Mr. BLUMENFELD: This is what New Orleans is about, and it really is, to me, you know, there's a thriving jazz world in New York and elsewhere, but New Orleans, where the Hot 8 as part of, where the black men of the neighborhood part of, where the Mardi Granians(ph) are part of, this is a living culture.

NPR: Hot 8 Brass Band Play For A Living New Orleans