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Luciano Leães will be performing at the New Orleans Jazz Museum on Thursday, December 22, 2025, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. This program takes place inside our Third Floor Performance Center, Listening Room. Admission is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and offered first-come, first-served. Enjoy jazz music from home with the New Orleans Jazz Museum! Join the Jazz Museum online for our daily Live-Stream Concert Series, in which dynamic musicians perform live from the Jazz Museum. Tune in at 2:00 p.m. on facebook.com/nolajazzmuseum/live to watch for free. About Luciano Leães Luciano Leães, a Brazilian pianist and composer, boasts a prolific career spanning over three decades. His music—a distinctive blend of New Orleans R&B/Jazz and South American rhythms—has garnered international recognition. His latest single, Festa Brasilis—a tribute to Professor Longhair—had its world premiere at the New Orleans Music Show with Missy Bowen at WWOZ in New Orleans. Throughout his illustrious journey, Leães has graced stages alongside luminaries such as Carey Bell, Hubert Sumlin, Alfred Uganda, Jesse Harris, Tony Coleman, and James “Boogaloo” Bolden. He has also captivated audiences at renowned music festivals worldwide, including the Montreal Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the Tremblanc Blues Festival, and the Lucerne Blues Fest. Notably, Leães received a memorable invitation to open for Elton John at São José Stadium in Porto Alegre in 2013, performing solo to a crowd of over 15,000 people. Reggie Scanlan, bassist for the Radiators, James Booker, and Professor Longhair, remarked: "I absolutely love playing with this guy! Luciano Leães is the real deal. His swinging, funky groove is too deep to measure. I’ve played with some of the best (Prof. Longhair, James C. Booker), and I can tell you he brings all of the passion and chops to his performances that they did."
