JAZZ FEST 2023 | Linda Lesperance

• Frenchmen Street Corner Brass Band

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20. Brass band entertains on the corner on Frenchmen Street

• "Southern Nights"

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18. Fantasy portrait of pianist Allen Toussaint at different stages of his life.

• "Feel Like Bustin' Loose"

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30. Vintage of vintage Brass Band, Re-Birth.

• "Dark Town Strutters Ball"

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12. Friends dance at a Jazz Club in old New Orleans.

• Trumpet Practice

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 12. A little boy stands in the back doorway of his home practicing his trumpet. Not an unusual occurrence every day in New Orleans neighborhood.

• "Walk on Guilded Splinters"

  Oil, Canvas, 15 x 30. Spooky scene of Voodoo ceremony in a New Orleans cemetery as described in the lyrics of a Dr. John song, "Walk on Guilded Splinters".

• "In the Sweet By & Bye"

  Oil, Linen, 18 x 36 x 1. Jazz Band plays during a second line parade in New Orleans' Treme neighborhood.

• "All God's Children Got Wings"

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. Lyrics from a Gospel song about the innocence of God's children. The quote is from Muhammed Ali.

• "Goin' Back Home"

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9. A horse walker guides a funeral carriage through the streets of New Orleans during a second line funeral.

• "Low Down Dog Blues"

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 18. A group of people listen to the old blues guitarist playing some sad songs.

• "Milk Cow Blues"

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16. Old famer lures his cows with a sweet guitar serenade.

• "Take Me To The River"

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. River baptisms are still sometimes performed outdoors in the country in Louisiana and Mississippi.

• At the Station

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 18 x 1

• "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"

  Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. From the song lyrics, "Devil and the Deep Blue Sea", the Devil seems to be enjoying his life.

• Black and White Brass

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12

• Street Buskers

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. Street Busking was an alternative way of making a living in the South. It is a practice that still can be seen every day in the French Quarter.

• Down By The River

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 8. Outdoor baptisms are still sometimes performed in the rivers in country in Louisiana and Mississippi

• Fais Do Do Stage

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. Cajun dancers enjoying the music at the Fais Do Do stage during Jazz Fest.

• Pretty in Pink

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 8. Pussy Footers are a walking/dancing troupe that parade during Mardi Gras. They are fashioned off of the historic Baby Dolls of Treme.

• "Yellow Moon"

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 14. From The Neville Brothers song, "Yellow Moon", man serenades his Creole baby under the yellow moonlight.

• Fan Club(Social and Pleasure)

  Oil, Canvas, 15 x 30. Social and pleasure club parading in the streets of New Orleans

• Gris-Gris Man

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 12. Portrait of Dr. John, aka The Night Tripper, New Orleans piano playing master of the voodoo funk.

• "Shall We Gather By the River"

  Oil, Panel, 30 x 17. Peeking through a church window at the congregation.

• Lift Every Voice and Sing

  Oil, Panel, 38 x 16. Peeking through a church window at the congregation.

• Parade (Fairgrounds)

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9. One of many of the local brass bands that entertain the crowds while marching in the middle of Jazz Fest at the Fairgrounds.

• Rebirth Tuba

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 8

• Renaissance Skeletons

  Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. New Orleans people dressed as skeletons wait for the parade in the Bywater to join in on the march to the French Quarter on Mardi Gras morning.

• Secondline

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12. Vintage photographs provide the scene for a secondline that winds throughout the neighborhood.

• Street School

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9. Trombone Shorty and two of his classmates play on the street for tips after school.

• The Brown Derby

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24. Neighborhood guys hanging out together in front of their corner place called the Brown Derby. Vintage.

• Neighborhood Secondline"

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. Taken from vintage photographs, a secondline parade winds throughout a neighborhood of old New Orleans

• Catching Up

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 15 1/2 x 1

• "No, It Ain't My Fault"

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20. Brass Band playing in Frenchmen Street outside the Quarter

• Zulu Social & Pleasure Club's Grand Marshall

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. The leader of the group walks ahead solemnly as they march throughout the streets of New Orleans. They are followed by the band and then the public who care to march behind.