The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band

The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band play New Orleans style jazz at the Birdland Theater. The band is co-led by veteran trumpeter Simon Wettenhall and Grammy-winning pianist Conal Fowkes, and for decades was Woody Allen's band of choice for his movies, concert tours and weekly performances. Band members appeared in and provided music for Woody Allen films including Wild Man Blues, Sweet and Lowdown, Midnight in Paris, Blue Jasmine, Cafe Society, Magic In The Moonlight and A Rainy Day In New York. Loved by critics and jazz aficionados, they have drawn jazz icons like Chick Corea, Marian McPartland and Diana Krall to sit in with them.