If you need a little Bounce in your life, you might want to attend the New Orleans Bounce Awards. It takes place Saturday at 7 p.m. at Rosenwald Gym in Central City.The event is the first of its kind ...

A new genre called ‘Jazz Bounce’ is emerging in New Orleans, blending jazz’s melodic improvisation with bounce music’s rhythmic energy. Founded by Brent Craige of Newtral Groundz, the movement seeks ...

“Jazz bounce is a fusion of jazz music and bounce music,” said Brent Craige, founder of Newtral Groundz.

For years, New Orleans bounce artist HaSizzle wanted to do an album where bounce and brass collided, he says. Last year, he finally fulfilled that dream with “Brass & Ass.” Bounce music is normally ...

Rick Bickham made his name as Ricky B, whose 1994 bounce hit “Shake for Ya Hood” cataloged the parts of New Orleans where his audiences lived. Now that he has a book, he revisits the world that ...