The Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp has been providing high-level Jazz education and skills training for the past 30 years. For three weeks in July students between the ages of 10 and 21 experience an intense learning environment of instruction and performance. Support the camp at this special performance with artistic director, Donald Harrison and special guest, Davell Crawford with camp alumnus Andrew Baham, John Michael Bradford, Joseph Dyson, Joel Dyson, Calvin Johnson, Conun Papus, Brian Quezergue and Jasen Weaver.



Shows at 7:30pm & 9:30pm 

Doors at 7:00pm & 9:00pm 

Restaurant is Open 5pm - 10pm for dinner before or after your showtime:

Advance Ticket Holders can now automatically make dinner table reservations for the Dining Room online via OpenTable.com !

Advance Ticket-Holders can also make table reservations for dinner by Emailing reservations@snugjazz.com after your tickets have been purchased online. Dinner Service without Advance Concert Tickets is first-come, first-served based on availability upon arrival. 

Kind Reminder: Snug Harbor does NOT serve the full menu inside the Music Room. We do offer cheese and charcuterie tray options. In order to preserve the integrity, quiet and focus of our world class intimate concerts, only the charcuterie, cocktails and soft drinks are available for table service inside the Music Room. However, we encourage you to arrive at least 90 Minutes prior to your showtime in order to enjoy full, relaxing dinner service in the Dining Room right next door, before getting seated in the Music Room for your ticketed showtime. 

NEW ORLEANS – The Music Alive Ensemble invites you to an evening of "Jazz Meets Classical” featuring jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan and classical violinist Rachel Jordan in “A Tribute to Friends Alvin Batiste & Edward “Kidd” Jordan”. This vibrant, intimate program honoring the memory and legacy of their late father (Kidd) and uncle (Bat) features music written by both musical geniuses.  

The evening takes place at the University of New Orleans Performance Recital Hall (main campus) on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at 7:00 PM. Admission is $20 for adults and $10 for children.

A version of this riveting concert was performed to a sold-out audience at the legendary Eldorado Ballroom, in Houston, TX. The concert’s first set will consist of songs written entirely by Black composers, including “Syzygy,” by Courtney Bryan (who was one of their father’s students).

Another featured song will include “Music Came” sung by Stephanie. Regarding the Nov 2023 performance of that tune, FORWARD TIMES wrote, With a simmering rhythm section and Stephanie Jordan on vocal, “Music Came” honored the Jordans’ uncle Alvin Batiste, a renowned jazz clarinetist who founded the Jazz Institute at Southern University. “Music came,” Jordan sang, “way down deep in the depths of sorrow…Slavery didn’t make no difference. Music came.”

“Far from the shore of my native land/Never had family to hold my hand/Wherever, Wherever I might be, the universe provides for me…” The group will also pay tribute to their father with the punchy, propulsive “River Niger.” Inspired by their father and uncle’s trips to Africa.

Joining Rachel and Stephanie in the performance is Marlon Jordan (trumpet), Amy Thiaville (violin), Marjorie Garnier (viola), David Pulphus (bass), Rachel Hsieh (cello), Yui Asano (piano), Geovane Santos (guitar), Jonathan Bloom (percussion), and Terry Scott (drums).

Launched in 2001, the annual music series continued until Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It returned in 2008 and continued until its interruption by COVID-19 following the 2018 performance. Its return resumes a partnership with UNO, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation as the host sponsor. Other supporters include A1 Absolute Best Care, Impossibility Press, Inspiration House, and Sylvain Solutions,

Music Alive Ensemble (MAE) is a blend of professional classical and jazz musicians, composers, arrangers, and educators living in Louisiana. Music Alive is dedicated to the ideal that music as art communicates the breadth, passion and intellect of society. Through concerts, artist demonstrations, and teaching workshops Music Alive Ensemble provides musicians, composers, and arrangers a platform for artistic expression.

Music Alive Ensemble perpetuates cultural diversity and finds common ground through classical and jazz artistic collaboration. Our goal is to bring families into artistic venues in hopes that the experience will educate and encourage burgeoning artists and develop a supportive listening base for future generations of musicians.

This year’s performance is also dedicated to the memory of Kaaren Makas says Rachel. “Kaaren was my mentor and best friend. She encouraged me to create this ensemble, “Music Alive”, and was a major supporter of my crackpot ideas. She was always a presence in my young life. When I auditioned for the LPO she was so glad to see me, an African-American violinist in the section.

She was a part of many sessions at Cosimo Studio and Seasaint Studio. She was at the beginning of the formation of NOCCA and brought Young Audiences to life.

I wrote “Tango for Kae” as a tribute to her and our friendship”.

Video Clip: Stephanie and Rachel Jordan at ROCCA 2023