As I write this the city of New Orleans, where I make my home, is currently Jazz Festing in place. So here is a sampling of some of the best artists the Big Easy as to offer. You can find the playlist on Spotify here.
- Hey Pocky A-Way- The Meters
- Do Whatcha Wanna- Rebirth Brass Band
- Rent- Big Freedia
- Fire on Esplanade- Flow Tribe
- Down By The Riverside- Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Craig Adams Gospel Group
- Brother Jake- The Neville Brothers
- Treme Song- John Boutte
- Nola Girl- Harry Connick, Jr.
- My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- Iko Iko- Dr. John
- Lake Pontchartrain- Ludo
- Choppa Style- Choppa
- Halftime: Stand Up & Get Up- The Soul Rebels
- When The Saints Go Marching In- Fats Domino
- Hurricane- Laine Hardy
- Back Water Blues- Irma Thomas
- Hurricane Season- Trombone Shorty
- Oh Heart- Tank and The Bangas
- Heart Of Steel (featuring Irma Thomas)- Galactic
- Funkadelik- Casme’
- I Feel Like Funkin’ It Up- Rebirth Brass Band
- The Second Line- Stop, Inc
- At the Jazz Fest- James Andrews
- Come Down To New Orleans- Big Sam’s Funky Nation
- Treme Mardi Gras- Kermit Ruffins
- Hail King Zulu- Bernard “Bunchy” Johnson, Michael Ward, James Rivers, Wardell Quezerque & his Slammin’ Big Band
- Big Chief Got A Golden Crown- The Wild Tchoupitoulas
- Marie Laveau- Big Chief Alfred Doucette
- Tipitina- Professor Longhair
- Karate- Galactic, KIPP Renaissance High School Marching Band
- It’s All Over Now- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- The Day After Mardi Gras Day- Alex McMurray
- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans- Louis Armstrong