The worlds of jazz music and visual art have long been entwined. From Mondrian to Matisse, Pollock to Basquiat, many artists have been enchanted by this concoction of rhythm, improvisation and energy.

In the 1960s, the counterculture fell in love with posters. By the 1970s, posters were an indispensable part of promoting live music — and the new New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival had to have one.

VERY INTERESTING RIGHT THERE, BUT ALSO JAZZ FEST POSTERS HAVE ACTUALLY HELPED LAUNCH THE CAREER OF MANY LOCAL ARTISTS. IT’S TRUE. I SAT DOWN WITH ONE OF THOSE ARTISTS WHO CREATED A COUPLE POSTERS IN ...

The annual Jazz Fest poster is probably the most avidly collected piece of art in New Orleans. The subjects of the souvenir silk screens, from Professor Longhair to Pete Fountain to Dr. John, are our ...

A second-line parade celebrating the late Bruce Brice, designer of the first New Orleans Jazz Fest poster, takes place on opening Friday (April 24) at 1:55 p.m. The parade will begin on the dirt ...