Category:New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz refers to music specifically native to New Orleans, and is often misunderstood as Dixieland Jazz, of which it is a part. Dixieland music erupted around Louisiana, in the adjacent states up and down the Mississippi River, and throughout the South. There are songs, and styles of playing, though, that are unique to New Orleans. Songs and artitsts here play New Orleans Jazz.

For more on the history of Dixieland overall, see Dixieland Jazz History.