The New Orleans Jazz Museum, in partnership with the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, presents a live performance of the Arrowhead Jazz Band led by Ranger Jade Perdue featuring Joe Ashlar, Peter Harris, & Aurélien Barnes on Tuesday, October 25th at 2:00 PM CDT.
Arrowhead Jazz Band brings together National Park Service rangers and local musicians to perform traditional New Orleans jazz, blues, gospel, and original compositions.
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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Jade Perdue
Jade Perdue is a versatile vocalist and instrumentalist who studies classical, jazz, gospel, and r&b. She has performed at New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival for seven years under the Gospel Tent and Lagniappe Stage. Jade has also performed at the French Quarter Fest, Creole Tomato Festival, Gentilly Festival, and various venues in New Orleans, La. The New Orleans native credits her hometown for shaping her musical palette. Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries was the first place Jade began to sing in front of audiences. Her church home has shaped and molded her into the performer that she is today. Yet, she became a skilled musician when she joined the Edna Karr High School marching band. Jade performed with Edna Karr's marching band in the 2016 New Year's Day Parade in London, UK.
Her parents continued to support Jade's musical journey and encouraged her to join Musicollaborative and New Orleans Jazz Heritage School of Music in 2016. When she was a part of those organizations, she studied New Orleans music, culture, and history. In 2021 she graduated from the illustrious Xavier University of Louisiana. She earned her bachelor's degree in music liberal arts with a minor in entrepreneurship. She traveled to Philadelphia to perform with the Xavier University Concert Choir for St. Katharine Drexel’s Coronation. She premiered in Roger Dickerson's musical Preacher Man Preacher Man in 2020. Jade Perdue’s desire to travel and share her music all over the world has taken her to many places. In 2018, Jade traveled to New York City, NY to compose original music for a performance-based project titled Organology under the direction of Ross Louis, PhD.
These experiences have led her to work at the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (NOJNHP) as an interpretive park ranger. Her responsibilities are like no other park ranger in the U.S. Jade performs New Orleans traditional jazz, blues, funk, soul, and r&b with the Arrowhead Jazz Band. Jade shares the bandstand with top musicians like Herlin Riley, Nicholas Payton, and Amina Scott weekly at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. She writes original music for special programs that the NOJNHP sponsors and hosts. While being a musician is required of her, she also focuses on historical research and preservation. While pursuing her master’s degree at the University of New Orleans with a focus in jazz studies, she hopes to incorporate the skills that she learns in the program into her workspace and bandstand. Jade has a passion for enlightening and uplifting people from various backgrounds via Black American Music.
Joe Ashlar
Joe Ashlar is a New Orleans-based keyboardist. He has toured with Dr. John and has also performed with Johnny Vidacovich, Good Enough for Good Times, and Papa Mali.
Peter Harris
Peter Harris, a New Orleans native, has been playing bass professionally since 1996. He has performed around the world with a wide array of artists, including the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ellis Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Herlin Riley, Theresa Andersson, the Jordan family (Kent, Marlon, Stephanie, Rachel), Don Vappie, Branford Marsalis, Astral Project, Stanton Moore, Henry Butler, Papa Grows Funk, Germaine Bazzle, John Boutte, and the Hot Club of New Orleans.
In 2013, Harris released his first CD under his own name, The Jackal, featuring Derek Douget, Jason Marsalis, Shane Theriot, David Torkanowsky, Rex Gregory, and other established young stars. Harris has also recorded with Ellis Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Irma Thomas, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Theresa Andersson, the Hot Club of New Orleans, and John Boutte, among others. He currently performs regularly with Germaine Bazzle, Shannon Powell, Jason Marsalis, and Irvin Mayfield.
Harris received both his Bachelor's of Music (2000) and Master’s of Music (2005) from the University of New Orleans, where he was a Louis Armstrong Scholarship recipient in 2003. He has served as a clinician at Loyola University (New Orleans), Tulane University, Baton Rouge Community College, International JAZZ Workshop (Innsbruck, Austria), and several high schools throughout south Louisiana. In addition to teaching applied bass at UNO, Harris is currently on faculty at the Don Jamison Heritage School of Music.
Aurélien Barnes
Aurélien Barnes is a New Orleans trumpet player steeped in the tradition of the city. Born in 1995, he is part of the young generation of musicians carrying on the legacy of the trumpet and the blues in New Orleans. From an early age, he learned from some of the best musicians and teachers in the city, including the Tremé Brass Band, Leroy Jones, Gregg Stafford, Kent Jordan, and many others. He is the son of Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, a multi-instrumentalist and specialist in blues, zydeco, and Afro-Caribbean music. Aurélien performs with several brass bands in New Orleans and around the world, including Grammy-nominated Cha Wa, Kings of Brass, the Palmetto Bug Stompers, and more. He has performed with a wide range of artists across several genres, such as Marcus King, Nicholas Payton, Solange, Dr. John, and Carlos Vives. In addition to his musical diversity, Aurélien is a French citizen and speaks French, Spanish, and Portuguese fluently.