Jazz great Ellis Marsalis, Jr. has passed away on April 1, 2020 at the age of 85. Marsalis was an influential player and educator in the jazz world for decades. He is survived by his sons Branford, Wynton, Ellis III, Delfeayo, Mboya, and Jason. Born November 14, 1934, Mars... Read more

Thank you, for your support of WWOZ at this time. Thank you for all your messages of goodwill, all the tweets and the Facebook comments, all the middle of the night emails. Thank you for all your financial support to keep us on the air, all the memberships and donations. Th... Read more

The New Orleans All-Stars joined us for a live performance in the studio on March 10! Check out their performance below. If you appreciate the station that brings you more live music than any other, be a part of our number and become a member today! Read more

The Quickening joined us for a live performance in the studio on March 10! Check out their performance below. If you appreciate the station that brings you more live music than any other, be a part of our number and become a member today! Read more

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the non-profit organization that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, announced today that they have established the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund – a statewide relief fund to support Louisiana mus... Read more

Tune in on our Monday morning trad jazz show, 9-11am, to hear a classic Big Mama Rankin show! Regular Monday morning host Dan Meyer selected this show to air; Betty Rankin was his mentor at WWOZ in the early 1980s. Big Mama Rankin has been called “one of the best show hosts... Read more

WWOZ was on hand to live video stream The Lilli Lewis Project's set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation's "Chanteuse: Celebrating New Orleans Women in Music," on Friday, March 6. The series was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here's a song from that set... Read more

Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders joined The Creeper in the studio on March 12, 2020! Check out their performance below. If you appreciate the station that brings you more live music than any other, be a part of our number and become a member today! Read more

Treme Brass Band closed out our spring membership drive in fine form on March 13, 2020! Check out their performance below. If you appreciate the station that brings you more live music than any other, be a part of our number and become a member today! Read more