The American musical art form jazz ... both black and white audiences. Recordings and radio broadcasts allow the music to reach beyond nightclubs, and the arrival of virtuosos such as New Orleans ...

The Leaf has welcomed some of Louisiana's greatest stars, like George Porter Jr. — who performs every Monday night with his ...

Most Black New Orleans residents still regard ... Society paid dues for member burials when White funeral homes declined, honoring the dead through a jazz funeral. The jazz-funeral procession ...

Though jazz and classic blues are ... Some form of music shaped by the black experience in the United States had appeared in both the South and the North by the time of the Civil War. Likewise, New ...

For decades in New Orleans, there were efforts made, both secretive and out in the open, to keep Black and White residents separate.

For Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong, even their fame couldn’t fully protect them from the terrifying violence ...

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, LAFAYETTE SQUARE Leyla McCalla performs on the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage during the second day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage ... plus fees. The Black Crowes ...

On Nov. 15, 1960, four Black first graders desegregated New Orleans schools. One of them was Tessie Prevost, who died in July ...

Sixty-four years ago, public schools in New Orleans began to desegregate. School buildings once designated as “white” opened to Black students. The integration process, which deeply divided ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation (NOJHFF) has appointed Blake-Anthony Johnson as its new Chief Executive Officer ...