Music in the Garden: Coralai and James Andrews and the Crescent City All Stars
Sun, December 14th at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free
NOMA presents Music in the Garden, a seasonal outdoor music series. Encounter the sounds of local New Orleans musicians while strolling through the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on select Sunday afternoons throughout the year. Performances will take place alongside sculptures across the garden.
Sunday, December 14’s Music in the Garden will feature music from Coralai, as well as James Andrews and the Crescent City All Stars.
This program is free and open to the public, with registration recommended.
Performance Schedule and Artist Bios
2:00-3:00 PM: Coralai
3:00-4:00 pm: James Andrews and the Crescent City All Stars
About Coralai
Coralai is a chamber music quartet based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at @coralai.music on Instagram.
About James Andrews and the Crescent City All Stars
James Andrews is a celebrated Jazz and New Orleans Rhythm and Blues artist. Born into a culturally rich New Orleans family, Andrews is the grandson of the late Jesse “O Poo Pah Do” Hill, the older brother of Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, the cousin of Glen David Andrews, and the late Travis “Trumpet Black” Hill. It is no surprise James has excelled and garnered the love and admiration of producers and fans everywhere.
Andrews was raised in the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans’s most culturally vibrant community. Andrews played in several brass bands, including the Tremé Brass Band, the Junior Olympia Brass Band, New Birth Brass Band, and had the opportunity to study with NEA Jazz Master Danny Barker as a member of the Fairview Baptist Church Brass Band where many New Orleans young Jazz musicians went to learn the music. Barker gave James the name — “Satchmo of the Ghetto.”
James Andrews and the Crescent City All Stars Jazz Band have performed in some of the nation’s most prestigious theaters and festivals including the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, and many others. Their international appearances include the Nice France Jazz Festival and venues in the United Arab Emirates, Cuba, Germany, Switzerland, Haiti, Brazil, Spain, Italy, South Korea, and other countries. James Andrews and the Crescent City All Stars Jazz Band are ambassadors of New Orleans music keeping the tradition alive.