Barry Martyn painted by Peter Butler.

The New Orleans Jazz Museum and the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park present a live hour of piano performance featuring the Barry Martyn program Merging of Unions". 

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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Barry Martyn:

Barry Martyn has been a jazz drummer, bandleader, producer and historian for over 65 years. Born on February 23, 1941, in London, England, New Orleans Jazz was part of his life from an early age. Barry began playing drums in 1955 and was leading his first band, Kid Martyn’s Ragtime Band, the following year. His first recordings were made in 1959 with his band. Primarily interested in New Orleans revival jazz as played by the veterans, his first visit to New Orleans on January 4, 1961 was when he looked up Bill Russell. He began studying drums under Cie Frazier and founded Mono Records, quickly becoming part of the New Orleans traditional jazz community.

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