Carmela Rappazzo photographed by Eliot Kamenitz

The New Orleans Jazz Museum presents Carmela Rappazzo. Join us as we celebrate the artists that make New Orleans a world destination for music.  

This program takes place inside our third-floor Performance Center, listening room. Admission is free and open to the public, seating is limited and offered first come, first serve. Learn more about our program admission policy. 

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Carmela Rappazzo

Raised in upstate New York, Carmela Rappazzo had an early love and appreciation of the Great American Songbooks. She has performed and recorded with many great jazz musicians and served on the board of Women In Film and as a volunteer at The Musicians Assistance Program in Los Angeles and has appeared in several feature films and television shows.

She has played across the U.S., London, and Toronto, and released seven recordings including three mostly original composition recordings two of which were recorded here in New Orleans where she now resides and performs. Described as  "A storyteller of picturesque tales" Carmela continues to write and perform.

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