In the 1960s, the counterculture fell in love with posters. By the 1970s, posters were an indispensable part of promoting live music — and the new New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival had to have one.
The annual Jazz Fest poster is probably the most avidly collected piece of art in New Orleans. The subjects of the souvenir silk screens, from Professor Longhair to Pete Fountain to Dr. John, are our ...