Donating 100% Of Love Letter Revenue to Love Sessions Causes

Now thru 8/29/12 100% of Irvin Mayfield’s A Love Letter to New Orleans book/cd dollars will be donated to #LoveSessions causes. If you’d like to designate the cause to direct your dollars to, just email after you place your order or indicate it in the Address 2 field of your order.

After 7 wonderful nights of battles with Kermit Ruffins at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Love Sessions has moved to Irvin Mayfield’s I Club with 5 nights of performances through 8/29/12 with Dee Dee Bridgewater.  Last night Germaine Bazzle was honored with a lifetime achievement award by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

Love Sessions recipients in 2012 include: New Orleans Public LibraryUNITY of Greater New OrleansThe New Orleans Haitian Relief Task Force, Son of a Saint Sports Foundation, Dag’s House, The New Orleans Chapter of the Links, Inc.The New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic, Teaching Responsible Earth Education (T.R.E.E.), NO/AIDS Task Force, The New Orleans Jazz Institute, St. Augustine High School Marching 100The Roots of Music, DashThirtyDash, and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

Love Sessions: 12 Nights of Giving

Love Sessions: 12 Nights of Giving begins August 18th through the 24th at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse in the Royal Sonesta Hotel with Kermit Ruffins & Irvin Mayfield, then continues August 25th through the 29th at Irvin Mayfield’s I Club w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater and Irvin Mayfield.  Get your tickets now and support your favorite causes.

Tickets for the I Club shows > http://iclub.frontgatetickets.com/

Tickets for the Jazz Playhouse shows > http://jazzplayhouse.frontgatetickets.com/

For VIP tickets email Chrissy Miller (cmiller@thenojo.com) at the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

USA Today’s Pick of the Week!

Dr.Michael White’s version of Happy Together was named USA Today’s Pick of the Week! The song appears on his brand new release, Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 2.  Own it today. Listen to the whole CD HERE.

“…rendered with what is clearly a deep love for the New Orleans tradition of ensemble improvisation, an extraordinarily high level of musicianship, and a highly infectious feeling of joy and enthusiasm.”

A Great Week!

Last night, Rebirth Brass Band was honored as Entertainer of the Year and won Album of the Year for their Grammy winning CD Rebirth of New Orleans at Gambit’s Big Easy Entertainment Awards!

Today, we release Theresa Andersson’s new CD Street Parade!  Look what the NY Times said about her new CD! Click HERE.

Thursday, Kermit Ruffins will be honored on the USPS Jazzfest commemorative envelope!

Friday, Jazzfest begins (April 27-May 6)!  We’ll also be participating in the Sync Up Conference.

Monday, April 30th at 7am join Bill Summers, Kermit Ruffins & Dr. Michael White bright and early as we participate in International Jazz Day with Herbie Hancock in Congo Square!  Watch online at JazzDay.com!

For our artists’ grueling Jazzfest schedules, 11 free songs and a lot more click on

http://www.basinstreetrecords.biz/on-tour

We support the Louis Armstrong Jazz Camp. If you’d like to name a scholarship, email us for details.