Detroit Brooks Banjo
Detroit Brooks
Banjo
Detroit Brooks, famed session and touring guitarist of the New Orleans music scene, has the most recognizable face in the city.
Don Vappie Banjo
Don Vappie
Banjo
Don Vappie is a world renown jazz musician and presenter from New Orleans. He leads the Creole Jazz Serenaders, a classic New Orleans jazz orchestra, as well as his various jazz and R&B combos.
Seva Venet Banjo
Seva Venet
Banjo
Seva Venet conducts seminars and workshops on traditional New Orleans Jazz including history, repertoire, banjo, and ensemble styles.
Steve Masakowski Guitar
Steve Masakowski
Guitar
Born and raised in New Orleans, Steve Masakowski has played guitar with most of the city’s greatest musicians.
Bruce (Sunpie) Barnes Band Leader
Bruce (Sunpie) Barnes
Band Leader
Barnes, in addition to being a musician and composer, is a naturalist, a full-time National Park ranger, a black-and-white portrait photographer, a television and film actor.
Freddy Lonzo Trombone
Freddy Lonzo
Trombone
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lonzo is one of the most highly regarded practitioners of "tailgate" style traditional jazz trombone. His style is distinctly his own, but such influences as Kid Ory and Frog Joseph can be heard.
Hot 8 Brass Band Band
John Boutte
John Boutte
On Sundays, John Boutte was awakened by the sounds of his New Orleans neighborhood. Past the front yard, second-line parades rolled by, matching the madness of Carnival season and the transcendent joy of the jazz funeral. This roux of influences created John Boutte, and serves him to this day.
Charmaine Neville
Charmaine Neville
As the daughter of one of the highly acclaimed Neville Brothers, Charmaine is heir to a rich New Orleans musical legacy but is busy putting her own stamp on this musical heritage. Neville and her band dish out a spicy mix of the best of New Orleans music, from the nastiest of blues to some V-8-driven R & B. Add a funky rhythm and some jazzy ballads, and you've got yourself one helluva Crescent City gumbo!
