Orleans Street Jazz Fest

Photos by Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise

People move down Orleans Street after a thunderstorm during the 1st Annual Orleans Street Jazz Fest in Beaumont on Saturday, July 22, 2006.


(Right) Guitar virtuoso Rhett Butler carries his instruments down Orleans Street to the 1st Annual Orleans Street Jazz Fest in Beaumont.

(Below) Orrin Adams (left) and his wife Marilyn Adams (right) of Houston have a quiet conversation in front of the Orleans Furniture Mall during the Orleans Street Jazz Fest.




(Left) Orange native Perry Richard, who now lives in Houston, performs in front of the Taste of Orleans restaurant during the Orleans Street Jazz Fest.


Dionne Oliver of Orange (left) waits for the music to return after a thunderstorm during the Orleans Street Jazz Fest.


(Right)
Robbin Cook (left) has a laugh with her brother Robert Cook (right) during the 1st Annual Orleans Street Jazz Fest.

(Below) Jazz fans listen to the Jimmy Simmons Band during the Orleans Street Jazz Fest. Afternoon thundershowers kept initial attendance down, but the event filled into the evening.




(Left) Jeff Simon performs with the Jimmy Simmons Band during the Orleans Street Jazz Fest.