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new orleans

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New Orleans music is a vibrant fusion born from the city's rich cultural melting pot, blending jazz, funk, R&B, and second-line rhythms with Caribbean and African influences. The sound features syncopated piano, brass instrumentation, and infectious grooves that reflect the city's celebratory street culture and parade traditions. This genre emphasizes improvisation, call-and-response vocals, and a distinctive laid-back swagger that makes the music feel spontaneous and deeply rooted in community.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
24		1953	George Lewis	Jazz Funeral in New Orleans	new orleans
30		1964	Eddie Bo	Carnival Time: The Best of Ric Records: Volume One	new orleans
51		1965	Lee Dorsey	The New Lee Dorsey	soul
83		1966	Lee Dorsey	Working in the CoalmineGolden Classics	new orleans rnb
99		1968-01-22	Dr. John	Gris Gris	new orleans
14		1969	Art Neville	Keys To The Crescent City	new orleans soul
92		1969	The Meters	The Meters	funk
80		1969-01-17	Dr. John	Babylon	new orleans
49		1969-04	Dr. John	Gumbo	new orleans piano
88		1970-06	The Meters	Struttin'	funk
70		1972	Bobby Charles	Bobby Charles	new orleans singer-songwriter
82		1972-04-20	Dr. John	Dr. John's Gumbo	jazz
100		1973-02-25	Dr. John	In the Right Place	new orleans rhythm and blues	rhythm and blues # 91
68		1974	Professor Longhair	Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo	blues cajun jazz new orleans	cajun # 96
23		1975	The Wild Magnolias	They Call Us Wild	funk
67		1975	The Meters	Fire On The Bayou	funk
84		1976	James Booker	Junco Partner	blues new orleans
20		1977	Various Artists	New Orleans	new orleans
69		1980	Professor Longhair	Rock'N Roll Gumbo	blues cajun jazz new orleans	cajun # 97
1		1981	Professor Longhair	Mardi Gras in New Orleans	blues new orleans zydeco	zydeco # 84
55		1981	Earl King	New Orleans Blues	blues funk new orleans rhythm and blues
13		1981	Shirley & Lee	The Legendary Masters Series, Vol. 1
38		1982-10-18	James Booker	Classified	blues jazz new orleans
98		1984	Dr. John	Gris-Gris	new orleans
6		1986	Firehouse Five Plus Two	Dixieland Favorites	new orleans
59		1987	The Radiators	Law Of The Fish	new orleans
65		1987	Dr. John	The Ultimate Dr. John	new orleans
41		1988	The Neville Brothers	Greatest Hits	new orleans
50		1988	Eddie Bo	Check Mr. Popeye	new orleans
72		1989-03-14	The Neville Brothers	Yellow Moon	soul funk
47		1990	Percy Mayfield	Poet Of The Blues	new orleans rhythm and blues soul
43		1990-07-03	Harry Connick, Jr.	We Are in Love
11		1992	Sidney Bechet	The Collection	clarinet dixieland instrumental jazz new orleans oldies swing	clarinet # 79 dixieland # 80
27		1992	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	The Complete Original Dixieland Jazz Band	dixieland jazz new orleans	dixieland # 87
34		1992-01-01	Donald Harrison	Indian Blues	new orleans
77		1992-06-16	Dr. John	Goin' Back to New Orleans	new orleans
15		1993	Doop	Doop	new orleans ragtime	ragtime # 82
28		1993	Muggsy Spanier	1939-1944	dixieland jazz trumpet new orleans swing	jazz trumpet # 79 dixieland # 88
25		1993	Harry Connick, Jr.	Chanson du Vieux Carré
19		1994	The Meters	Fundamentally Funky	funk
22		1994	Dr. John	Television	new orleans
33		1994-04-19	The Neville Brothers	Live On Planet Earth	new orleans
53		1994-05-03	Sidney Bechet	The Best of Sidney Bechet	jazz
79		1995-10-10	Mystikal	Mind Of Mystikal	hardcore rap hip-hop new orleans rap southern rap	southern rap # 50 hardcore rap # 57
37		1996	Eddie Bo	Hook & Sling	new orleans
29		1996-04-09	Pete Fountain	Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans	jazz new orleans
17		1996-07-16	New Orleans Nightcrawlers	New Orleans Nightcrawlers	new orleans
21		1997	Dr. John	Sippiana Hericane	blues jazz new orleans
56		1997	Jelly Roll Morton	Doctor Jazz	jazz new orleans swing
76		1998-02-17	Silkk The Shocker	Charge It 2 Da Game	gangsta rap hardcore rap new orleans rap	hardcore rap # 46
75		1998-12-15	Mystikal	Ghetto Fabulous	dirty south hip-hop louisiana new orleans rap	dirty south # 31 louisiana # 98
78		1999	Dr. John	Duke Elegant	new orleans
3		2000-08	Branford Marsalis Quartet	Contemporary Jazz	contemporary jazz jazz new orleans piano
42		2001	Kermit Ruffins	1533 St Philip Street	dixieland jazz new orleans	dixieland # 91
48		2002	Kermit Ruffins	Big Easy	jazz new orleans
4		2003-01-14	Aaron Neville	Love Songs	blues new orleans rhythm and blues soul
64		2004	Dr. John	N'Awlinz Dis Dat Or D'Udda	blues new orleans piano
8		2004-03-15	Bobby Charles	Last Train to Memphis	blues guitar virtuoso new orleans rhythm and blues singer-songwriter soul
90		2004-05-11	The Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Funeral for a Friend	big band jazz new orleans	big band # 73
44		2004-06-17	Dr. John	N'awlinz: Dis, Dat Or D'Udda
40		2005	Dr. John	The Best Of The Parlophone Years	funk jazz new orleans
39		2005-03-15	Ellis Marsalis	Ruminations in New York	composer jazz jazz piano new orleans solo piano	composer # 8 solo piano # 60
57		2006	Papa Mali	Do Your Thing	blues rock new orleans rhythm and blues
74		2006	the subdudes	Behind The Levee	new orleans
62		2006-05-29	Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint	The River In Reverse	blue-eyed soul funk new orleans soul	blue-eyed soul # 29
36		2006-09-26	Grayson Capps	Wail & Ride	blues folk new orleans
26		2007	the subdudes	Street Symphony	americana new orleans rock
35		2007	Terence Blanchard	A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)	jazz new orleans
60		2007-07-10	Papa Grows Funk	Mr Patterson's Hat	funk hammond jam band new orleans soul	jam band # 52 hammond # 92
58		2007-07-10	Papa Grows Funk	Live at the Leaf	new orleans
2		2008	Amanda Shaw	Pretty Runs Out	alt-country new orleans
16		2008	Grayson Capps	Rott 'N' Roll	blues folk new orleans
63		2008	John Boutte	Jambalaya	jazz new orleans
73		2008-07-27	Hot 8 Brass Band	Hot 8 Remixes	brass new orleans usa	brass # 84
45		2008-12-02	Stanton Moore	Take It To The Street (The Music)	jam new orleans	jam # 45
71		2009	AM	Future Sons & Daughters	alternative los angeles new orleans rock	los angeles # 52
10		2009	Harry Connick, Jr.	Other Hours
86		2009-04-20	Allen Toussaint	The Bright Mississippi	jazz
66		2009-10-20	Curren$y	Jet Files	hip-hop new orleans
31		2010	Kermit Ruffins	Happy Talk	jazz new orleans
91		2010-04-20	Trombone Shorty	Backatown	jazz new orleans	trombone # 96
54		2011-03-08	Empress Hotel	Empress Hotel	new orleans
87		2011-04-26	AM & Shawn Lee	Celestial Electric	california disco duet electro electronic funk london lounge new orleans pop soul	london # 55 duet # 93
12		2011-09-13	Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton	Play The Blues - Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center	blues dixieland jazz new orleans	dixieland # 82
95		2011-09-16	Trombone Shorty	For True	new orleans
7		2012	Jelly Roll Morton	Jelly Roll Morton 1923/24	jazz new orleans swing
96		2012-04-03	Dr. John	Locked Down	jazz
81		2012-05-01	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	rock americana blues
97		2013-04-02	Generationals	Heza	rock indie rock
94		2013-09-06	Trombone Shorty	Say That To Say This	new orleans
5		2013-09-24	Allen Toussaint	Songbook	new orleans
93		2015-08-21	Donovan Wolfington	How To Treat The Ones You Love	emo new orleans
61		2015-10-16	Blackalicious	Imani Vol. 1	hip-hop new orleans rap
85		2017-01-30	Eddie Bo	The Hook & Sling	new orleans
89		2021-04-30	Dawn Richard	Second Line	new orleans pop rhythm and blues soul	rhythm and blues # 38
9			Michael Garlington	Baloney Pony!!!!!!	acoustic alternative american americana anti-folk bluegrass country dixieland emo folk garage hardcore improvisation jam lo-fi memphis new orleans pop psychobilly roots san francisco soul soundtrack	roots # 16 jam # 24 san francisco # 46 memphis # 47 improvisation # 58 anti-folk # 58 dixieland # 79
52			Meschiya Lake and the Little B	Lucky Devil	dixieland new orleans	dixieland # 93
18			Kermit Ruffins with the Rebirth Brass Band	Throwback	jazz new orleans
32			Benny Spellman	Fortune Teller	new orleans rhythm and blues soul
46			Curren$y	Canal Street Confidential	hip-hop new orleans

Related genres

• jazz
• soul
• blues
• funk
• swing
• rhythm and blues
• dixieland
• gangsta rap
• instrumental
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