Jazz Music

Name: Benjamin Cousins Trio
Start: 2026-07-30T20:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-07-30T22:00:00+00:00
Location: Good Measure

July 2026
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.

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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.

Jazz Music

July 2026

Yusa

Smoker’s World

Benjamin Cousins Trio

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