A fun show tonight! 

We open with Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five with May Alix on vocals, then it’s Joe King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, and then The Wild Tchoupitoulas close out Set #1. Set #2 it’s all the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Ms. Irma Thomas. Set #3: John Boutte, The Treme Brass Band, Galactic, and The Soul Rebels Feat. Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah. Listen  

Tonight's, show opens with Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, followed by Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band, Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers, and then Louis again, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, together. Set #2 features Fess, Professor Longhairs, Art Neville, Allen Toussaint, Huey Piano Smith, and Dr. John. Set #3 Leo Nocentelli, George Porter, Jr., Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. 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

We open tonight’s show with Lonnie Johnson with Blind Willie Dunn & His Gin Bottle Four, followed by Danny Barker, George Lewis, Louis Armstrong and Mahalia Jackson. Set #2 it’s James Booker, Snooks Eaglin, Earl King, and Marva Wright. Set #3 features new music from Joy Clark and the 2024 version of The Headhunters, led by Donald Harrison, Jr.  Listen 

Tonight’s show opens with Ella and Louis, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, followed by Sidney Bechet with Marital Solal Trio, then Danny Barker, and Pete Fountain. Set #2 it’s Professor Longhair, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Huey Piano Smith, Walter Wolfman Washington, and Eddie Bo.  Set #3 features Terence Blanchard’s E-Collective, with the Turtle Island String Quartet, Willie and Wynton, and New Orleans Nightcrawlers. Listen. 

The Queen of Gospel, Mahalia Jackson opens tonight’s show followed by A.J. Piron, Lionel Ferbos, Blu Lu Barker, Sidney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong, Then in Set #2 it’s Allen Toussaint, The Radiators, and Dr. John.  Set #3: Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet opens and closes the set, along with Galactic with Mavis Staples, and Dumpstaphunk in the mix. Listen  

Broadcast on 19 August 2024. 

Tonight, something we’ve done a couple of times on 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