Elton John, Aaron Neville and Midnight Disturbers at Jazz Fest
 

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At the first Jazz Fest in 1970, there were 66 paid admissions, said Preservation Hall Jazz Band tuba player and creative director Ben Jaffe. Speaking from the stage in the Blues Tent Saturday, he told the crowd his mother, Sandra Jaffe, had pointed that out to him earlier in the day.

?It?s amazing what it?s become,? Jaffe said, before thanking the audience for supportinging New Orleans.? [ Read more ]

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