2019 Jazz Museum Annual Report
Image: King Oliver's Band ca. 1921. Ram Hall, Honore Dutrey, King Oliver, Lil Hardin, David Jones, Johnny Dodds, James Palao, & Ed Garland on the sidewalk. 1978.118(B).00665
Dear Friends,
What an exciting time to be at the helm of the New Orleans Jazz Museum! As we enter a new decade, we are expanding to include our first permanent exhibit, detailing the history of New Orleans jazz. We have set record-breaking attendance levels and reached new milestones in educational and public programming. We also opened three changing exhibitions: The Wildest! Louis Prima Comes Home, Relix Celebrates 50 Years of New Orleans Music & Culture, and Purpose and Passion: Photography by Eric Waters.
In August 2019, we opened our new Jazz Education Center. Ever since, we have hosted programs and concerts for all ages. The Education Center was made possible through the generous support of Herb Alpert and Randy Fertel. Mr. Alpert also gifted his bronze sculpture, “The Bass Player,” to our new sculpture garden, adjacent to the Jazz Education Center. And we are just getting started! We would like to thank all of our Jazz Museum friends--it is through your support that we were able to have another incredible year. We are looking forward to an even greater decade.
With Gratitude,
Greg Lambousy
Director
EDUCATION
The New Orleans Jazz Museum is excited to launch several education initiatives. These programs are supported by our fundraising efforts.
K-12 PROGRAMMING The Jazz Museum hosted over one hundred field trips from schools and camps, including Homer Plessy School and Lycée Français, as well as schools from across the country.
HIGHER EDUCATION INTERNSHIPS The Jazz Museum has partnered with local and international universities to host interns. These students have interests in museum studies, arts administration, music industry, marketing, and photography. Students from Loyola and Tulane universities collaborated with students from Berklee College of Music and Ohio University on projects including special events planning, fundraising, and graphic design. The Museum provided sustainable, educational, and hands-on experiences to students in Southern University at New Orleans’s Master of Arts in Museum Studies program, the only Museum Studies program in Louisiana. SUNO is a historically African American institution of higher education. The Jazz Museum was thrilled to host young apprentices from the Homer Plessy School and Trombone Shorty Foundation.
INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS The Jazz Museum welcomed several talented interns from France, who stayed from three weeks to six months. During their time at the Museum, each student chose a project that aligned with his or her interests and skillset, such as exhibitions, festivals and cultural events. Each internship was compliant with standards from the interns’ home universities. The Museum provided first-hand knowledge regarding the structure and functions of the New Orleans Jazz Museum and insight into the lasting impact of New Orleans music and culture.
JAZZ ENRICHMENT SUMMER CAMP Elementary-school students explored the roots and branches of jazz. They began with drums, shakers, and maracas, illustrating that percussion instruments are an important part of life, art, and ceremony in many cultures.
MENTORING INITIATIVES The Jazz Museum has established new partnerships with the Trombone Shorty Academy, the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, The Jazz Foundation of America, and The Herbie Hancock Institute. Students from Trombone Shorty Academy and New Orleans Center for Creative Arts regularly attend master classes at the Museum with world-renowned mentors like Herlin Riley and Wendell Brunious.
MUSIC OUTREACH PROGRAM The Jazz Museum Music Outreach Program sends expert jazz instructors into public schools to promote music education. This allows students to enhance their individual abilities in a more intimate, focused setting with resources specifically dedicated to their success. The Music Outreach Program is made possible by generous funding from the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation.
EXHIBITS
In 2019, the New Orleans Jazz Museum installed three new exhibits: Purpose & Passion: Photography by Eric Waters, Relix Celebrates 50 Years of New Orleans Music & Culture, and The Wildest! Louis Prima Comes Home. To celebrate Dia de los Muertos, the Museum installed a temporary exhibit through partnerships with the Mexican Consulate and Voodoo Queen Kalindah Laveaux. From October 24-30, guests visited the temporary exhibit altar in the Jazz Education Center and attended exhibit-related programming.
The New Orleans Jazz Museum’s impact expanded nationally and internationally through several traveling exhibits. Jazz en Route to France, a photography collection exploring African American military bands during WWI, currently resides at the New Mexico Jazz Workshop. Women of Note left the Jazz Museum in 2019 to travel to the Spiagge Soul Festival in Marina di Ravenna, Italy. At the 2019 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, we debuted a tribute to the late Professor Longhair as a special traveling exhibit. We are excited to continue fostering partnerships with cultural institutions locally and across the world to share our collection with new audiences.
RESEARCH
COLLECTION DIGITIZATION The New Orleans Jazz Museum continued its mass digitization project through funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Studies. We completed the digitization of all photographs and will now be working on our collection of sheet music. Digital files are added to the Louisiana Digital Library to be used for exhibits, educational programming, and advertising.
DIGITAL INITIATIVES + OUTREACH
The Jazz Museum’s rapid growth has been reflected through a series of digital efforts and personal outreach, led by Baylee Badawy, Digital Strategist.
SOCIAL MEDIA The New Orleans Jazz Museum’s online presence has grown exponentially. We have over 11,000 followers on Facebook, over 23,000 followers on Instagram, and over 4,500 followers on Twitter. All together, we had an annual social reach of ten million from fans all over the world. Follow us @nolajazzmuseum on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for daily educational and informational content.
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ADVERTISING We have been further developing partnerships with WWOZ Radio, WGSO Radio, WHIV Radio, Tropical Radio, WWNO Radio, TSF Jazz Radio-Paris, Radio Lantau-Hong Kong 360, Radio Urquiza-Buenos Aires, and The French Quarterly Magazine. We also had articles and features in The Advocate, NOLA.com, GoNOLA, OffBeat Magazine, Where Y’at Magazine, Que Pasa, New Orleans & Me, St. Charles Avenue Magazine, Associated Press, Tyler Morning Telegraph, Very Local New Orleans, Coin Week, Louisiana Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Broadway World, Sky Statement, CNBC, WGNO, EIN News, UptownMessenger.com, Daily Comet, My New Orleans, FTNnews.com, Inside the Magic, Clash Magazine, KATC Lafayette News, Travel+Leisure, Big Easy Magazine, Tulane Hullabaloo, MyEasternShoreMD, Theneworleans100.com and many others. The New Orleans Jazz Museum also completed a large media campaign for the second annual Improvisations Gala in December 2019.
VIDEOS Live performance videos, lectures, symposia, and more are now live-streamed to the Jazz Museum Facebook page. Our local, national, and international viewership has grown exponentially!
INITIATIVES On social media, the Jazz Museum actively participates in the online museum community. We took over the @52Museums Instagram and Twitter accounts during the week of Jazz Fest’s 50th Anniversary. We also participated in the monthly #ArchivesHashtagParty, hosted by the U.S. National Archives on Twitter, sharing relevant photos from our collection relating to the monthly theme. For #AskACurator Day, our Director Greg Lambousy and Music Curator David Kunian answered questions live on Twitter.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The New Orleans Jazz Museum expanded its international impact through key educational and programmatic partnerships. These efforts bring the music and culture of New Orleans to new audiences while enriching our programming with multicultural themes.
FRENCH INTERNS The Jazz Museum welcomed several interns from France. The interns spent time on a variety of projects. Their time at the Museum varied from three weeks to six months. During that time, they learned about the inner workings of the New Orleans Jazz Museum and gained an appreciation for the uniqueness of New Orleans music and culture.
FRANCOPHONE ORGANIZATIONS IN LA Linda Potter, who supervises the New Orleans Jazz Museum’s International Relations, met with representatives of the French Consulate, CODOFIL, French-American Chamber of Commerce, Alliance Franḉaise, and Centre Internationale de Lafayette at the Shaw Museum in Baton Rouge. At this meeting, participating organizations discussed a variety of projects, to be followed up in future meetings. Linda is also a member of Louisiana ‘s Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
LOUISIANA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Representatives from the Jazz Museum, including Linda Potter and two of our French interns, Marie Lesigne and Philippine Labrousse, participated in the organization of the annual French festival at LCM.
JOINT PROGRAMMING WITH HISPANIC RADIO KGLA Monthly interviews at KGLA take place to describe events at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The goal is to encourage more of the local Hispanic community to visit the Museum’s exhibits and participate in Museum events and festivals.
JAZZ EN ROUTE TO FRANCE A traveling version of this exhibit, comprised of banners illustrating the history of jazz’s journey to France during WWI, was brought to the New Mexico Jazz Workshop by Linda Potter. In addition to exhibiting the banners, the New Mexico Jazz Workshop presented a series of lectures by Ms. Potter and a concert of New Orleans style jazz.
JOSE FELICIANO AND OSCAR D’LEON AWARD The New Orleans Jazz Museum presented a lifetime achievement award to renowned guitarist José Feliciano and “The Pharaoh of Salsa” Oscar D’Leon. Feliciano performed at the annual Gretna Festival, and during intermission, Greg Lambousy, Director of the Jazz Museum, surprised Mr. Feliciano with the presentation of the award. Mindy Jarrett and Baylee Badawy presented the award to Oscar D’Leon.
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EXHIBIT A joint exhibit of Day of the Dead altars was coordinated with the Mexican Consulate, which created a typical altar of Dia de los Muertos, and with Kalindah Laveaux, who created a Traditional Voodoo altar. In addition to lectures, young visitors received handouts to read and color. This is an annual event, and this year was presented in the Museum’s new Jazz Education Center.
HOT 8 BRASS BAND WORKSHOP Through a partnership with the Jazz Foundation of America, Kinetika Bloko, a group of young musicians from South London, attended a workshop with Hot 8 Brass Band and performed at the Museum, finishing their program with a second line around the Museum. This is part of an initiative by the Museum to invite young musicians from different cities and countries to perform and learn about the Museum’s history and exhibits.
FUNDRAISING, DEVELOPMENT, & PARTNERSHIPS
Last year, the New Orleans Jazz Museum focused on several fundraising efforts, largely to supplement our education master plan. This funding birthed new opportunities, new partnerships, and new ways to celebrate the Jazz Museum. These activities have gone hand in hand with tripling our visitation in the last three years to surpass 175,000.
JAY PRITZKER FOUNDATION In 2018, the New Orleans Jazz Museum received a grant of $100,000 from the Jay Pritzker Foundation. In 2019, the foundation committed to another grant of $100,000, which was paid in four installments of $25,000 throughout the year. Funds from this grant supplemented our expansion efforts, including the extension of public Reading Room hours, curation of new exhibits, and planning of educational and music programming.
GIA MAIONE PRIMA FOUNDATION The Gia Maione Prima Foundation donated $10,000 to the New Orleans Jazz Museum for the development of programs related to the Louis Prima exhibit, The Wildest! Louis Prima Comes Home. This gift is in addition to a $130,000 sponsorship for the exhibit beginning in 2018.
RUTH U. FERTEL FOUNDATION The New Orleans Jazz Museum is grateful for the generosity of the Fertel Foundation and Randy Fertel, our Improvisations Gala 2019 Chair. The Fertel Foundation donated $250,000 to the New Orleans Jazz Museum for the development of the Jazz Lab, an integral part of the Museum’s Jazz Education Center.
INSTITUTE FOR MUSEUMS AND LIBRARY SERVICES (IMLS) The New Orleans Jazz Museum received a $150,000 IMLS grant. These funds are vital to the Museum’s ongoing efforts to digitize its collection.
HERB ALPERT FOUNDATION The Herb Alpert Foundation awarded the New Orleans Jazz Museum with a $100,000 matching grant to fund our education expansion. In addition to this gift, Herb Alpert donated his statue, The Bass Player. This statue is the first installation of our upcoming Sculpture Garden, in the riverside courtyard of our campus.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION The New Orleans Jazz Museum applied for and received a $25,000 grant from the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation to fund the New Orleans Jazz Museum Music Outreach Program, which sends expert jazz instructors into schools to promote music education and allows students to enhance their abilities in a more intimate, focused setting with resources specifically dedicated to their success.
THREADHEAD CULTURAL FOUNDATION A $1000 grant from the Threadhead Cultural Foundation will be used to support the composition and production of a companion book for the Drumsville: Evolution of the New Orleans Beat exhibit, which opened at the New Orleans Jazz Museum in November 2018. The historical narrative presented with the exhibit will be extended and developed in the book. The book will cover the 300 year development of the rhythms that have made the city’s music internationally renowned, the crucial role that the city’s musicians played in the development of the drum set, and the ensuing techniques that have become stock in trade throughout popular music worldwide.
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION The New Orleans Jazz Museum and the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park applied for and received a $10,000 grant from the National Park Foundation to fund the build-out of the Jazz Education Center. This space will be outfitted with acoustic technology to become a multi-purpose space for learning and music-making.
JAZZ & HERITAGE FOUNDATION In 2019, we received a $3500 grant from the Jazz & Heritage Foundation to fund our seventh annual Downriver Fest on September 7, 2019. Downriver Fest celebrates the deep and complex history and heritage of the Mississippi River, focusing on educational initiatives about preservation and restoration.
THE NATHAN & PRISCILLA GORDON FOUNDATION In December 2019, the Nathan & Priscilla Gordon Foundation donated $4000 to further develop the New Orleans Jazz Museum’s education space and programming.
DANIEL UNTERMYER BEQUEST Following the passing of Daniel “Ice Cube Slim” Untermyer in February 2018, the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County awarded the New Orleans Jazz Museum $15,000 from his bequest funds in fulfillment of his wish to support the preservation of traditional New Orleans music. These funds will support Museum operations costs.
JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA The New Orleans Jazz Museum and the Jazz Foundation of America partnered to produce free performances with top jazz musicians including Thais Clark, Louis Ford & His Jazz Flairs, Hot 8 Brass Band, and the Pinettes.
IMPROVISATIONS GALA 2019 On December 7, 2019, over 1000 guests gathered for an elegant and extemporized mix of music, dancing, art, and illuminations at the New Orleans Jazz Museum’s second annual Improvisations Gala. As our largest fundraising event of the year, the gala raised over $90,000 for the Jazz Museum’s expansion.
PROGRAMS
The New Orleans Jazz Museum is proud to host a wide variety of regular music and dance performances, lectures, symposia, workshops, festivals, and special events.
2019 AT A GLANCE
MINING FOR MAGIC WORKSHOP From January 4-8, the Jazz Museum hosted an intensive five-day workshop for vocalists seeking to deepen the connection between themselves and their audience. Led by Berklee College of Music voice professor and touring artist Cindy Scott and University of New Orleans music professor and award-winning producer, Brian Seeger, Mining for Magic - New Orleans! opened new pathways to musical freedom and expression through music-making and performance.
DANNY BARKER FEST The Jazz Museum hosted the Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival. The three day festival featured talks, music, and history in celebration of the legacy of National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Danny Barker.
WESS ‘WARMDADDY’ ANDERSON On Friday, February 1, the Jazz Museum hosted two concerts featuring jazz saxophonist Wess ‘Warmdaddy’ Anderson. Since 1999, Anderson has taught countless students at prestigious institutions like The Juilliard School, Michigan State University, and Loyola University in New Orleans. His students continue to pass on his teachings through their work.
MARLON JORDAN On February 28, the New Orleans Jazz Museum presented “Marlon Jordan Plays the Harlem Renaissance.” During this one-hour concert, Jordan performed the music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and other greats from the Harlem Renaissance era.
CARNAVAL: THE AFRICAN AND INDIGENOUS PRESENCE IN BORICUA CULTURE On February 22, New Orleans Jazz Museum’s Curatorial Assistant, Ilyanette Bernabel, presented the research behind her exhibition, Carnival in Puerto Rico: Connections to the Homeland. Bernabel’s lecture explored carnival’s masked characters—called Vejigantes—and their cultural origins from Spain to the Caribbean island as well as the infamous musical and dance styles of Bomba y Plena.
MARDI GRAS MAMBO 2019 On February 22, the New Orleans Jazz Museum partnered with Hispanic Flavor Productions to announce Darren Mire and Mayra Pineda as its king and queen of Mardi Gras Mambo 2019. The carnival party included live music and surprise performances highlighting the rhythms of carnival in Latin America and New Orleans.
THERE IS A HOUSE IN NEW ORLEANS: ROUNDTABLE On March 8, the International Association for the Study of Popular Music and the New Orleans Jazz Museum partnered to present a discussion of the myths and realities in one of the world’s most romanticized musical cities. Speakers and moderators included Alison Fenterstock, Gwen Thompkins, Cherice Harrison-Nelson, Hannah Krieger-Benson, and Don B.
DEACON JOHN & THE IVORIES Deacon John Moore has endured as one of New Orleans's most adaptive and talented performers throughout his 50-year career. On March 14, Friends of the Cabildo sponsored Deacon John and his band as they took the New Orleans Jazz Museum stage.
A CONVERSATION WITH NATE CHINEN AND DAVID KUNIAN On March 29, Nate Chinen and New Orleans Jazz Museum Music Curator David Kunian explored the tales of two trumpeters, Wynton Marsalis and Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, as presented in Chinen’s book, Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century.
FRENCH QUARTER FEST On April 12-14, the New Orleans Jazz Museum participated in the 36th annual French Quarter Festival. Hot 8 Brass Band, Leroy Jones’s Original Hurricane Brass Band, and The Original Pinettes Brass Band played for local fans.
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY On April 30, the Jazz Museum celebrated International Jazz Day for the second year in a row. Students from Young Audiences Charter School, Lusher Charter School, and De La Salle High School performed with local artists like Stephanie Jordan to celebrate jazz education in New Orleans.
THE WILDEST! LOUIS PRIMA COMES HOME On May 1, the New Orleans Jazz Museum opened its latest exhibit, The Wildest! Louis Prima Comes Home. The exhibit features Prima’s rare photographs, exclusive recordings, instruments, and stage wear. Its opening reception featured a special performance from Prima’s daughter, Lena Prima.
SWEET CRUDE On May 1, Friends of the Cabildo sponsored a performance by Sweet Crude in the Performance Center. The locally based band is dedicated to making progressive music that also embraces the region’s French-speaking tradition.
CINCO DE MAYO On May 5, NOLA Cantina partnered with the New Orleans Jazz Museum to present a Cinco de Mayo Brass Band Block Party, featuring Painting with a Twist, tacos, tequila, and music. Live performers included Krewe de Mauahule, Treme Brass Band, and The Original Pinettes Brass Band.
PIANO MUSIC OF GOTTSCHALK PERFORMED BY PETER COLLINS On May 10, the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans and the New Orleans Jazz Museum presented Sentimental and Stirring: Piano Music of Gottschalk performed by Peter Collins, an extremely accomplished New Orleans-based pianist. Collins, who has been performing in the city since 1980, has been heard in many of the area’s universities and recital venues as well as New Orleans public radio and television.
MUSEUM INNOVATION FORUM On May 18, the New Orleans Jazz Museum held MCNx New Orleans and The Museum Innovation Forum. The forum brought scholars, experts, and practitioners together in a discussion regarding the contemporary role of museums as agents for social change.
CREOLE TOMATO FEST From June 8-9, the New Orleans Jazz Museum hosted the 33rd annual French Market Creole Tomato Festival. The event, which was free and open to the public, featured live music, food, cooking demos, and children’s activities.
INNOVATIVE EXPLORATIONS On June 14, the New Orleans Jazz Museum hosted New Orleans Opera and OperaCréole for the launch of Innovative Explorations, a year-long series of community collaborative educational events, performances, and exhibitions.
SENSORY-FRIENDLY PROGRAMS On June 15, the Jazz Museum invited families of children and adults with autism and developmental disabilities to a sensory-friendly day at the Museum. To minimize crowds and noises, we opened early, and our trained educators and volunteers led drop-in art and musical activities.
SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM From July 9-13, the Jazz Museum hosted a children’s educational camp with classes on the French and Creole languages, conga drum lessons, French Colonial Louisiana, and the history enslaved people.
HERLIN RILEY On July 16, 18, and 20, Herlin Riley performed as the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park’s artist-in-residence. Riley, a New Orleans native, comes from a distinguished bloodline of drummers; and his authoritative style is deeply imbued in the fertile creative soil of the Crescent City.
SATCHMO SUMMERFEST From August 2-4, the New Orleans Jazz Museum hosted Satchmo Summerfest to celebrate the life, legacy, and music of Louis Armstrong. This annual music festival featured three stages, local cuisine, Armstrong scholars, and a traditional second-line parade.
BIG NIGHT FILM SCREENING On August 19, the Jazz Museum screened the 1996 film, Big Night, to highlight our newest exhibit, The Wildest! Louis Prima Comes Home. The event began with a cooking demonstration by Susan Zemanick, the executive chef of Zasu Restaurant. Liz Williams, founder of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, introduced the film.
DOWNRIVER FEST On September 7, the New Orleans Jazz Museum celebrated the seventh-annual Downriver Festival. The event celebrated the environmental, cultural, and economic impact of the Mississippi River and the land it built through live music, presentations, panels, and walking tours.
THAIS CLARK PRESENTED BY THE JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA On September 13, Thais Clark performed on stage at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Clark was raised in New Orleans’s Seventh Ward and is a prestigious blues singer who inhabits a song like no other.
NICHOLAS PAYTON TRIO On September 18 and 19, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and trumpet master, Nicholas Payton performed at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Payton’s trio has traveled the world with Ray Brown and Elvin Jones and lists several significant collaborations.
NEIGHBORHOOD STORY PROJECT: LE KÈR CREOLE On September 26, the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Neighborhood Story Project, L'Union Créole, and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park presented Le Kèr Creole (The Creole Heart) album and book release. Le Kèr Creole honors one of the world’s most endangered languages, Louisiana Creole.
MEM SHANNON PRESENTED BY THE JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA On October 11, Mem Shannon and the “Slim and Them” Band performed in partnership with the Jazz Foundation of America. While the band’s music is rooted in the blues, it is oozing with the funky, syncopated sound of the Big Easy.
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS From October 24-30, the Jazz Education Center at the New Orleans Jazz Museum commemorated Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. In conjunction with the Consulado de México en Nueva Orleans / Consulate of Mexico In New Orleans, an exhibition and altar were opened to the public. Voodoo Queen Kalindah Laveaux also contributed a traditional Voodoo altar.
SELF-EXPRESSION THROUGH JAZZ AND VISUAL ART On October 26 and November 2, the Jazz Education Center opened its doors to host a mini camp centered on self-expression. With interactive lessons, campers learned the history and relevancy of self-expression as a person and as a culture using jazz, visual art, and the oral tradition of storytelling.
HONORING THE KIDD TRIBUTE CONCERT On November 1, the New Orleans Jazz Museum partnered with the Ruth U. Fertel Foundation to host a special musical tribute to jazz icon Kidd Jordan and his career and legacy.
CONGO SQUARE DRUMMING FOR LIFE SHOWCASE On November 6, the Jazz Museum hosted the final showcase of nine-week adult drumming courses led by Luther Gray. Students performed rhythms that showcase the rich history of the New Orleans beat and its diverse influences from Congo Square to the 21st century.
FETE DES FROMAGES On November 16, the New Orleans Jazz Museum celebrated Fete des Fromages. Visitors enjoyed unlimited cheese tastes alongside wine, beer, and cocktails, listened to New Orleans’ best bands, watched a cheese cutting competition, and met cheesemakers from around the world.
SOUND COLLAGE LUNA Fête is a revolutionary event harnessing the dynamic energy behind New Orleans’s growing art, technology, and film communities while utilizing iconic architecture as a canvas to present an original and imaginative new art form. For the second time, Sound Collage: A LUNA Fête Celebration of Light & Music illuminated the grounds and gardens of the Jazz Museum—transforming its historic architecture into a playground of light, art, and music from December 5-7.
IMPROVISATIONS GALA On December 7, 2019, guests came together for an elegant and extemporized mix of music, dancing, art, and illuminations at our second annual Improvisations Gala.
SONO 7 The New Orleans Jazz Museum hosted SONO 7: Spirit of New Orleans Drum Camp, a 3-day intensive drumming camp led by world-renowned drummer Stanton Moore of Galactic.