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Jazz Fest - or, as the annual Big Easy music gathering now in its 51st year is more...

In good times and bad, New Orleans musicians have been schooled in a unique culture, one severely hit by the pandemic, when the Big Easy's streets were unnaturally quiet and empty, and players moved online. But the music, and the joy, persists.

In 1961, Sandra and Allan Jaffe stopped in New Orleans on their way home to Philadelphia from an extended honeymoon in Mexico. They heard music playing all around them in the French Quarter and stepped into an art gallery on St. Peter Street where a combo was playing traditional jazz.

Also, People for the American Way named the mayor of Ithaca, N.Y., as its executive director, and the Pew Charitable Trusts has chosen its next vice president for partnerships.

Here is the year in review for OffBeat and for New Orleans music and musicians. Festivals were cancelled, but there was still a lot of music!