New Orleans Jazz … It makes you want to get up and dance
New Orleans Jazz is a little different than what you may expect.
New Orleans
style jazz music is more for dancing, rather than listening. Take any of you old time favorite rock and roll songs, and one of the many jazz bands from New Orleans can “Jazz it up” to where you can’t help but get up and dance!
Below I have included a video of New Orleans street musicians. Notice how they can set up in the road and just start playing. Downtown, in the French Quarter, the city will shut down Bourbon Street to traffic, in the evenings, because the roads are so narrow, and there are a lot of tourists that want to see the sights of the French Quarter. Normally, bands tend to set up on the sidewalk and play, therefore, this was after the hours that the city had closed the road.
This video is to show you how much the city takes their “Jazz” serious. These are street musicians, and they are awesome!
Jazz Clubs throughout the city
There are many jazz clubs throughout the city of New Orleans. It is highly recommended that you check one out. You can have yourself a few drinks, relax, or get up and dance to the music.
Tables layout code
Donna’s Bar & Grill
Brass Band/10pm & 12pm
800 N. Rampart St.
504-596-6914
Fritzel’s European Jazz Pub
Jazz on weekends, 9:30pm
733 Bourbon St.
504-561-0432
Maison Bourbon
Traditional Jazz/nightly
641 Bourbon St.
504-522-8818
Palm Court Jazz Cafe
Traditional Jazz/8pm
1204 Decatur St.
504-525-0200
Preservation Hall
Traditional Jazz/8pm
726 St. Peters St.
504-523-8939
Sweet Lorraine’s
Jazz/nightly
1931 St. Claude Ave.
504-945-9654
Storyville District Jazz
nightly, 6:30 p.m.
125 Bourbon St.
504-410-1000
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
With the likes of Jimmy Buffet and Tim McGraw, the 2008 “Jazz Fest” was one of the greatest of all times. Obviously, as most should know, Buffet and McGraw are not jazz musicians. That is not what the jazz fest is all about. At the Jazz fest, many different kinds of Louisiana music are offered like country, rock and roll, pop, blues, rap, R&B, Cajun zydeco, and much more. It's true music of the
swamplands.
However, it is a jazz fest, so there will be lots of jazz music all around including modern and contemporary.
South Louisiana cuisine, arts and craft booths, and all the music you can dance to. That is what it is all about. Local restaurants, craftsmen, and musicians gather to display, and sell what they have to offer.
There is one fee to enter the fairgrounds, that changes every year, but once you get in, you are not required to buy anything, and can enjoy
However, it is a jazz fest, so there will be lots of jazz music all around including modern and contemporary.
