Here is an interesting artist that's new to me, and I wanted to share his music.

Rok, I'm not sure any New Orleans natives have been attracted to this thread, and they are the only people who could answer the question "What makes New Orleans so special that rich and famous natives never leave?"

In the meantime, what special gems have you acquired since way back when?

My latest album;


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gmGL5SqhaY&list=OLAK5uy_mQ0xVfk6YuKb-gSB0ZyOoaPbRiuzEpbkk



     

You are a lot more adventurous than I am. I never think to buy foreign artists. All that Malian stuff is readily recognizable. Nice tune and production. I am so disgusted with Africa, I take it out on their music.

One of my last purchases was:
Nina Simone -- ESSENTIAL ORIGINAL ALBUMS
Six albums on four CDs.   Very nice packaging with booklet.
I especially wanted this tune, that you posted some while ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1iUwR8_UNU

Cheers

BTW, there is nothing in the subject of this thread that says New Orleans, Nawlins or even New Or Leans.   Anyway, there are probably more great musicians FROM New Orleans than there are currently IN New Orleans.

Since you are an aficionado at heart, all good Jazz, and anything on Jazz' family tree, should be welcomed

Cheers

A few years back I went to the Louisiana Hot Sauce festival and one of the non-hot sauce vendors was selling a Louisiana Music Map poster.  The map shows 1600 Louisiana musicians with their name located on their birthplace. It's very cool. I picked a couple (one as gift).

It's all genres, not just jazz, but quite complete and well researched. There is also a Facebook page that has little nuggets about each of the musicians. Just search for "Louisiana Music Map" in the Facebook app, or if you must use a browser, here is the browser version.