NOJC merchandise
now available!!
Click Here to Visit our Online Store
Buy some gifts and support jazz education! All proceeds go to supporting our nonprofit outreach programs!
All artwork by Chuck Siler
10th Annual
Satchmo Club Strut
Friday August 6th!
Get your tickets now!
"The Passing Parade:
New Orleans'
Brass Bands Tradition"
A Touring Exhibit presented by
New Orleans Jazz Celebration
The exhibit will be on display at the Jazz and Heritage Foundation Gallery located at 1205 North Rampart St, from 10am to 4pm, Monday thru Friday through the end of July. There is no charge to view the exhibit so stop by and check it out!
“The Passing Parade: New Orleans' Brass Band Tradition” is a multimedia and interactive display illustrating the rich history of this unique musical genre. The goal is to depict the evolution and persistent presence of brass bands in New Orleans from the military origins of the Civil War to the popular touring groups of the 20th and 21stcenturies. Click here to read more.
This exhibit was produced by New Orleans Jazz Celebration with assistance from the Louisiana State Museum,
the Hogan Jazz Archives of Tulane University, the New Orleans Jazz Commission
and the New Orleans International Music Colloquium.
This exhibit is made possible by
support from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival & Foundation,
Inc., the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation and the Louisiana Endowment for
the Humanities. In Kind Support by the GHB Foundation and John O’Dell.
New Orleans Jazz Celebration is a nonprofit organization initiated by the Louisiana Music Commission in 1993 and incorporated as the New Orleans Jazz Centennial Celebration in 1994. Our mission is to preserve, promote, and perpetuate jazz, America’s original art form, through educational outreach to audiences of all ages. NOJC’s outreach focuses on youth and offers a wide array of informative and entertaining activities designed to spread the rich history of jazz and move the art form forward.