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New Orleans Music

New Orleans can lay claim to having originated three important musical styles: Jazz, Zydeco, and a local variant of rap music known as 'Bounce'. Brass bands, reminiscent of the early marching bands that gave birth to Jazz can also still be heard all over the city. New Orleans is also home to a thriving alternative music scene. Music has always been a central part of New Orleans culture and it remains so today. Live music can be heard nightly at numerous venues throughout the city. Use this page to find out where to go and what to listen to.

New Orleans musical styles

Read our brief history of Jazz and guide to the other important styles of music to be heard in New Orleans today. Go to New Orleans Music...

New Orleans song titles

Quite a few well known Jazz tunes derive their names from the streets and buildings of New Orleans. Here are some of them:

Bourbon Street Blues
Basin Street Blues
St Philip Street Breakdown
Mahogany Hall Stomp
Bourbon Street Parade
Back O' Town Blues
North Rampart Street Parade
Burgundy Street Blues
Perdido Street Blues
Canal Street Blues
Milenburg Joys
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Gravier Street Stomp

Music Venues

New Orleans has plenty of places to hear live music every night of the week, but if you want to avoid the hideously commercial tourist traps then you'll need an insiders guide to what's hot and what's not in the New Orleans music scene. Go to Music Venues Guide...

New Orleans Jazz musicians

If you're still not convinced about New Orleans' jazz heritage then check out this chronological list of some of the jazz greats from the first few decades of the music's history born and bred in New Orleans. Then find out about a few modern day jazz greats who can be heard in the city today. Go to New Orleans jazz musicians...

New Orleans Jazz listening guide

If you don't know what you're looking for, finding real New Orleans jazz on CD can be a nightmarish task. Find out about the smaller quality music labels keeping the music alive today, both local and international. Go to New Orleans Jazz listening guide...

A brief history of Storyville

Storyville Photographs by E. J. Bellocq and the history of Storyville New Orleans

The role of New Orleans' infamous red light district Storyville in the development of jazz music is often overplayed. Nonetheless, the area was crucial in providing the earliest musicians with paid employment. Find out about Storyville's history here. Go to Storyville history...