Geraldine Wyckoff

Little Freddie King

Matt Booth

On trombonist and bandleader Delfeayo Marsalis latest release, Crescent City Jewels, the musicians in his full capacity Uptown Jazz Orchestra

Father’s Day Celebration: Carrying on the Music with Corey Henry, Kid Chocolate and Sunpie Barnes

Aaron Neville relates his life story like he sings a song; very sincere and personal. The Grammy-winning vocalist's autobiography Tell It

Saxophonist and flautist Maude Caillat makes her debut album leading her progressive quartet on the ambitious Follow the Camel...

On the New Orleans scene since 1981, the Storyville Stompers Brass Band has built its reputation on being true to the traditional style...

New Breed Brass Band’s totally kickin' recently released album could only be, as the title and music indicate, Made in New Orleans...

Ben Fox

Christian McBride’s much anticipated latest release, Christian McBride’s New Jawn: Prime, has definitely been worth the wait.

Basher Doubles, a band including Byron Asher, Aurora Nealand and others Doubles refers to the group’s somewhat unusual instrumentation.

The Headhunters Speakers in the House Ropeadope Records

Beloved Gospel and Jazz Vocalist Topsy Chapman Passes. The love of church, family and music forever remained the foundation of Topsy ...

Best Of The Beat: Lifetime Achievement In Music Business – Mark Samuels. As a teenager, Mark Samuels played in school bands that at one time or another included trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis, and reedman Victor Goines. Naturally jazz and a greater appreciation of the music was bound to rub off on him.

As the title suggests, trumpeter, vocalist and composer Leroy Jones focuses March of the Toddlers on children, though there’s plenty of music to keep their parents happy. In other words, this ain’t no coma-inducing “Baby Shark.” A drum cadence supplied by Barnaby Gold and Jones’ bright trumpet heralds the arrival of the “March of the

These “gentlemen” apply their talents to a collection of songs made famous by trumpeter, vocalist, composer and the Crescent City’s legendary native son Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. The selections will be […]

The Backstreet Cultural Museum expects to open at 1533 St. Philip Street in July 2022.

“I’d like to thank Wayne Shorter for being brilliant,” Terence Blanchard simply and succinctly writes on the liner notes for Absence, an album dedicated to and inspired by the legendary […]

At age 94, Lawrence Cotton is New Orleans' oldest working musician. He will perform at the 2022 Satchmo Summerfest.

Derrick “Kabuki” Shezbie remains best known as a former member of the Rebirth Brass Band, blowing the trumpet and enlivening the crowds with the Grammy-winning group. The Ghost of Buddy Bolden stands as Shezbie’s second release as leader. The trumpeter’s debut album, Spodie’s Back, a modern jazz album on Warner Brothers produced by the noted