LEGENDARY BANDLEADER BOB FRENCH AND THE ORIGINAL TUXEDO BRASS BAND
RETURN TO BOURBON STREET FOR LIMITED ENGAGEMENT AT IRVIN MAYFIELD¹S JAZZ
PLAYHOUSE AT THE ROYAL SONESTA HOTEL, BEGINNING MONDAY APRIL 13!

The Irvin Mayfield Jazz Playhouse at the
Royal Sonesta Hotel announced today the return of Bob French and the
Original Tuxedo Brass Band for a limited Monday-night run on April 13, 20,
27 and May 4. The concerts will begin at 8 p.m. and there is no cover charge
at the newly opened club at 300 Bourbon Street.

The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band is one of the few remaining jazz bands that
harkens back to the early era of New Orleans jazz. Founded in 1910 by Oscar
³Papa² Celestin, the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, whose mainstays included the
likes of Baby Dodds and Louis Armstrong, performed at elite private parties
and select venues around town, and eventually settled in at the Paddock
Lounge on Bourbon Street. An elder statesman in the jazz tradition, Bob
French assumed the helm of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band after the death of
his dad, Albert ³Papa² French. Bob French has maintained the tradition of
playing the best of New Orleans jazz with the best musicians available.
³It¹s great to be back on Bourbon Street at a world-class hotel like the
Royal Sonesta,² French said. ³The jazz tradition is critical to the future
of New Orleans culture.²

Irvin Mayfield¹s Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta Hotel represents a
historic partnership between an international hotel corporation and Irvin
Mayfield, a young, Grammy-nominated and Billboard Award-winning jazz
trumpeter. As an investment in New Orleans jazz, the goal of the Irvin
Mayfield Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta Hotel is to fortify and expand
the business of jazz by providing jazz musicians with performance
opportunities and to provide visitors and locals a chance to enjoy Jazz in
the heart of the French Quarter.