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Happy Mardi Gras!
🎥: The Northside Skull & Bone Gang parading through the Tremé neighborhood on Mardi Gras morning, February 21, 2023. The Northside Skull & Bone Gang is the original skeleton gang of New Orleans, originating in 1819.
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Happy Mardi Gras! 🎭
🎥: Big Chief Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes of the Original Northside Skull & Bone Gang emerges from a home in the Tremé neighborhood on March 1, 2022. The Northside Skull & Bone Gang is the original skeleton gang of New Orleans, originating in 1819.
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Our Tremé Creole Gumbo & Congo Square Rhythms Festival returns to Louis Armstrong Park on March 26 & 27, 2022! Free and open to the public.
View the full lineup on
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In this photograph, a young Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews is held up by his mother, Lois Nelson Andrews, to play a plastic saxophone as the Olympia Brass Band parades by. The clarinet player wearing sunglasses is Joseph Torregano, Trombone Shorty’s future music teacher.
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Young dancers show off their footwork skills in the 9 Times Social Aid & Pleasure Club second line on Sunday, November 21 in the 9th Ward of New Orleans. 🎥 Video courtesy of
@FlagboyGiz
@Gizmo2cent
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Check out the official 2022
@JazzFest
poster by
@TerranceOsborne
featuring
@JonBatiste
! 🎨
Available now on
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It is with a profound sadness that we announce the passing of George Wein, founder of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. He was 95.
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Well, we've officially found our favorite "Yardi Gras" house with the Krewe of House Floats!!! This
@JazzFest
house near the Fairgrounds is AMAZING!
#yardigras
#kreweofhousefloats
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Remembering the late Dr. John today, on his 80th birthday. We miss you, Mac.
R.I.P. Malcolm John Rebennack Jr.
@akadrjohn
November 20, 1941 - June 6, 2019
📸: Hoodoo Heaven: A Portrait of Dr. John by Scott Guion, 2020
@jazzfest
poster
@art4nowinc
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Jazz Funeral for Jimmy Buffett featuring Smitty Dee’s Brass Band with Dumaine Gang, Family Ties, and The Revolution Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs. ❤️
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Happy Birthday to Aaron Neville, who turns 81 today!
📷: Aaron Neville performs at the 2016
@jazzfest
, photograph by Laura Carbone courtesy of the
@jazzfestarchive
.
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The
@preshallband
joins the Coral Reefer Band onstage at
@JazzFest
to celebrate the life of Jimmy Buffett!
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On December 10, 1949, musician and record producer Dave Bartholomew brought a 21-year-old Fats Domino into Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Recording Studio on N. Rampart Street to record “The Fat Man” for Imperial Records.
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Happy Super Sunday! We are proud to provide grant funding for this unique annual celebration of New Orleans Black Masking culture.
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Rock n’ roll legend Fats Domino was born in New Orleans on this day in 1928. We miss you, Fats. ❤️
📷: Fats Domino performing at
@jazzfest
2001. Photo by Owen Murphy, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.
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Happy Birthday to the late Professor Longhair, born Henry Roeland Byrd on December 19, 1918 in Bogalusa, Louisiana.
📷: Professor Longhair performing in 1971. Photo by John Messina, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.
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Remembering the late Allen Toussaint, born on January 14, 1938 in New Orleans. He is deeply missed.
🎨: Allen Toussaint by James Michalopoulos, Official 2009
@jazzfest
Poster, courtesy of
@art4nowinc
.
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Remembering the one and only Dr. John on his 80th birthday. Here’s a rare photo of Mac performing at the 1990 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
📷: Dr. John performing at
@jazzfest
in 1990, by Burt Steel. Courtesy of our New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.
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Remembering legendary Creole musician Amédé Ardoin who passed away on November 3, 1942 in Pineville, Louisiana.
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Happy belated birthday to the one and only
@TromboneShorty
, born Troy Michael Andrews on January 2, 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana. 🎶
🎨: Porch Song: A Portrait of Trombone Shorty by
@TerranceOsborne
, Official 2012
@JazzFest
Poster courtesy of
@art4nowinc
.
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Welcome to day 1 of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell!
The gates are open and the sun is shining! ☀️
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Happy Birthday to Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indian Tribe, who turns 80 years old today!
🎨: “Big Chief Monk Boudreaux” by John Bukaty. Gift of Jeffrey Goldring and Walton Vetter Goldring, on display in the Jazz & Heritage Foundation offices.
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The breakfast of champions. Welcome to Day 3 of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell!
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Happy Birthday to the late Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Queen of New Orleans, born October 26, 1911.
📷: Mahalia Jackson sings an impromptu "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" to the beat of the Eureka Brass Band at the inaugural
@jazzfest
on April 23, 1970.
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I'm just going to leave this here
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A quick cochon de lait break! 🤤
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Happy Birthday to the late piano prince of New Orleans, James Booker, born December 17, 1939 at Charity Hospital.
📷: “James Booker” by Demond Melancon (2019), glass beads and rhinestones on canvas, image courtesy of the artist.
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Happy Birthday to bluesman Walter “Wolfman” Washington, who turns 78 today! 🎉
📷: Walter “Wolfman” Washington by artist John Bukaty, featured on the 2015 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival Official Poster.
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Happy Birthday to the late Big Chief Allison “Tootie” Montana of the Yellow Pocahontas Mardi Gras Indian Tribe, born on December 16, 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Happy Birthday to Irma Thomas, the Soul Queen of New Orleans, who turns 81 today!
📷: Irma performing at
@jazzfest
2006 by Michael Jee, courtesy
@jazzfestarchive
.
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Remembering New Orleans piano prince James Booker, who passed away on November 8, 1983 at Charity Hospital.
📷: James Booker performing at
@jazzfest
on May 6, 1979, by Burt Steel.
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Since the beginning of the
#COVID19
pandemic, we have distributed nearly $2 million dollars to Louisiana musicians, music industry workers and Culture bearers. We will get through this together, y’all. ❤️👏
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The
@NOLACityCouncil
has declared today to be Germaine Bazzle Day. We honor Ms. Bazzle, an extraordinary local jazz vocalist and educator who recently celebrated her 90th birthday!
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Irma Thomas rocking her custom
@art4nowinc
BayouWear dress today on the Festival Stage at
@JazzFest
! 😍
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Over the next two weeks, which would have been Jazz Fest, we'll be sharing historic photos from the festival along with one of our community partners,
@nolajazzmuseum
. Here is Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson at the very first Jazz Fest in 1970. Photo by Michael P. Smith.
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Fats Domino put NOLA on the world’s map of most important music cities. His influence extended from the Beatles to Bob Marley & beyond ❤️
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New Orleans City Council voted last Thursday to rename Caffin Ave to Fats Domino Ave in the Lower 9th Ward. The council also voted to rename Palmer Park to Marsalis Harmony Park, honoring the late renowned jazz musician and educator Ellis Marsalis.
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Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue closing out the Festival Stage! 🔥🎶
Thank y’all for attending the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell! See y’all back at the fairgrounds next year!
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Don't miss
@JonBatiste
's visit to... “where the air is sweet”,
@SesameStreet
! Streaming on
@HBOMax
November 18.
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Happy Birthday to the late Art “Poppa Funk” Neville, born on December 17, 1937 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
📷: The 1997 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival poster, “The Neville Brothers” by Francis Pavy, courtesy of
@art4nowinc
.
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Did you know Duke Ellington performed at our first
@jazzfest
in 1970? Hear it for yourself, coming up next at 1pm CT on
@wwoz_neworleans
Jazz Festing in Place. Listen in at or locally at 90.7 FM.
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This afternoon, Clarence “Frogman” Henry’s ancestor monument was unveiled near the Congo Square stage. We miss you, Frogman! ❤️
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WWOZ 90.7 FM New Orleans hit the airwaves for the first time on this day in 1980. Happy Birthday
@wwoz_neworleans
! 🥳
📷: Duke-a-Paduka, Walter Brock, Shirley Goodman (of Shirley & Lee), and Justin Winston circa 1981 in the WWOZ studio at
@tipitinas
. Photo by Lynn Abbott.
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Happy Carnival, y’all! Check out this Jazz Fest-inspired Muses shoe from 2019, now part of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive.
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Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles performing “My Indian Red” at our Tremé Creole Gumbo & Congo Square Rhythms Festival this afternoon. 🎶
Learn more at
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The legendary Mannie Fresh introducing Flag Boy Giz on the Congo Square Rhythms Stage!
Learn more on
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Irma Thomas, the Soul Queen of New Orleans and 2023 Jazz & Heritage Gala Champion of Culture debuting her custom
@art4nowinc
BayouWear® dress during her set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell.
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One of New Orleans' most famous musicians, Mahalia Jackson, was instrumental to the civil rights movement, especially as a good friend of Dr. King.
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Our Tremé Creole Gumbo and Congo Square Rhythms Festival is in full swing today and tomorrow in Louis Armstrong Park!
View the full lineup on
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Foo Fighters! 🎸⚡️🎶
That’s a wrap for Day 6 of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell. See y’all tomorrow!
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Having a blast dancing in Congo Square with Bamboula 2000 at our Tremé Creole Gumbo & Congo Square Rhythms Festival!
Learn more on
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Announcing the Jazz & Heritage Relief Fund, a statewide relief fund from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation to support Louisiana musicians who have lost income amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Details, including link to apply, at .
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Jazz Fest is only three days away! Enjoy this
#throwback
photo of the Young Men Olympians Social Aid & Pleasure Club at
@JazzFest
circa April 1980 by Burt Steel, courtesy of the
@jazzfestarchive
.
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A legend joins the eternal groove today. Our hearts, thoughts, love and gratitude are with Dr John’s family, friends, and community
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Strutting into the first weekend of
@JazzFest
with the Original Big 7 and Sisters of Unity Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs. 💃🏼
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Words can never express the loss. RIP ❤️
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We are truly heartbroken by the loss of Tremé matriarch, Lois Nelson Andrews. She passed away on Wednesday at age 69 after battling lung cancer. 📷: Lois in Tuba Fats Square in 2019, by
@chris_granger
.
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We at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation are proud to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day today.
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Earlier today, an ancestor monument in honor of Walter Wolfman Washington was unveiled at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell.
Wolfman was a legendary musician, and a staple at
@jazzfest
and the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival.
We miss you, Wolfman.
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Remembering Buddy Bolden, first man of Jazz, who passed away on this day in 1931.
🎨: The Official 2005
@jazzfest
poster, Buddy Bolden Band by Bill Hemmerling.
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Happy Birthday to late jazz legend Danny Barker, born on January 13, 1909 in New Orleans.
📷: Sporting a plastic cigar in his mouth, Danny Barker leads the Onward Brass Band in a parade at the 1974
@jazzfest
© The Historic New Orleans Collection. Photo by Michael P. Smith.
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Happy birthday,
@AaronNeville
!
"...all singing is sacred. 'There’s a saying I saw on the bar at Tipitina’s in New Orleans, back in the mid-’70s, and it stuck with me,' he said. 'It read, "He who sings, prays twice." I deeply believe that.'"
More:
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📷: View from the Grandstand at
@jazzfest
in 1986. Photo by Harold Baquet, courtesy of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive.
#FlashbackFriday
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Welcome to the first day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell!
View the full lineup on
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Happy Birthday to the late Snooks Eaglin, born on January 21, 1936 (or 1937) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Snooks performed at the first ever New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 1970 and continued to make regular appearances at
@JazzFest
until his death in 2009.
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To mark the triumphant return of
@JazzFest
, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive sets the record straight about five common myths surrounding the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
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Enjoying the local food and beautiful weather on the last Sunday of
@jazzfest
! ☀️ What’s your must-have treat before the day is over?
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Raymond Myles was gone too soon. But the colorful, complex journey of "the Gospel Genius of New Orleans" is being memorialized in a new documentary that the Foundation has helped to sponsor with our Community Partnership grants.
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Happy Birthday to New Orleans' own Deacon John Moore, who turns 81 today! Deacon John is a staple in the Blues Tent each year at
@JazzFest
, and has worked for over sixty years as an iconic session musician, guitarist, and bandleader. Here's to many more! 🎉
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Happy 60th Birthday to
@WyntonMarsalis
, a true champion of jazz. The legendary trumpeter, composer, teacher, and
@jazzdotorg
artistic director was born on October 18, 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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It is with profound sadness that we share the news of Clarence "Frogman" Henry's passing. A beloved icon of New Orleans music, he passed away at the age of 87 on Sunday night, surrounded by friends and family.
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"An entire musical ecosystem is in suspended animation—and with it, the rest of the city."
Support independent music venues at !
#SaveOurStages
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We'll be back at the Fairgrounds tomorrow to kick off weekend two of
@jazzfest
! Who are you most excited to see?
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Welcome to Day 6 of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell! What’s on your schedule today?
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We’re kicking off the Congo Square Rhythms Festival with a drum circle led by Baba Luther Gray! 🥁
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Clarence "Frogman" Henry turned 85 over the weekend. We love you, Frogman! 🎉
📷: Clarence "Frogman" Henry at
@jazzfest
in 2007 photographed by Gerald Duhon, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive.
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Loretta’s Authentic Pralines was born more than 35 years ago. With $700 in capital and a dream, Loretta Harrison took a family recipe and tried it out on the public at
@jazzfest
. The rest is history.
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Happy 73rd Birthday to
@ZiggyModeliste
! The legendary drummer & founding member of The Meters was born on December 28, 1948 in New Orleans. 🎉
📷: Zigaboo Modeliste & the Funk Revue perform on May 4, 2002 at
@jazzfest
, photos by Brenda Ladd courtesy of the
@jazzfestarchive
.
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Get your own Jazz Fest-style sign from Nan Parati to benefit the Jazz & Heritage Foundation Music Relief Fund &
@wwoz_neworleans
! Details:
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We can’t wait to bring y’all the Shake Em’ Up Jazz Band this Saturday 11/6 to kick-off our Fall Concert Series! 🎺
Tickets are $5, all proceeds directly support our efforts at the Jazz & Heritage Foundation, including the Music Relief Fund.
Learn more:
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Happy Día de los Muertos! 💀
📷: Day of the Dead Altar featuring local musicians at
@jazzfest
in 2018, photographed by Zach Brien.
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Tune in to Festing In Place: The Next Fest Thing on
@wwoz_neworleans
starting this Friday, 11am-7pm, to hear classic live sets from New Orleans music legends past and present from
@JazzFest
, Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest, and many others. Listen live at .
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Happy Birthday to New Orleans drummer extraordinaire Johnny Vidacovich, who turns 73 years old today! 🥁
📷: Johnny performing at our George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center in 2018, photographed by Eric Simon.
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Voodoo Queen Kalindah Laveaux at her altar near the Congo Square Stage at
@jazzfest
, where she offers readings, cleansing, and opportunities to learn about the deep history of Voodoo in Louisiana.
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