Although most people do not associate New Orleans with modern jazz, there is a modern jazz scene here. Thanks to the ascendency of Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., and, to a lesser extent, Branford Marsalis and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, jazz fans are beginning to want to know more about the modern Jazz scene in New Orleans. Here's a brief guide.

THE FIVE AGES OF JAZZ

Stylistically, since its early development at the turn of the century, jazz has had...