This year brought NOMRF opportunities to help New Orleans musicians, provide music for Waveland volunteers, receive donations from amazing music lovers and come back home.
Jazzfest
Tree Logic at the Waveland party
Americorps with NOMRF-provided music
Beauty in Waveland after the devastation
New Orleans’ Campaigning Mayor
New Orleans Bike Krewe out in force
Walter Williams at French Quarter Festival
The Fabulous Kim Carson, now in Houston
Jim McCormick, now in Nashville, and Jeff
Jeff and Karen of NOMRF back in town
Chris Walker, BBC, donates to NOMRF
The legendary Bob French at Donna’s
Tipitina’s, where NOMRF donated over $10,000
The dB’s in the wallpaper at Tipitina’s
Bryan Lee, blues legend
Fred LeBlanc, John Thomas Griffith and Jeff
Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls) with bass friend
The Doctor at Tipitina’s
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival VIP
Indian Tribe
Indians on the March
Jeff and Karen Beninato with Bryce Miller
Leroy Jones signing his Jazzfest sign post-show
Allen Toussaint and Elvis Costello at the Fest
Karen with Ricky Paulin, of New Wave Brass Band
The newly engaged Leigh Little Queenie Harris
James Andrews and family, including Shorty
Kirk Joseph playing his amazing tuba
Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Barbecue jamming
Don Williams, Jeff Beninato and Sue Ford
Miranda Holsapple, rock and roll royalty
Sunset on the Batcher at Derek Houston’s party
Illumination at NOMRF’s New Orleans studio
Devastation in Lakeview
Mementos in a gutted home
Toppled ship at the Point
Korean filmmaker Kelvin Lee and Tom Dalton
Karen Beninato with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
Kelvin and crawfish at Rob Savoy’s boil
Susan Cowsill rocking at jazzfest
Roquel and Rob Savoy enjoying the show
Michelle Schwartz donating from Rockland
Mardi Gras Indians on the Jazzfest grounds
Tom Dalton solving the glaring sun problem
Bonerama, Little Queenie, Twangorama
Bryan Barberot of the NOMRF Allstars
The legend, Pete Fountain
Kelvin Lee filming Jeff for the KBS
Tony “Oulaboula” Bazley, Kelvin Lee and Jeff
Karen Dalton-Beninato with Leah Chase
Dookie Chase’s, which will come back soon
Kelvin and Jeff helping with Jeff’s mother’s home
A flooded photo of the Beninatos
The Beninato family piano
Kelvin and Jeff getting footage in the Quarter
Adele and Kirah of 3 Ring with artist Jimmy Descant
