“Aurora Nealand and the Redrawblak Trio” Intrepid saxophonist, Aurora Nealand presents an improvised set with Brad Walker and Paul Thibodeaux

Voted as Downbeat Magazine’s top ten rising stars for soprano saxophone in 2010, Aurora Nealand has been at the forefront of the revival of New Orleans Traditional Jazz amongst the younger generation of the city’s musicians. After playing and learning as a sideman in established New Orleans Bands such as Panorama Jazz Band, VaVaVoom, and The New Orleans Moonshiners, Nealand formed her own Traditional Jazz band “The Royal Roses.”