Dr. Michael White

clarinet

Dr. Michael White is a jazz clarinetist, bandleader, composer, jazz historian and musical educator. Scott Yanow, a jazz critic, said in a review that White "displays the feel and spirit of the best New Orleans clarinetists."

Tom McDermott

Detroit Brooks

Banjo

Detroit Brooks, famed session and touring guitarist of the New Orleans music scene, has the most recognizable face in the city.

Mark Brooks

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.

Roger Dickerson

Seva Venet

Banjo

Seva Venet conducts seminars and workshops on traditional New Orleans Jazz including history, repertoire, banjo, and ensemble styles.

Catherine Russell

Vocalist

Steve Masakowski

Guitar

Born and raised in New Orleans, Steve Masakowski has played guitar with most of the city’s greatest musicians.

Melissa Weber

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.

Fred Johnson

Mitchell Player

Bass

Jason Berry

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.

Shannon Powell

Leroy Jones

Trumpet

The legendary jazz trumpeter Leroy Jones is known to music lovers as the "keeper of the flame" for traditional New Orleans jazz and to critics as one of the top musicians ever produced by the Crescent City.

Fred Kasten

Gwen Thompson

Host of Music Inside Out

Scott Billington

Michael Pellera

Jazz

Chair, Jazz: Assistant Chair, Jazz Piano and Composition

Dan Pritzker

Gregg Stafford

Trumpet

Herman LeBeaux

Drums

Hot 8 Brass Band

Band

"The play the music that makes you glad to be alive" - ESQUIRE

Baby Dolls

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

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!