Lloyd Harris, Jr. has been music educator for fifty years in the New Orleans
area. He is a member of Louisiana Music Educator’s Hall of Fame, winner
of the New Orleans Public School teaching award, a composer, teacher,
musician and someone who has left his mark on the mu...
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Three stages and twenty-one bands are scheduled for the Louisiana
Cajun-Zydeco Festival, June 9-10 at the U.S. Mint. A special guest this
year will be D.L. Menard, the eighty year-old Cajun music legend, will make
his first appearance at the fest. C.J. Chenier and the Red...
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Those of us in New Orleans who are up on our Irish mythology might recognize
‘Áine’ as the name of the Irish goddess of summer, wealth and
sovereignty, but those of us up on the Irish musicians playing in New Orleans
might recognize Áine O’ Doherty as the name of one of the...
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Tune in to WWOZ Thursday morning as I celebrate one year hosting the
Traditional Jazz Show.
Lars Edegran, Tom Sancton, and Seva Venet will play a few tunes live in the
performance studio with my favorite 100 year old musician, Lionel Ferbos!
Thursday's Traditional Jazz Show ...
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WAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Tonight we celebrate!
Tonight we ride (in true radio style!)
Tonight at 10 PM we celebrate the 19th anniversary of maybe the most daring
yet maybe the most idiotic thing WWOZ has ever done: Letting the Jazz
Lunatique get in front of the microphone and pl...
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Buckwheat Zydeco, Chris Ardoin and Geno Delafose headline the 26th Zydeco
Extravaganza in Opelousas, May 27 at Evangeline Downs. The Extravaganza,
started as the Cravins Brothers Zydeco and Info Show in 1986, claims to be
the largest one-day Zydeco festival in the world. ...
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On May 11th and 12th, drumming genius Herlin Riley led the way in
presenting three of New Orleans' finest pianists in the Allen Room at Jazz
at Lincoln Center. With musical director Herlin and bassist Reginald
Veal graciously taking supporting roles to Ellis Marsalis, Henr...
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Join Brice Nice (Vinyl) vs. Alski (Digital) on the Rhythm Room this Friday
for another musical duel. As usual the only rule is staying in the groove.
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A full house of jazz lovers in the Rose Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center in
New York were taken to class by Marcus Roberts and his orchestra as they
played a myriad of tunes by the great Jelly Roll Morton. Roberts is not
only one of the most brilliant piano players in the...
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Here's a gallery of more photos of some great moments at Jazz Fest 2012!
We've also posted more photos from the Photo Booth at the WWOZ Hospitality
Tent, on Facebook! Log in to Facebook, and tag yourself and your friends!
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