Photos: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2015

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Photos: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2015

Photos: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2015

Trombone Shorty performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The Blind Boys of Alabama perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Gram Rea, of The Mulligan Brothers, plays the violin as the band performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Jazz recording artist Jason Marsalis, right, plays the vibraphone with bassist Will Goble at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Steve Winwood performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Dave Malone of the Radiators plays with the band at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

NFL New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees walks onto the stage with his children during Trombone Shorty's final set at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New Orleans bassist and recording artist George Porter, Jr. performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Phoebe Hunt and Elliot Boye, grandchildren of Radiators band member Dave Malone, sit backstage as the venerable Southern rock band performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Brother Tyrone performs with his band Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Bassist Will Goble performs with Jason Marsalis at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Sir Elton John performs to a packed crowd on the Acura Stage on the second Saturday of Jazz Fest in New Orleans, Saturday, May 2, 2015. (Matthew Hinton/The Advocate via AP) MAGS OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; NO FORNS; LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC. OUT (INCLUDING GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, 225, 10/12, INREGISTER, LBI CUSTOM); MANDATORY CREDIT

Dionne Harrison, left, Dee Holmes and Nicole Elwood and members of the Original Pinettes Brass Band perform at the Jazz and Heritage Stage during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP) MAGS OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; NO FORNS; LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC. OUT (INCLUDING GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Grand marshals Oliver 'Squirt Man' Hunter Jr., of The Nation, left, and Terrylyn Dorsey of the Single Men Social Aid and Pleasure Club join the Original Pinettes Brass Band on the Jazz and Heritage Stage during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course.(Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP) MAGS OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; NO FORNS; LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC. OUT (INCLUDING GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, 225, 10/12, INREGISTER, LBI CUSTOM); MANDATORY CREDIT

Kathy Sweeney, left, Brandi Lipsey, right, wait for Elton John after watching Jerry Lee Lewis as a sky writer makes the words "LOVE" and "JOY" on the second Saturday of Jazz Fest in New Orleans, Saturday, May 2, 2015. Lipsey is from Ferriday La., the hometown of Lewis, and Sweeney is from New Canaan, Conn. (Matthew Hinton/The Advocate via AP) MAGS OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; NO FORNS; LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC. OUT (INCLUDING GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, 225, 10/12, INREGISTER, LBI CUSTOM); MANDATORY CREDIT

Ben Rauch of New Orleans, left, and Paige Moore of Mandeville, who had never met before Saturday, dance to the music of Bonsoir, Catin at the Fais Do-Do stage during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP) MAGS OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; NO FORNS; LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC. OUT (INCLUDING GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, 225, 10/12, INREGISTER, LBI CUSTOM); MANDATORY CREDIT

Louisiana native Jerry Lee Lewis performs to a packed crowd on the second Saturday of Jazz Fest in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 2, 2015. (Matthew Hinton/The Advocate via AP) MAGS OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; NO FORNS; LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC. OUT (INCLUDING GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, 225, 10/12, INREGISTER, LBI CUSTOM); MANDATORY CREDIT

Chris Thomas King lets the riffs fly at the Blues Tent during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP) MAGS OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; NO FORNS; LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC. OUT (INCLUDING GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, 225, 10/12, INREGISTER, LBI CUSTOM); MANDATORY CREDIT

Members of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Rhythm Section, with the Algiers Warriors and Golden Comanche Mardi Gras Indians, march in a second line parade at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rosie Ledette performs with her band 'Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A member of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Rhythm Section, with the Algiers Warriors and Golden Comanche Mardi Gras Indians, dances with a festival-goer in a second line parade at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Tague Richardson, sight director for New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, leads a 'jazz funeral' procession with friends, co-workers and festival-goers in memory of longtime Jazz Fest employee JT Tamberella, who died this past year, at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Festival-goers revel as a skywriter writes messages above the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Blues guitarist and singer Colin Lake performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Kristin Diable performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Trombone Shorty performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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