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Listen to bassist Pops Foster with the Luis Russell Orchestra from 1929, playing "Jersey Lightning." Also on this record are New Orleans men Henry "Red" Allen, Albert Nicholas and Paul Barbarin.

Generations of New Orleanians have fond memories of playing miniature golf at City Park.

From Broadway to hot jazz, the Virginia Arts Festival moves to Williamsburg this weekend for a varied group of cabaret-style performances at the Williamsburg Lodge.

When young Louis Armstrong played in Chicago, no one took notes on his improvisations.

A "duck" on the road in San Francisco. Gray Line Tours has proposed putting three of these amphibious vehicles on the roads of New Orleans, taking up to 50,000 passengers per year from the French Quarter to Lake Pontchartrain.

The foundation that leases the Milne Boys Home to the city wants the property, which has been boarded up since 2005, to be used as a charter school.

New Orleans officials and cultural advocates say the Mother's Day parade shootings that left 20 people injured won't spell the end of second-line parades, the local tradition that celebrates the city and its people.

Albany State University professors conducted research in New Orleans at the Williams Research Center and Tulane University's Hogan Jazz Archive, Manuscript Department, and Amistad Research Center on May 8 - 10.

Joe's Pub at The Public will make its debut in Brooklyn as a co-presenter at the second annual Great GoogaMooga Festival in Prospect Park.

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the city of Mandeville next month will present the History of Jazz in Mandeville, a lecture and performance by Dr.

The big bulky brass instrument conjures up images of lockstep marching bands, or smoky New Orleans jazz joints, but never anything remotely new or avant-garde. Set all you preconceived notions about the tuba aside, and get ready for Boca Raton born and bred musician Bill Muter to blow your mind with the beast of brass.

Joe's Pub at The Public will make its debut in Brooklyn as a co-presenter at the second annual Great GoogaMooga Festival in Prospect Park.

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One can't help wondering if Nick LaRocca would have believed it if someone had told him exactly how much influence his song would have over a stadium of 90,000-plus. Make that more than 100,000 when the addition to Tiger Stadium is complete, when more voices are added to the crowd's roar when the LSU Tiger Marching Band hits that first note of the ... (more)

An overhead photo shows vehicles submerged in Bayou St. John. Police will resume searching the waterway for missing teacher Terrilyn Monette's black Honda Accord on Sunday.

Diana Krall is more than just a jazz songstress. She established herself as a solid interpreter of standards with her rendition of the Dusty Springfield's classic, "The Look of Love," making her mark with notable acoustic arrangements coupled with openly sensuous vocals carrying the tune.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu ticked off an impressive list of accomplishments for New Orleans in his state of the city address Tuesday: 9,000 new residents, 80 capital projects under way, $375 million in street projects, 4,000 children in summer camps, 10,000 fewer blighted buildings, 9 million visitors a year.

Although he has been dead for more than 50 years, there is really only one name that comes to mind when you think about the soprano saxophone, the grand master of the instrument, Sidney Bechet. Born back in 1897 , he, along with the likes of Louis Armstrong and King Oliver, has got to be one of the founding fathers of New Orleans jazz.

Don't fear there's another festival around the corner packed with big-name bands, artisan food, local ales and ciders and colourful parades through the streets.

A Yellow Cab taxi driver with a previous conviction for holding a woman against her will was arrested by New Orleans police Tuesday after authorities say he kidnapped and raped a woman last week.. Sohail Khan, 40, was booked with simple rape and second-degree kidnapping Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas announced at a press conference on Tuesday ... (more)