From its organic beginnings in 2013 as a group of trumpeters getting together at composer and educator Ashlin Parker’s New Orleans apartment to share practice techniques, the Trumpet Mafia has grown into an international collective of creative excellence. Their unexpected arrangements mix traditional jazz and hip-hop. Since 2016, the rotating assembly of horn players has performed energetic "takeovers'' both in street pop-ups and at numerous festivals in New Orleans and abroad, including the New Orleans Jazz Festival and French Quarter Festival, garnering an OffBeat Magazine "Best Emerging Artist" Award in 2017.   Mahmoud Chouki is a Moroccan master guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator currently living in New Orleans. Chouki teaches music at the Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans and is the music curator for the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA). Most recently, he composed the music score for the 2021 Sundance Award winning film, “Ma Belle, Ma Beauty.” Chouki was awarded 2020’s “Best Emerging Artist” by OffBeat Magazine and "Best World Music Artist'' Award in 2022 by the Gambit.   Tonight, Trumpet Mafia meets Mahmoud Chouki features:   Mahmoud Chouki - oud & guitar Branden Lewis - trumpet Aurélien Barnes - trumpet  Ricardo Pascal - saxophones Seth Finch - piano Robin Sherman - bass Alfred Jordan - drums   Shows at 7:30 & 9:30pm  Doors at 7:00pm & 9:00pm  Restaurant is Open 5pm - 10pm for dinner before or after your showtime: Advance Ticket Holders can now automatically make dinner table reservations for the Dining Room online via OpenTable.com ! Advance Ticket-Holders can also make table reservations for dinner by Emailing reservations@snugjazz.com after your tickets have been purchased online. Dinner Service without Advance Concert Tickets is first-come, first-served based on availability upon arrival. Bar Room is Open 5pm - Midnight for all, with or without tickets. Kind Reminder:  Snug Harbor does NOT serve the full menu inside the Music Room. We do offer cheese and charcuterie tray options. In order to preserve the integrity, quiet and focus of our world class intimate concerts, only the charcuterie, cocktails and soft drinks are available for table service inside the Music Room. However, we encourage you to arrive at least 90 Minutes prior to your showtime in order to enjoy full, relaxing dinner service in the Dining Room right next door, before getting seated in the Music Room for your ticketed showtime.