guitar Slim JR., James Fortune, Lulu and The Broadsides, Galatic featuring Anjelika Jelly Joseph, Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective & Turtle Island Quartet, Kelly Love Jones, Cimarron, Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers, and The Rolling Stones. Listen

Tonight is the 4th and final NORMS featuring artists scheduled to perform at this year’s,. the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival featured artists include Duwayne Burnside, 79rs Gang, Lil’ Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers, The Soul Rebels, Allison Russell, Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra,  Samara Joy, Irma Thomas, Johnny Sketch and The Dirty Notes, Stefon Harris & Blackout, the Foo Fighters, and Bonnie Raitt. Listen