Still Swinging in New Orleans

''It's just so wonderful to be alive and swinging in New Orleans. We're going to
be buried here, man. That's for sure. That's for DAMN sure.'' Jazz trumpeter
Kermit Ruffins, a co-founder of the renowned Rebirth Brass Band.

Amid the reports of rampant crime, neighborhoods still in ruin, an Army Corps struggling to figure out what it did wrong 30 years ago, there is still music playing and people are celebrating , still jamming, and still rebuilding.

Satchmo.com has a list of organizations that help musicians get back to playing.