Jazz Music

Name: Brasinola
Start: 2026-08-22T21:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-23T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Good Measure

July 2026
Steve Lands

July 18 @ 9:00 pm - July 19 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Steve Lands is a New Orleans trumpeter, composer, and bandleader whose nearly twenty-year career has taken him from the stages of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to tours with Maroon 5 and PJ Morton. His 2025 album Rearranging the Planets — an Afrofuturist reimagining of Gustav Holst’s seven-movement orchestral suite, performed by a thirteen-piece all-star New Orleans ensemble — premiered at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and has been described by audiences as an otherworldly experience. At Good Measure, Lands brings that same ambition to an intimate room.

Hailing from the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Steve has been swaying stages, clubs, bars, Museums, Houses-of-worship, and studios the world over for almost 2 decades now. He’s got the kind of skill that can only be gained from both a truly curious mind and from working with great artists from all walks of life! From holding down a residency in Las Vegas playing trumpet for the chart-topping long-running band Maroon 5, doing festivals with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and tours through Europe with French bassist Selene Saint Aime to studio sessions with the Black Keys, jamming in DC with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, playing in big bands with Ellis, Jason, Branford, and Delfeayo Marsalis, and doing a tribute to David Bowie with Arcade Fire! Courage and care are his motivation for Music and he’s got more than enough of both to give you a sonic fantasy.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Yusa

July 23 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Yusa is a Havana-born guitarist, vocalist, tres player, and composer who relocated to New Orleans in 2020 and has since become one of the city's most distinctive musical voices. She was a founding bandleader of Cuban ensembles Interactivo and Quasi Jazz, and is regarded internationally as an ambassador of 21st-century Cuban music, a description earned through nominations at the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards and collaborations with artists including Omara Portuondo and Deacon John. Her sound blends trova, son, jazz, pop, and Brazilian rhythms into something that resists easy categorization. She holds a residency at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro and has performed on the Acura Stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Entry is free, join us in Good Measure.
Smoker’s World

July 25 @ 9:00 pm - July 26 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Smoker's World is the most personal and experimental project of Derrick "Smoker" Freeman, the New Orleans drummer, songwriter, and DJ who also leads the Soul Brass Band. Where that group operates within the brass band tradition, Smoker's World is Freeman's creative laboratory: hip-hop grooves, funk, pop, and the deep New Orleans jazz foundation, filtered through social commentary, cheeky lyricism, and the energy of a full horn line that can shift gears without warning. Freeman describes it as the anchor of all his musical pursuits, built around a rotating cast of the city's most versatile jazz musicians. Their 2022 album WhiteSplain, which transforms pandemic-era political chaos into danceable tracks, earned wide attention for its balance of consciousness and fun.

Entry is free, join us in Good Measure.
Benjamin Cousins Trio

July 30 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Benjamin Cousins is a New Orleans clarinetist and composer whose playing sits at the intersection of the city's deep jazz tradition and a thoroughly modern compositional sensibility. He grew up in New Orleans, studied under Gregory Agid at NOCCA, earned his undergraduate degree at Berklee College of Music, and his master's at Temple University, and performed with NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison Jr.'s Next Generation groups at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. His band, the Sonic Architects, released their debut album What We Dream It to Be in January 2026, which was awarded a Community Partnership Grant from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation. Tonight they perform in a trio configuration, putting Cousins' warm, woody tone and improvisational voice front and center.

Entry is free, join us in Good Measure.
August 2026
Sarah Quintana Trio

August 6 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Throughout a notable career as a New Orleans singer, songwriter and performer, Sarah Quintana has been firmly rooted in her hometown's rich music tradition — but eager to explore its boundaries. Born and raised in New Orleans— Quintana is Nola-Cajun, she sings in French and English — and her latest album, BABY DON'T, was inspired by memories of falling asleep listening to New Orleans oldies on the radio. Glide Magazine calls her music a "classic New Orleans R&B sound with a modern pop sensibility." In between the Jazz Fest Lagniappe Stage in May and the Library of Congress this September, Quintana performs with her sousaphone trio at Good Measure, featuring BABY DON'T bandmate Jason Jurzak on tuba and Michael Lentz on percussion. Expect swamp-pop covers, Frenchy-blues and highly-addictive, upbeat originals... plus a standard or two.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 8 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Zehrin Sims

August 8 @ 9:00 pm - August 9 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Zehrin Sims is a Sacramento-born drummer and songwriter who relocated to New Orleans to study Jazz Studies and Performance, and has been an active force in the city's music scene since 2022. A versatile percussionist whose credits include Stephen Walker's Big Easy Brass Walkers, Kid Merv & All That Jazz, and Trumpet Mafia, Sims is the cousin of saxophonist and bandleader Zahria Sims. Join us for the debut of Zehrin Sims’ original music from his upcoming album “Songs for a better Tomorrow” featuring Seth Finch on piano, Eli Whitmann on guitar, Ellwood Allen Jr on bass, and David McKissick on trumpet.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Evan Oberla

August 13 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Evan Oberla is a New Orleans trombonist, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and composer who graduated with a degree in jazz trombone from Ohio State University before building a career across jazz, funk, pop, and avant-garde music. A member of Flow Tribe, Oberla has shared the stage and studio with Kamasi Washington, Wyclef Jean, Elle King, and Spoon. His latest album Canal Street Revolution is a double LP of original compositions based on first-person historical accounts of the New Orleans Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and beyond.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 8 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Flowtribe

August 15 @ 9:00 pm - August 16 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Founded in 2004 by six New Orleans high school friends and revived in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Flow Tribe has spent two decades playing what they call "backbone-cracking music" -- a high-energy blend of funk, rock, R&B, hip-hop, and New Orleans rhythm. Main stage veterans at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Voodoo Music Experience, the band's 2017 album Boss, produced by Mannie Fresh, reached No. 58 on the Billboard R&B chart. Their 2024 release Garden of Earthly Delights features Ivan Neville of Dumpstahphunk on the lead single.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Saskia Says!

August 20 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Saskia Says! is the band of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Saskia Walker, an Italian, British, and American musician who came to New Orleans in 2019 to study at Loyola University and has made the city her home. Drawing from classic jazz, swing, funk, soul, and Latin music, Walker developed her sound through a wide range of musical environments, from a jazz-Latin band in Rome to a psychedelic rock group during her college years. She has served as a resident performer with the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, and her debut album Love, a swing and Latin-infused record, was released at Sweet Lorraine's in New Orleans.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 8 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Gov’t Majik feat. Ten Spencer

August 21 @ 9:00 pm - August 22 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Gov't Majik is a New Orleans collective led by bassist and co-founder Bru Bruser and fronted by vocalist Ten Spencer. Self-described as "The Dirty South Afro-Beat Arkestra," the band blends the music of Fela Kuti and other Afrobeat and Afrofunk pioneers with the funk, jazz, rap, and rock and roll of New Orleans, landing somewhere between Fela, OutKast, and Kool & the Gang. Founded in 2005, the band made their Jazz Fest debut in 2007 and returned to the festival stage in 2026. Their 2023 EP The Bass Age features Parliament-Funkadelic saxophonist Greg Thomas.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Brasinola

August 22 @ 9:00 pm - August 23 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Brasinola plays the music of Brazil's Tropicalia movement with a New Orleans rhythm underneath. The band draws on the late 1960s and 1970s heyday of that Brazilian sound -- its blend of samba, funk, folk, and psychedelia -- while grounding everything in the feel of the city where they perform. As bassist and co-founder Ron Johnson has put it, "the NOLA in our name is the foot of the New Orleans drummer." A longtime presence on the city's club circuit, the band first made their name at the Maple Leaf Bar and have been a Frenchmen Street fixture since.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.

Jazz Music

July 2026

Steve Lands

Yusa

Smoker’s World

Benjamin Cousins Trio

August 2026

Sarah Quintana Trio

Zehrin Sims

Evan Oberla

Flowtribe

Saskia Says!

Gov’t Majik feat. Ten Spencer

Brasinola

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