James Andrews, the Musical Mayor of New Orleans, Looms Large at This Week’s Jazz Fest

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With a new album and a devoted following, the trumpet master is an ambassador-at-large for his hometown.

But this year there will be one New Orleanian onstage whose presence looms especially large. And that will be Tremé-raised trumpet legend James Andrews , who is sometimes unsung and underappreciated in a town that breeds jazz and blues giants. Andrews, also known as 12, is probably most recognizable from his appearances on the HBO series Treme.

“There’s a picture of me—at five!—at the first one, in Congo Square.” Since the 2021 passing of the family matriarch, Lois Nelson Andrews, son James, the eldest grandchild, has taken on the mantle of the Andrews, Nelson, and Hill families.

 

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