Discover how New Orleans' cultural blend created jazz through 7 pivotal developments, ... Tom Brown’s Band from Dixieland relocated to Chicago in 1915, ...

New Orleans trumpet player and composer Jimmy LaRocca died over the weekend. Jimmy‘s father, also a trumpet player, Nick LaRocca, was the leader of The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first ...

A new entertainment offering in Magic Kingdom is a New Orleans-inspired jazz band called Nola and the Eighth Notes.

The band, whose repertoire covers the gamut of traditional New Orleans jazz to Dixieland and more, will put a New Orleans sensibility on Christmas classics. Food trucks and holiday music will be ...

Preservation Hall's resident brass band recently released its first album, dedicated to the late New Orleans drummer Kerry 'Fatman' Hunter. Preservation Brass celebrates the album and Hunter's ...

With hundreds of performances out at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, it's hard to know where to start. So Gambit has some suggestion for bands and musicians to see on Friday at the fest ...

Last month, 10 men escaped a New Orleans prison by ripping out a toilet and climbing through a hole in the wall Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019. His ...

We will take you deep into the world of student musicians and band directors across Southeast Louisiana. From New Orleans East to Covington, and all the way to South Plaquemines Parish, Behind the ...

New Orleans' take on rhythm and blues, as exemplified by Fats Domino, wove in the rhythms of Cuban immigrants. Its bounce style of hip-hop brings in the call-andresponse of the Mardi Gras Indians.

New Orleans is holding a parade today. WGAL Sports Director Bethany Miller was there as the excitement was building. Watch her report below.You can watch the parade in the video player above or on ...

"With New Orleans Dixieland jazz and some of the great New Orleans food and hurricane drinks, it's our favorite event." ... "They call it the heart and soul of a jazz band," Baier said.