Jazz at Congo Square returns on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at Armstrong Park’s historic Congo Square, located at 701 N Rampart Street. This free, all-day event celebrates the city’s rich musical and ...

When Jazz in the Park gets underway this Thursday afternoon at Congo Square, the age span may skew a little younger than usual. For the first time, the weekly jazz concert series will feature an ...

Location: New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, United States The vibrant history and evolution of New Orleans jazz will take center stage as the New Orleans Jazz Museum prepares to ...

As people sought shelter under old oak trees, the Louisiana rain played percussion on the puddles. Just above that familiar sound, the siren song of Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra ...

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival's Congo Square poster may be a relic of the past. Starting in 1991, Jazz Fest produced both a standard annual poster and a Congo Square poster that ...

In June, trombonist and bandleader Delfeayo Marsalis wanted to plan a livestreaming concert with his Uptown Jazz Orchestra for a Juneteenth celebration. But by the time the idea came together, it was ...

The documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” focuses on a hot spot in the Cold War, set to music by the era’s ambassadors of cool—Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach and other jazz masters.

Grammy award-winning Count Basie Orchestra lead trombonist Dr. Isrea Butler of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) pays tribute to trombone legends J.J. Johnson and Bennie Green on his swinging ...

The acclaimed filmmaker also discusses using music as “a historical agent” to investigate the dark colonial history of his native Belgium: "While politics is all about divide-and-conquer, it's the ...

Guitarist Rodrigo Tavares cites his primary influences as bossa nova and tropicália pioneers João Gilberto, Dorival Caymmi, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Tom Zé ...

“A botched independence swiftly followed by army mutinies and attempted secession by two renegade provinces, egged on by a colonial power. A charismatic black leader who comes to a sticky end, aged ...