Fred Wesley and his New JBs
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Orleans Fair Grounds
WWOZ Jazz Tent
New Orleans
Thursday, April 30, 2026
1:35-2:35pm, originally scheduled 5:45-7pm

1. WWOZ intro > //instrumental 1:36
2. band intros :51
3. Damn Right I Am Somebody 5:05
4. Four Play 6:43
5. Moan//in' 6:57
6. Trick Bag 5:55
7. Peace Power 4:30
8. Breakin' Bread > 5:44
9. Pass The Peas > 3:27
10. Cold Sweat > 1:58
11. Gimme Some More 4:14
12. Funky Good Time 5:00
13. House Party 7:36
Total 59:42

Source: WWOZ-FM > Yamaha TX900 > Metric Halo MIO-2882 > Macintosh MacBook Pro > MIO Console 5.6 > wav > Reaper v7.69 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced (station breaks removed) > wav > Audacity 3.7.7 (DC offset corrected, normalized, tracked) > xACT 2.58 (tagged) > flac

Notes
Recorded off the radio by Richard Russell.

There is some weather-related FM reception static and noise throughout.

The threat of inclement weather prompted Jazzfest officials to rework the second Thursday's schedule, eliminating and/or shuffling acts into an abbreviated schedule so that the festival could close about 3 hours early. This set was originally scheduled to close the Jazz Tent at 5:45 p.m. but was shortened and moved 4 hours earlier.

WWOZ's mix appeared to have been broadcast without properly decoding the mid/side stereo signal, causing most of the instruments to come through the left speaker. Using Reaper, I corrected the issue with a mid/side decoder.

Station breaks were removed, including:
* 12.4-second station ID before Moanin'
* A 62-second station break during Moanin'. Fades and a second of silence between sections were added.

Fred Wesley - trombone
Charles McNeal - tenor sax
Gary Winters - trumpet
Bruno Speight - guitar
Peter Madsen - piano
Dwayne Dolphin - bass
Bryan Morris - drums