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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Index New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, often known as Jazz Fest, is an annual celebration of the music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana. [1]

51 relations: Afro-Caribbean music, Allison Miner, Anschutz Entertainment Group, Bluegrass music, Blues, Cajun music, Canarian Americans, Congo Square, Country music, Crawfish Monica, Culture, Douglas Bourgeois, Dr. John, Duke Jupiter, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Fair Grounds Race Course, Folk music, George Dureau, George Rodrigue, George Wein, Gospel music, Hip hop music, Horse racing, Jambalaya, James Michalopoulos, Jazz, List of jazz festivals, Louis Armstrong Park (New Orleans), Louisiana, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mid-City New Orleans, Municipal Auditorium (New Orleans), Music, Music of Latin America, New Orleans, Po' boy, Quint Davis, Radio station, Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Royal Dutch Shell, Shrine on Airline, Suckling pig, The Neville Brothers, The Radiators (American band), Tourist attraction, Tulane University, University of New Orleans, WWOZ, Zydeco, ..., 1970 in music. Expand index (1 more) »

Afro-Caribbean music

Afro-Caribbean music is a broad term for music styles originating in the Caribbean from the African diaspora.

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Allison Miner

Elizabeth Allison Miner (née Crowther) (September 23, 1949 – December 23, 1995) was a music promoter and manager who was instrumental in the early production of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and the later career of pianist Professor Longhair.

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Anschutz Entertainment Group

The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is an American worldwide sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation.

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Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music named after Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter Bill Monroe's band, the Bluegrass Boys 1939-96, and furthered by musicians who played with him, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt, or who simply admired the high-energy instrumental and vocal music Monroe's group created, and carried it on into new bands, some of which created subgenres (Progressive Bluegrass, Newgrass, Dawg Music etc.). Bluegrass is influenced by the music of Appalachia and other styles, including gospel and jazz.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Cajun music

Cajun music (Musique cadienne), an emblematic music of Louisiana played by the Cajuns, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada.

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Canarian Americans

Canarian Americans are Americans whose ancestors came from the Canary Islands, Spain.

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Congo Square

Congo Square (Place Congo) is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Crawfish Monica

Crawfish Monica is a Louisiana food tradition.

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Culture

Culture is the social behavior and norms found in human societies.

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Douglas Bourgeois

Douglas Bourgeois (born 1951) is an American sculptor and figurative painter who was born in Gonzales, Louisiana and grew up in St. Amant, Louisiana.

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Dr. John

Malcolm John Rebennack (born November 21, 1940), better known by his stage name Dr.

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Duke Jupiter

Duke Jupiter is an American rock band which originated in Rochester, New York.

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Ellis Marsalis Jr.

Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. (born November 14, 1934) is an American jazz pianist.

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Fair Grounds Race Course

Fair Grounds Race Course, often known as New Orleans Fair Grounds, is a thoroughbred racetrack and racino in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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George Dureau

George Dureau (December 28, 1930 – April 7, 2014) was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees.

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George Rodrigue

George Rodrigue (March 13, 1944 – December 14, 2013) was an American artist originally from New Iberia, Louisiana, who in the late 1960s began painting Louisiana landscapes, followed soon after by outdoor family gatherings and southwest Louisiana 19th-century and early 20th-century genre scenes.

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George Wein

George Wein (born October 3, 1925) is an American jazz promoter and producer who has been called "the most famous jazz impresario" and "the most important non-player...

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Jambalaya

Jambalaya is a Louisiana-origin dish of Spanish and French (especially Provençal cuisine) influence, consisting mainly of meat and vegetables mixed with rice.

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James Michalopoulos

James Michalopoulos (born 1951) is an American painter and sculptor.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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List of jazz festivals

Jazz has appeared in various festivals since the genre originated in African American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century.

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Louis Armstrong Park (New Orleans)

Louis Armstrong Park is a park located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Mardi Gras in New Orleans

The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in Southern Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans.

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Mid-City New Orleans

Mid-City is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans.

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Municipal Auditorium (New Orleans)

The Municipal Auditorium is a 7,853-seat multi-purpose arena in New Orleans, Louisiana, and a component of the New Orleans Cultural Center, alongside the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts.

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Music

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

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Music of Latin America

The music of Latin America refers to music originating from Latin America, namely the Romance-speaking countries and territories of the Americas and the Caribbean south of the United States.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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Po' boy

A po' boy (also po-boy, po boy) is a traditional sandwich from Louisiana.

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Quint Davis

Quint Davis (born November 5, 1947 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) is an American festival producer and director based in New Orleans.

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Radio station

A radio station is a set of equipment necessary to carry on communication via radio waves.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom.

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Shrine on Airline

Shrine on Airline, formerly known as Zephyr Field, is a 10,000-seat baseball park in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans.

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Suckling pig

A suckling pig is a piglet fed on its mother's milk (i.e., a piglet which is still a "suckling").

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The Neville Brothers

The Neville Brothers is an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The Radiators (American band)

The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, are a rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, who combined the traditional musical styles of their native city with more mainstream rock and R&B influences to form a bouncy, funky variety of swamp-rock they called fish-head music.

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Tourist attraction

A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.

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Tulane University

Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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University of New Orleans

The University of New Orleans, often referred to locally as UNO, is a medium-sized, metropolitan, public research university located on the New Orleans lakefront within New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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WWOZ

WWOZ is a non-profit community-supported radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana broadcasting at 90.7 FM.

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Zydeco

Zydeco (or, Zarico) is a music genre that evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole speakers which blends blues, rhythm and blues, and music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles and the Native people of Louisiana.

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1970 in music

List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1970.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Jazz_%26_Heritage_Festival

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