Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund- by Danny Edwards
Jazz musicians strike the right note
New Orleans music students feature in a new, tuneful PSA with musician, producer, actor and philanthropist, Trombone Shorty.
Media Mentions & Press Hits
The Soul Queen of New Orleans shared remarks on the TODAY show about giving back to musicians
Irma Thomas Shares Important PSA to Support Louisiana’s Music Community with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. The Soul Queen of New Orleans shared some important remarks on the TODAY show about giving back to musicians right now.
More InformationIrma Thomas Shares Important PSA to Support Louisiana’s Music Community in Pandemic
The Soul Queen of New Orleans shared some important remarks on the TODAY show about giving back to musicians right now.
More InformationJazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund by HYC
Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s latest effort will kick off with a PSA entitled “Rise and Shine” – helmed by director Benjamin Sonntag and featuring New Orleans’ own Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews – created to reawaken the New Orleans and to invite music lovers everywhere to join together and help the city’s sound carry on for generations to come.
More InformationThe Soul of New Orleans Is At Risk, Along with Its Blues, Jazz, and Funk
This unprecedented crisis has led to the indefinite cancellation of gigs, event postponements, and venue closures around the world. It has left many Louisiana musicians and others who work in the music industry facing a total or near-total loss of income for the foreseeable future.
More InformationTarriona “Tank” Ball reflects on lockdown in New Orleans
Grammy-nominated musician Tarriona “Tank” Ball reflects on lockdown Mardi Gras; says New Orleans has been going through “a very tough time” during lockdown.
More InformationNew Orleans Music Students Star In New PSA with Trombone Shorty
New Orleans Music Students Star In New PSA with Trombone Shorty
More InformationNew Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Reawakens the City with Spectacular PSA
When the Covid-19 pandemic rolled across the globe, it silenced live music everywhere. Perhaps nowhere was that silence more deafening than New Orleans. To help offset the fallout for struggling musicians, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation launched a Music Relief Fund last spring.
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Trombone Shorty Stands Tall in PSA to Help New Orleans Musicians
Light + Co. crafts ‘Rise and Shine’ for Mardi Gras
Irma Thomas Talks Music Relief Fund on the Today Show
Grammy winner Irma Thomas joins Hoda and Jenna to talk about the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation’s PSA to support Louisiana musicians as they suffer from the shutdowns due to the pandemic.
More InformationJazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund on Where Y’at
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is on a mission. The goal? Help local, out-of-work musicians whose gigs, performances, and jobs have been put on hold due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Created February 8, the foundation’s relief fund has already garnered over $8,000. With a goal of $250,000, there’s still a long way to go on this most recent fundraising effort, though it’s hardly the first endeavor.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic rolled across the globe, it silenced live music everywhere. Perhaps nowhere was that silence more deafening than New Orleans.
More InformationJazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund Featured on Offbeat.com
NOLA Music Students Star In PSA With Trombone Shorty To Raise Funds For Local Musicians. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation today launched a new PSA, “Rise and Shine,” starring Trombone Shorty, to raise money for their relief fund to support Louisiana musicians who have lost income amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
More InformationJazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund- Julie Wise Oreck
Development Chair, Julie Wise Oreck, discusses the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund on WVUE, Fox 8 Live
More InformationWVUE Fox 8 Live Interviews Trombone Shorty about the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund
Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews talks about why Louisiana musicians need support how the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund can help.
More InformationWWL: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation is the force behind Jazz Fest and much more
Local CBS affiliate WWL profiled the great work of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, including the Jazz & Heritage Archive, the Community Partnership Grant program, and the Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music.
More InformationWDSU: Jazz Fest benefits New Orleans’ next musical generation
WDSU reporter Randi Rousseau visited the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music to learn more about the program, its students, and its history.
More InformationNew York Times: Jazz Fest at 50: The Stubbornness and Joy of New Orleans
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the New York Times profiled the festival and the ways in which revenue from Jazz Fest is given back to the community through the programs of the Foundation.
More InformationFoundation Gives $360,000 in Community Partnership Grants
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the non-profit that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, recently presented its 2013-2014 community partnership grants, totaling $361,865. Full story on NOLA.com.
More InformationPrograms Director Profiled in Columbia Alumni Magazine
Scott Aiges, our director of programs, marketing and communications, is profiled in the alumni magazine of his alma mater.
More Information“Culture & Regulation” Symposium Is a Timely Discussion
“Our job tonight it to turn down the heat,” announced Scott Aiges, Director of Programs, Marketing & Communications for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation. He spoke Thursday night to a full-ish house gathered at the Old U.S. Mint for this year’s Tom Dent Congo Square Symposium on the theme of “Culture and Regulation,” a timely talk considering the recent penalties handed down to St. Roch Tavern. Aiges clearly hoped to avoid the rhetoric that the supposed “war on live music” engenders each time it comes up, and he was largely successful.” - Alex Rawls in My Spilt Milk
More InformationTom Dent Congo Square Symposium On the Radio
Chris Reade did a GNO Info Minute segment on WWNO-FM about our Nov. 9, 2012, Tom Dent Congo Square Symposium.
More InformationTreme Creole Gumbo Fest On the Radio
WWNO’s Ian McNulty does a preview of the 2012 Treme Creole Gumbo Festival.
More InformationClass Got Brass in The Lens
Our Class Got Brass competition is detailed in this article in The Lens, which examines music education pre- and post-Katrina.
More InformationFoundation profiled in Times-Picayune
The New Orleans Times-Picayune takes an in-depth look at the Foundation’s year-round programs, with a focus on the $8 million capital campaign for the Jazz & Heritage Center.
More InformationDon Marshall on WWL-TV
The Foundation’s executive director, Don Marshall, was on the WWL-TV morning show to explain all that’s going on with the Foundation during Jazz Fest - especially the launch of the capital campaign for the Jazz & Heritage Center.
More InformationFoundation Honors Lionel Ferbos
Jazz & Heritage Foundation board member Henry Lacey in The Times-Picayune as Jazz Fest honors 100-year-old trumpeter Lionel Ferbos.
More InformationHeritage School Alum Khris Royal Making Waves
Adding to the list of Heritage School of Music grads who are making noise in the music world is Khris Royal.
More Information2011 Community Day of Service
The Times-Picayune did a photo essay on our third annual Community Day of Service, a volunteer work day done in conjunction with the St. Bernard Project.
More InformationSync Up on WWNO
Interview with Foundation Programs Director Scott Aiges about the 2011 Sync Up Conference
More InformationFoundation Featured on WGNO’s “News With A Twist”
WGNO’s “News With A Twist” profiled the Foundation and it’s year-round work to use Jazz Fest proceeds to benefit the community.
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