Get a piece of The Big Easy dropped right into the middle of a Danish summer night — when James Martin's Big Easy Band hits the stage at Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2026, expect an evening where Bourbon Street meets the Danish capital at full throttle.

Leading the charge is James Martin — Billboard-charting saxophonist, singer, and songwriter who has spent over two decades defining the sound of modern New Orleans. As a founding member of Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews' Orleans Avenue alongside Jon Batiste, and later with his own band — whose album Keep Movin' debuted at #9 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart — Martin has played his way from Tipitina's and The Spotted Cat to stages across the globe, from Edinburgh to Ascona, Tel Aviv to the Italian coast. You may have heard his saxophone on CBS's NCIS: New Orleans, Anthony Bourdain's Raw Craft, or HBO's acclaimed Treme.
But when Martin brings out the Big Easy Band, this is no quiet jazz evening. It's a hi...

Get a piece of The Big Easy dropped right into the middle of a Danish summer night — when James Martin's Big Easy Band hits the stage at Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2026, expect an evening where Bourbon Street meets the Danish capital at full throttle.

Leading the charge is James Martin — Billboard-charting saxophonist, singer, and songwriter who has spent over two decades defining the sound of modern New Orleans. As a founding member of Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews' Orleans Avenue alongside Jon Batiste, and later with his own band — whose album Keep Movin' debuted at #9 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart — Martin has played his way from Tipitina's and The Spotted Cat to stages across the globe, from Edinburgh to Ascona, Tel Aviv to the Italian coast. You may have heard his saxophone on CBS's NCIS: New Orleans, Anthony Bourdain's Raw Craft, or HBO's acclaimed Treme.
But when Martin brings out the Big Easy Band, this is no quiet jazz evening. It's a high-octane, dance-floor-detonating party, where authentic New Orleans funk meets soul, R&B, second line brass, and a razor-sharp horn section that takes no prisoners. The band is Best of the Beat-nominated and has brought their signature energy to everything from the cobblestone streets of New Orleans to international festivals — always with the same mission: getting the floor moving from the first note to the last.

Expect fat grooves in the spirit of The Meters and Allen Toussaint, soulful ballads that stop time, and that unmistakable Crescent City swagger only musicians born and raised in New Orleans can deliver. Sweaty horn lines, deep pocket grooves, and a frontman whose voice and saxophone trade off like two old friends.

This is not background music. It's an invitation to dance, laugh, shout, and feel firsthand why New Orleans is called the musical capital of the world....

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