Jazz & Heritage: Making Louisiana’s Music and Cultural Heritage Public

FAIN: PW-290601-23

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Inc. (New Orleans, LA 70116-2436)
Rachel E. Lyons (Project Director: July 2022 to present)

The cataloging and digitization of 806 audiovisual assets from the Amy Nesbitt and Heritage Collections of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Archives.    

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive proposes to digitize, catalog, and make accessible 806 audio and video tapes selected from two collections - The Heritage Stages Collection and the Amy Nesbitt Collection -- in order to make these collections easier for researchers and the public to discover and utilize. For more than 50 years, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation has presented the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival as part of its mission to “promote, preserve, perpetuate, and encourage the music, culture, and heritage of Louisiana communities.” From its inception, Jazz Fest has presented exemplary cultural, culinary, and artistic practitioners to hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Jazz Fest annually.