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In the 1930s, people danced in New Orleans night clubs to the sweet and melodic jazz of Creole singer and trumpeter Lionel Ferbos.

This June 10 release is the first one since Katrina for veteran clarinet player Dr.

A refurbished 1927 train car will depart from New Orleans today on a fundraising tour for two area charities, promising those who raise the most money a chance to win a trip to the Video Music Awards in Los ...

Though the incomparable Dirty Dozen Brass Band would be a welcome addition any year to the GrassRoots Festival - or any festival for that matter - the stars would so align, a visit this year is especially ...

Unknown assailants toting an AK-47 opened fire on the exterior of a FEMA trailer in Gentilly Tuesday morning, killing a retired bounce rapper sleeping inside, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

Antonio Gambrell isn't a necessarily a jealous guy. But he sure performs a mean version of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" with his group Phedonia.

Out of the question. Don't be silly. Never was a factor. Such are the absolutes that George W., Cheney, Rummy, and other Bushites have employed whenever anyone has suggested that their real reason for invading ...

Amateur photographer Truman Lo's photo of 'Jackson Square Beyond the Gates' is the winning entry in the American-Statesman's Travel Win-In-A-Flash Contest.

We continue our jazz series with a look at the legacy of New Orleans jazz music.

Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 4:00 p.m. ET. News & Notes , July 11, 2008 - We continue our jazz series with a look at the legacy of New Orleans jazz music.

Summertime in the Big Easy brings a lot of heat, but it also brings bargains at hotels and restaurants.

Longtime horn player Marlon Jordan will be performing live tonight at Two Rivers Park.

It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In the case of New Orleans, Louisiana, this is certainly the case.

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews groves to the music of his guitarist, Pete Murano, during Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue's performance at the Music on the Halfshell concert series, at the Nichols Band Shell in ...

Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis, "Two Men with the Blues" There's a newcomer to the jazz scene by the name of Willie Nelson.

Hans Klint, former paramour of yours truly and now deceased , once told me that he'd like to have a New Orleans jazz-style funeral.

Memphis had Stax, Detroit had Motown, and New Orleans had, well, a bunch of fucked-up, in-fighting local labels that never really managed to push the Crescent City's funk and soul tunes to the sort of ...

Contributions may be made to: St. Gabriel the Archangel Church, 4700 Pineda St., New Orleans, LA 70126 NEW ORLEANS -- The nun poses the question weekly to the congregation amid construction scaffolding in the ...

LL Cool J is no stranger to the Essence Music Festival, but that doesn't mean it is any less exciting for the hip-hop artist who is slated to perform at the festival Saturday night.

For the last 40 years Grayhawk Perkins has been involved in music in New Orleans.