Past shows

Opening the show tonight, Joe King Oliver, followed by Jimmie Noone, Freddie Keppard, Bunk Johnson, and Louis Armstrong. In Set #2, its all Fats Domino. And Set #3 features Ledisi, then the “power trio” of Nicholas Payton, bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, and drummer and producer Karriem Riggins. Listen

Opening the NORMS tonight, Mahalia Jackson, followed by Bunk Johnson, Sidney Bechet, George Lewis, and Louis Armstrong. Set #2 it’s Professor Longhair, Luther Kent, Johnny Adams, and Dr. John. Set #3: Wynton Marsalis, Jon Batiste, Donald Harrison, Jr., and Galactic. Listen

Tonight’s show features Blue Lu Barker, Louis Armstrong, Peter Bocage and His Creole Serenaders, and the Onward Brass Band. Set #2 features Allen Toussant, Johnny Adams, Irma Thomas, Leroy Jones, and Louis Prima. Set #3 it’s Ellis Marsalis, the Astral Project, Tank and the Bangas, and Lil’ Wayne. Listen 

Tonight’s show with Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, together, followed by three more from Louis Armstrong. Set #2 it’s The Meters, and in Set #3: Christian Scott (Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah), Stanton Moore, featuring Nicholas Payton and Donald Harrison Jr., and Ledisi. Listen 

Tonight’s show opens with three in a row: Lizzy Miles, followed by Joe King Oliver, Freddie Keppard, Louis Armstrong, and Sidney Bechet. In Set #2, it’s a New Orleans R&B and Rock N Roll Revival featuring Fats Domino, Ernie K-Doe, Eddie Bo, Chris Kenner, Benny Spellman, Earl King, and Edgar “Big Boy” Miles. Set #3: Nicholas Payton, Wynton Marsalis, and Delfeayo Marsalis. Listen  

Peter Bocage opens tonight’s show, followed by Kid Ory, Sweet Emma Barrett, Lonnie Johnson, and Louis Armstrong with Duke Ellington. In Set #2, it’s Lloyd Price, Lee Dorsey, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, and Marva Wright. Set #3: Nicholas Payton, Terence Blanchard, and Donald Harrison Jr. Listen 

On tonight’s show, Set #1 features Jelly Roll Morton, Henry Red Allen Jr. Bunk Johnson, Lionel Frebos and Louis Armstrong. Then it’s Edgar “Big Boy” Myles, Aaron Neville, Allen Toussaint, Walter Wolfman Washington, and Leigh Harris in Set #2. Set #3: New music from the Branford Maralis Quartet, Jon Batiste, and Cha Wa. Listen  

On tonight’s show a playlist that captures and reflects on the City of New Orleans, and the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina, then moves on to celebrate the city and along the way I’ll share with you a little of what I was both reminded and learned about the storm, twenty years after the storm; it’s impact, the, still ongoing recovery, and where New Orleans is today. Artists include: Terence Blanchard, Harry Connick Jr., Dr. John, Elis Costello and Allen Toussaint, Louis Armstrong, Delfeayo Marsalis, The Soul Rebels, and Lil Queenie and the Percolators. Listen

Tonight’s show opens with two from Joe King Oliver, then two for Jelly Roll Morton, and then Louis Armstrong with His (2nd) Hot Five. Set #2 features: Earl King, Lee Dorsey, Snooks Eaglin, and Dr. John. In Set #3 it’s Jamal Batiste, Terence Blanchard, and Idris Muhammad. Listen

 Tonight, it’s The Marsalis’ . . . again, a rebroadcast  from 7 July 2025.  Father Ellis, and sons Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo, and Jason, a taste of each of their genius, starting with Father Ellis, the patriate of this incredibly talented musical family. The Marsalis family, together and individually, has made significant contributions to the preservation of jazz, the furthering of the art form, and the education of students of the music, leaving an important and distinctive mark on the world of jazz and this nation’s culture. Listen

New Dong Old

Originally 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  

Jelly Roll Morton opens tonight’s show, followed by Kid Ory, Sidney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald, and then again, Louis Armstrong. In Set #2 it’s Aaron Neville, James Booker, Irma Thomas, and Allen Toussaint, and Set #3 features Ledisi, PJ Morton, and Jon Batiste. Listen