If you like the uplifting and soulful music of New Orleans, you’ll love the sound of the New Black Eagle Jazz Band. As the final offering of the Summer Music Associates’ concert series, the New Black Eagle Jazz Band will perform an eclectic repertoire from the 1920s and ’30s at Colby-Sawyer College on Saturday, September 13, at 7:30 PM.

Formed in 1971, this seven-piece band has delighted audiences all over the world. The group has a mature mastery of great American music – from Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton to early Duke Ellington to Cole Porter; from blues to rags to popular songs of the era. In fact, the New York Times’ John Wilson wrote that the Black Eagles are “so far ahead of other traditional bands … there is scarcely any basis for comparison.”

The band has performed extensively all across North America and has toured throughout Europe countless times. They have performed in New Orleans, London, Edinburgh, Belfast, and Toronto, to name a few. In 2011, they opened the Newport Jazz Festival to a packed house. They have been featured in concert with many jazz legends including Doc Cheatham, “Kid” Thomas, Benny Waters, Odetta, and Milt Hinton, and with symphony orchestras – the Boston Pops, the Scottish National Orchestra, and the Baltimore Symphony.

The band has released over 40 recordings, including the Grammy-nominated On the River. Their music has been featured in Ken Burns’ documentaries and on NPR Radio. The band has also been a guest on The Prairie Home Companion show. The New Black Eagle Jazz Band follows the New Orleans tradition of playing private parties and other danceable events.

Tickets are $25 for adults and $5 for students and are available by mail, phone, Web site, at the door, or by cash or check only at Morgan Hill Bookstore, Tatewell Gallery, or the Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce. For more information, visit SummerMusicAssociates.com.