New Orleans News

Despite the beating the air travel industry has suffered since the worldwide economic downturn began five years ago, one mid-sized airport appears to be bucking that trend.

In support of their latest CD release, On the Funky Side, Jambalaya Brass Band will be returning to march and perform at one of the most colorful events of the season in NYC, the 31st from 2-3pm.

Herman Leonard captured it all, but one wonders if he planned on capturing the viewer's presence as it's reflected in the glass.

The irony is multi-layered, considering the object of Jaffe's efforts was the New Orleans landmark of traditional jazz, Preservation Hall .

The ponytailed, unassuming director of the Eastman School of Music's New Jazz Ensemble was Ryan Truesdell's right-hand man in developing Truesdell's Grammy-winning Gil Evans Centennial Project.

NEW ORLEANS -- Think of New Orleans and flying beads and bare bosoms may come to mind.

Downtown Baton Rouge was buzzing the night of June 8 as several hundred partygoers turned out for the Capitol Park Museum's annual fundraiser.

"Passionate." "Emotional." "Devoted." Like a lot of jazz performers, saxophonist Sherman Irby tends to use the language of love when he discusses his music.

The miniature golf complex offers two disabled-accessible 18-hole courses, and is located at 8 Victory Drive across from the park's Storyland.

To bring awareness for the need of the Algiers-Canal St. ferry dozens of people marched behind the Algier's Brass Band and a Mardi Gras float featuring Louis Armstrong as they rode across the Mississippi River from downtown New Orleans in support of the ferry.

Trumpeter, singer and all-around New Orleans entertainer Kermit Ruffins realized a long-cherished dream with the production of We Partyin' Traditional Style! Featuring a bunch of his personal favorites from the traditional jazz canon, it's an album guaranteed to raise a smile.

Gina Coleman and the Misty Blues Band have established a reputation as one of the best blues bands in Berkshire County, and probably beyond.

A Lake Pontchartrain breeze blew through the open windows and doors of the Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall Saturday.

Joe Krown, left, Walter 'Wolfman' Washington and Russell Batiste celebrity their new 'Soul Understanding' CD at the Maple Leaf on Sunday, May 12, 2013.

Located in New Orleans city centre, the Saint Hotel and Autograph Collection is located less than 5 minutes' walk from the historic French Quarter.

The amount of construction projects going on in New Orleans is nothing short of amazing.

Sidney Walton, left, traveled to New Orleans from San Diego to hear the Dalai Lama speak.

Osborne is author of the award-winning Magic Tree House series, and the Shakes will present the stage adaptation of "A Magic Tree House: A Night in New Orleans" this fall.

With all due respect to Wynton Marsalis, an iconic jazz trumpeter known worldwide for his New Orleans roots, he's just about as much Big Apple as he is Big Easy these days.

The revival of traditional jazz in Britain in the 1950s began in a blaze of idealism.