New Orleans

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A captivating celebration of jazz, blues and swing, New Orleans style.


Artist • Song Sample

Kermit Ruffins • Drop Me Off in New Orleans
Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Louis Prima • Basin Street Blues
Preservation Hall Hot 4 with Duke Dejan • Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Topsy Chapman and the Pros • Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Kevin Clark and the Jazz Revolution • The Devil Done Got Me Blues
Louis Armstrong • Tin Roof Blues
Dr. John • Basin Street Blues
Dr. Michael White • Give It Up (Gypsy Second Line)
Deacon John • Going Back to New Orleans
Gregg Stafford & Dr. Michael White • Bye & Bye / Saints

The musical traditions that New Orleans has nurtured are legendary, but music is not just the stuff of legend there. In the city’s streets, it is a vibrant, ever-evolving art form. New artists regularly learn from their predecessors, and inject those lessons with fresh energy and ideas.