Jazz on the Historic Jefferson Highway

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the jazz history and current jazz scene along the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at: https://jeffersonhighway.org/ 

Featured guests include:
- Roger Bell - President of the Jefferson Highway Association
- Cynthia M. Ammerman - Historian & Humanities Strategist at the Latin Jazz Institute
- Perry Huntoon - Jazz scholar, enthusiast, and writer

Featured music on the show is "Bottom of the Bayou" by Jon Roniger and the Good for Nothin' Band in New Orleans. More: http://www.thegoodfornothinband.com/

Special thanks to the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau who represent Louisiana's Oldest City, which is also on the Jefferson Highway. See: https://www.natchitoches.com/