Smithsonian Folkways' new box set looks at 50 years of New Orleans Jazz Fest
Smithsonian Folkways Presents a 50 Year Retrospective of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Box Set, to be released May 10, 2019, Features Five Discs of Live Music from 1974 to 2016 Highlights Iconic New Orleans Musicians Like Trombone Shorty, Irma Thomas, Big Freedia, Professor Longhair, The Neville Brothers, Allen Toussaint, Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John, Kermit Ruffins, Terence Blanchard, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Champion Jack Dupree, Buckwheat Zydeco, and many more! For 50 years, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival , known to Fest-goers as simply Jazz Fest , has brought the sights, sounds, and tastes of the Big Easy to millions of festival goers. In celebration of Jazz Fest’s golden anniversary, venerable record label Smithsonian Folkways is proud to ...