Jazz Fest: The Best Photos

Ne-Yo performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Esperanza Spalding performs on stage at (venue name here) during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 3, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Mavis Staples performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 4, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs as part of the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 3, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

A Golden Blade Mardi Gras Indian performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 4, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Herbie Hancock performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Ziggy Marley performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 4, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Little Anthony and the Imperials performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 4, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals perform during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 4, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Paulina Rubio performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

John Boutte performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Irma Thomas performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

General view of the Parade at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Silky Sol - The Red Afro Queen performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 4, at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 3, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Musician Kipori "Baby Wolf" Woods performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 3, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Ani DiFranco performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 3, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tarriona "Tank" Ball and the BlackStar Bangas perform during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit of the Eagles perform during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

General view of the Parade at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jim James of My Morning Jacket performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Allen Toussaint performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit of the Eagles with Tour Mananger Chris Littleton (center) backstage during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 5, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Zac Brown performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 4, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Rodrigo Sanchez (L) and Gabriela Quintero of Rodrigo y Gabriela perform at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 4, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Roger Lewis performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 4, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jimmy Buffet performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 3, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Janelle Monae performs as part of the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on April 29, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tom Petty performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 29, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Geronimo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians on parade during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Cee Lo Green performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, United States

Mike Love of The Beach Boys is joined onstage by John Stamos during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Blues man Bobby Rush performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

John Stamos, Emma Thompson, Dr. John and Dave Koz backstage during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Day 3 at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 29, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Fiest performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

A backup dancer for Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 29, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Buckwheat Zydeco performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

John Stamos snapping shots (stars just like us!) during The Beach Boys performance at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Justin Vernon of Bon Iver performs as part of the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Violinist Amanda Shaw performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Cheikh Lo performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Dave Koz performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux poses with Cyril Neville at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tom Petty performs on stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Members of Savoy Music Center of Eunice Saturday Cajun Jam perform during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Day 2 at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mike Love of The Beach Boys dances with his wife Jacquelyne during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Steel Pulse performs on stage at during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Festival goers during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Seun Kuti performs and Egypt 80 during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mike Campbell guitarist for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Cyril Neville joins Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Day 2 at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Second line parade during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, United States.

Gal Holiday performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Cajun dancers at the Fais Do Do stage during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tiffany Lamson of GIVERS performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The New Orleans Suspects; Mean Willie Green, Jake Eckert, Kevin Harris and Reggie Scanlan backstage during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Backing singers of Egypt 80 perform with Seun Kuti as part of the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Johnny Sansone performs with Voice of the Wetlands during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Frankie Ford backstage during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.