THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ FESTIVAL 2012 LINEUP

The upcoming New Orleans Jass Festival will feature a lineup that can only be described as a gumbo of Rock, Jazz, Blues, Soul, Rock, Reggae and just about everything else in between.  Here's a listing of who's who this year.

• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
• Eagles
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Foo Fighters
• The Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Reunion
• Zac Brown Band
• Eddie Vedder
• John Mayer
• The Neville Brothers
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
• Al Green
• Herbie Hancock and his Band
• Ne-Yo
• My Morning Jacket
• Bon Iver
• Paulina Rubio
• Jill Scott
• Florence + the Machine
• Allen Toussaint
• Feist
• Bunny Wailer
• Bonnie Raitt
• Irma Thomas
• Maze feat. Frankie Beverly
• Dr. John & the Lower 911
• Janelle Monae
• Yolanda Adams
• Iron & Wine
• Pete Fountain
• Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.
• Steel Pulse
• Rebirth Brass Band
• Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
• Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society
• Funky Meters
• Levon Helm Band with special guest Mavis Staples
• Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
• Aaron Neville’s Gospel Experience
• Steve Earle and the Dukes (And Duchesses)
• Galactic
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s 50th Anniversary Jam
• Little Anthony & The Imperials
• Ani DiFranco
• GIVERS
• Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers
• Dianne Reeves
• Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
• Better Than Ezra
• Carolina Chocolate Drops
• Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
• Bruce Hornsby
• Dave Koz
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
• Gomez
• The Pedrito Martinez Group
• The Bounce Shake Down feat. Big Freedia, Katey Red, Keedy Black, and DJ Poppa
• Israel Houghton and New Breed
• Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
• Zebra
• Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys
• James Cotton “Superharp” Band
• Cowboy Mouth
• Asleep at the Wheel
• Papa Grows Funk
• David Sanborn and Joey DeFrancesco
• Bobby Rush
• Chuck Leavell & Friends with special guest Bonnie Bramlett
• Ellis Marsalis
• Marcia Ball
• Voice of the Wetlands Allstars
• John Boutté
• Gary Clark Jr.
• The Texas Tornados feat. Flaco Jiménez, Augie Myers, and Shawn Sahm
• Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Band feat. Terence Blanchard
• Cheikh Lô of Senegal
• Tab Benoit
• Regina Carter's "Reverse Thread”
• Bombino of Niger
• Glen Hansard
• Big Sam's Funky Nation
• Jeremy Davenport
• Sarah Jarosz
• Bonerama
• Evelyn Turrentine-Agee
• Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic
• Ruby Wilson’s Tribute to Bessie Smith & Ma Rainey
• Wycliffe Gordon Quintet: Hello Pops Tribute to Louis Armstrong
• Donald Harrison
• Lindigo of Reunion Island feat. Fixi of France
• Sonny Landreth
• Buckwheat Zydeco
• Soul Rebels
• The Stars of Heaven
• Heritage Hall Jazz Band feat. Jewel Brown
• Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters
• Anders Osborne
• Honey Island Swamp Band
• Theresa Andersson
• John Mooney & Bluesiana
• Eric Lindell
• Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters
• BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
• Pine Leaf Boys
• James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars
• Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
• Big Chief Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias
• Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians
• Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs
• Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
• Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band feat. Thais Clark
• Banu Gibson
• Hot 8 Brass Band
• George French & the New Orleans Storyville Jazz Band
• and more are all among the artists scheduled to appear at Jazz Fest.

This years' poster (see above) features Trombone Shorty, who's 2010 breakthrough album, Backatown, led to his first Grammy® Award nomination, an international tour and multiple network television appearances. Major media critics point to him as the embodiment of New Orleans’ irreplaceable culture and its varied and eternally appealing musical magic. To see Trombone Shorty perform is to experience the once-in-a-generation thrill that those who saw Buddy Bolden invent jazz must have experienced.  Trombone Shorty’s invigorating, genre-blurring exposition of New Orleans’ deep culture is a thrilling commentary on the irresistible nature of the city’s contemporary arts. The artists' interpretation imagines Trombone Shorty on the porch of his old house in Treme, rousing the City with his horn.