New Orleans jazz at the famous Spotted Cat. For more of the greatest in New Orleans jazz music, click the image above.

It’s an old story.

A great jazz spot goes out of business and the magic goes silent often with nothing more than a sign on the door. Except in New Orleans where they know how to give people and places a proper send-off. The tradition of jazz funerals is still alive and well in New Orleans. This event was not staged for tourists (though visitors who stumbled on it went home with a great story to tell.)

The Spotted Cat was one of the first clubs to re-open after the levee failures and seven days a week every day of the year it rocked Frenchmen Street with some of the best music on earth. That’s Kenneth Terry on trumpet. The late Lionel Batiste. “Uncle Lionel” is in this one. (The Spotted Cat has been re-openned under new owners.)

The Spotted Cat Music Club is the Quentessential Jazz Club of New Orleans. Located in the heart of the enchanted Fauborg Marigny, just steps away from the hustles and bustles of the French Quarter, it has been a local favorite for

live New Orleans music from all ranges of Jazz, Blues, Funk, Klezmer, and so much more. Patrons are sure to enjoy listening to local musicians playing their hearts out.