There are many jazz festivals in the world, but there is only one “jazz fest” - the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. This podcast presents the music, culture, resilience, history and rhythm of the festival that inspired the film Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story, 2023 Grammy-winner for "Best Music Film."  

Episode 2 details director Frank Marshall's connections to New Orleans, and how he and festival director when about creating this film. Music includes classic Jazz Fest performances from Professor Longhair, and Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, as well as current New Orleans stars, including Trombone Shorty, Big Freedia, and Tank and the Bangas.

Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story is available now on DVD, Blu-Ray and digital streaming from Sony Pictures Classics at https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/jazzfestaneworleansstory.

Hosted by Jazz Fest favorite, singer/guitarist Samantha Fish.  Produced by Andy Cahn, Eric Molk and Paul Chuffo for True Tone Media Group / Joyride Media, with assistance from Jason W. Doyle and Khalid Hafiz.

Music heard in this program comes from the Jazz Fest box set, provided with full permission from Smithsonian Folkways and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation.