My name is Maxwell. I spent six years in New Orleans (2019–2025) and fell in love with the city, its music, and its culture. I spent my nights chasing the thriving live music scene and eventually started photographing as much of it as I could.
Between the sheer intertwinedness of the music and the culture, the knowledge gurus I was lucky enough to be surrounded by, and above all, the DJs on WWOZ 90.7FM, I absorbed more musical history than I ever thought possible.
WWOZ 90.7 FM
WWOZ is entirely volunteer-run, community-funded, and is the world's (if not the universe's) premier Jazz & Heritage station. I love it so much that I get genuine FOMO when I'm not listening.
This site is my solution to never missing a beat. Every track played on WWOZ becomes a data point. Every artist becomes a node. Every connection between musicians becomes an edge. The result is a living graph of New Orleans music, updated daily.
The Graph
Jazzapedia maps the relationships between thousands of musicians: collaborations, influences, mentorships, band memberships, and more. The data comes from AllMusic, Wikipedia, MusicBrainz, and the daily WWOZ playlists. The graph layout uses ForceAtlas2 to find the natural clusters and communities in the music.
New Orleans Nights
