Now name of great jazz musicians like Miles Davis, Stan Getz, and Jonh Coltrane are known all over the world, and people write, sing, and play jazz in many countries. But New sing, Orleans, where it all began is not the exciting place that it once was. The city was famous for Mardi Gras, which was like a wonderful party in the streets, with colorful clothes, music, and dancing. But the city is on land which is lower than the sea, and in 2005 Hurricane Katrina covered lts, Streets and houses with water. Several thousand people died, and the badly damaged. will New Orleans live again one day as the home of music? The musicians hope so, and many still come every year to play in the New Orleans Jazz Festival.