New Orleans 2014 - Day 2 | The Mangold Family Website

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We went to Snug Harbor, an intimate "listeners" jazz club, to hear Marsalis family patriarch Ellis with some great young sidemen. No cameras allowed here, you just enjoy the music the way it's meant to be heard.

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Dinner at the New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood Company on our way over to Frenchmen Street

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Dennis Paul Williams' jazz-style guitar adds a unique touch to the zydeco. He is also an accomplished painter, and his work is shown in galleries around the country.

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Nathan brought his zydeco to the people, not once or twice, but on three different occasions during the show!

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Nathan's band features his brother, Dennis Paul Williams on guitar, his cousin Mark Anthony "Chukka" Williams on rub-board, Daniel Sanda on bass, and Shameus Frank on drums

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We ended the day where it began, at Fais Do Do, to see Nathan Williams and the Zydeco Cha Cha's

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... and the Smiling Hot Pepper!

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... the Flying Pork Chop ...

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You know you are in the right place when you see Professor Loghair ...

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Hiro Manu's guitar really added to this unique music. So did Kevin O'Day's drums, but we couldn't see him.

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He also plays with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, but leads this group through a mixture of straightahead jazz, New Orleans funk, and Afro-Caribbean music that has to be heard to be believed

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On to yet another venue, the Jazz and Heritage Stage, to see Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove. On the left are Raymond Williams (trumpet) and Calvin Johnson (tenor sax), with Kirk Joseph on the right on sousaphone.

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Shamarr also brought out the kids from his 9th Ward Music Clinic. His pride and joy in working with these kids was apparent as they performed Pharrell's tune "Happy"

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Shamarr shared the stage with his brother, hip-hopper Dee-1, highly regarded for the positive messages in his raps