Smoking Time Jazz Club - Lina's Blues (2011)

Smoking Time Jazz Club is one of the most energetic Traditional Jazz bands in New Orleans. They are influenced by the music of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, as well as other legendary classics of the Jazz Era. Their high stepping sounds can be heard on Royal Street and nightclubs all across the world famous French Quarter, attracting tourists and locals alike. The band has been showcased at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, one of the "country's top ten of facilities that holds the most conventions and trade-shows annually."

My pick is the brass attack squad known as The Smoking Time Jazz Club who I heard tear it up at The Maison on Frenchmen Street in the Marigny. Like most great New Orleans music, this band was crazy fun and had most of the crowd dancing (or at least kicking their feet in the air).