Ben Jaffe, director of the hallowed jazz institution in the heart of the French Quarter, grapples with a massacre that ...

An American art form now more than a century old, jazz emerged from the streets of New Orleans. The city has produced some of the world's great jazz musicians, none more celebrated than Louis ...

April: The annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is held for the first time, with gospel singer and New Orleans-native Mahalia Jackson appearing. September 28: The New Orleans Superdome ...

We’re seen as the victims of history, but we were very active ... independent of jazz funerals. “So often, New Orleans ...

Music fans will need to make a little more room in their wallets and waistbands next spring: the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival plans to expand to eight days. The annual celebration ...

$5 million: The matching grant Alpert’s foundation gave the New Orleans Jazz Museum, making him the largest benefactor of the institution inside the Old U.S. Mint at the foot of Esplanade Avenue.

Jazz at Lincoln Center brings the soul of New Orleans and the spirit of Mardi Gras to Popejoy Hall for New Orleans Songbook. This production celebrates the rich and colorful history of jazz music ...

Dive into intimate jazz bars or catch a live performance ... and the echoes of history. September in New Orleans is a ...

history, and nightlife attract visitors to New Orleans. There’s lively Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the French Quarter, and the Mississippi River with jazz cruises aboard Steamboat Natchez.