“Three veteran musicians based in New Orleans“http://www.mapleleafbar.com/ will come together for a jam session on Monday. As part of a busy week of holiday shows, Dumpstaphunk bassist Tony Hall, longtime Royal Family singer/keyboardist Nigel Hall and drummer Alvin Ford Jr. will perform together on December 29.

Looking ahead a few days, Dumpstaphunk will ring in 2015 at New Orleans’ Joy Theater on December 31. The New Mastersounds will share the bill with The Crescent City heroes. Hall’s project The Nth Power will kick off 2015 aboard Jam Cruise on January 6.