"We are going to play songs from New Orleans from the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s -- songs that were popular in the churches, parades, brothels and dance halls of New Orleans so sit back and we will do our best to entertain you," he said.

And entertain they did, with numbers such as Louis Armstrong's "Someday You'll Be Sorry," "Muskrat Ramble" by Kid Ory, "At The Jazz Band Ball," "That's A Plenty," and "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet."

The band, made up of Allen on clarinet and six other top-notch jazz musicians steeped in the New Orleans tradition...Read more...