Past shows

Tonight’s show opens with four tracks from Wynton Marsalis’ latest LP, Wynton Marsalis - Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives Hot Sevens; then in Set#2 it’s The Meters, Dr. John and Li’l Queenie – Leigh Harris, Set #3 Jason Marsalis, Leroy Jones and Nicholas Payton. Listen

 Tonight’s show opens with A.J. Piron's New Orleans Orchestra, followed by Johnny Dodds, Sidney Beche,t and Louis Armstrong. In Set 2 it’s Doug Kershaw, Ernie K-Doe, and Walter “Wolfman” Washington; Set #3 Branford Marsalis, Leo Nocentelli, and Jimmy Buffett. Listen

Tonight’s show opens with Louis Armstrong With The Polynesians, then George Lewis and back to Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra; Set #2 it’s Prince La La, Oliver Morgan, Shirley & Lee, Irma Thomas, and Dr John with Triumvirate; Set #3 it’s all Sam’s Big Funky Nation. Listen

Tonight’s show opens with two early jazz founding fathers: Jelly Roll Morton and Joe King Oliver, followed by more jazz pioneers-- Kid Rena, Kid Ory, and Pops-- Louis Armstrong; Set #2 Professor Longhair, Ernie K-Doe, Walter Wolfman Washington w/ Irma Thomas, and then the Soul Queen of New Orleans, again, Irma Thomas. Set #3 it’s all Jon Batiste with select tracks from his latest LP World Music Radio. Enjoy! Listen

Tonight’s show features Dr. Michael White in our first set; it’s Earl King and Fats Domino in Set #2; then all Erica Falls in Set #3. Listen

On tonight’s show, we open and close the set softly with Louis Armstrong but with lots of Swinging Out and Bouncing Around in between with Henry Red Allen, Freddie Keppard, Bunk Johnson, and Peter Bocage. Set #2: a brief tribute to Lee Allen and his Walkin’ with Mr. Lee, followed by Huey “Piano” Smith, The Meters, Walter Wolfman Washington, and The Neville Brothers. Set #3 features The New Orleans Nightcrawlers, PJ Morton with Yola, The Rebirth Brass Band with Erica Falls, and Big Sam’s Funky Nation. Listen  

Tonight’s show opens with The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, then it’s Joe King Oliver, Johnny Dods with the New Orleans Wanderers, Johnny St. Cyr, and Louis Armstrong; Set #2: Robert Parker, Robert Palmer – who!?, Fats Domino, and Walter Wolfman Washington; And Set #3 Nicholas Payton, Ledisi, Wynton Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Listen 

Tonight is our three featured artist format . . . starting with Lonnie Johnson the New Orleans-born, pioneering blues guitarist and singer and jazz guitarist; then two Vinton LA natives--  first the singer, multi-Instrumentalist, blues man-- Clarence Gatemouth Brown, and then fellow Vinton, LA native, Orange Texas-born, Marcia Ball.  Listen

We open tonight’s show with A.J. Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra, followed by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven, Sidney Bechet, and then close the 1st set with Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra; Set #2 is all Tommy Ridgley; Set #3 Marlon Jordan, Nicholas Payton, and Dr. John with Take Me Out To The Ballgame. Listen

 Tonight it's all Sidney Bechet in the 1st set; then it’s Snooks Eaglin, Deacon John Moore, Allen Toussaint, and John Boutte in set #2; Set #3 opens with Donald Harrison Jr. followed by Tank and the Bangas, Dumpstraphunk, and then Leroy Jones, closes the set and the show. Listen 

Tonight, we had to re-broadcast the show from 21 Aug 2023, due to some recording technical difficulties in my home studio.  This show features the original Tiger Rag from The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, then it’s Bunk Johnson, Lionel Ferbos, and Oscar “Papa” Celestine. Set #2: It’s all Cubanismo led by trumpeter Jesus Alemany, the 14-piece group that spent 10 days in New Orleans connecting with an equally distinguished cast of jazz and R&B stalwarts, featuring John Boutte and the Yockamo All-Stars and four songs from their 2000 LP Cubanismo - Mardi Gras Mumbo. Set # features new music from the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, the Storyville Stompers, and Delfeayo Marsalis.

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Tonight’s show opens with Louis Armstrong and his version of Just A Gigolo, then it's Jimmie Noone, Lionel Ferbos, Blue Lu Barker, and then back to Pops. Set #2: Tami Lynn, Willie Tee, Fats Domino, and Benny Spellman. In Set #3 Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr. and we close the show with the Charmaine Neville Band. Listen