Smithsonian Folkways, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, WWOZ and MMP join to release a box set of music from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
March, 2019: Few music festivals are as rich, profound, and joyous as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, now entering its 50th year. With 50 tracks recorded live, Jazz Fest captures the festival’s ecstatic spontaneity, which defines the essence and vitality of American popular music. Smithsonian Folkways, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, WWOZ, and Michael Murphy Productions came together to create this tribute to the Jazz Fest!
Update September 2019: The Box set is now in its second pressing!
For more information: https://folkways.si.edu/news-and-press/announcing-jazz-fest
