Jazz

The TangiersCombo

New Orleans, LA — Active

The Tangiers Combo is a New Orleans band playing a blend of originals and standards — New Orleans traditional jazz, Parisian waltzes, calypso, bossa nova, and Django-style gypsy jazz — led by guitarist Carl James Keith, with a regular residency at Bacchanal.

The Tangiers Combo
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2
Studio Albums (2016, 2019)
Tuesdays
6 PM Residency at Bacchanal
2016
Debut Album, “Are You in the Mood?”

An international jazz sound, played at home in New Orleans

Keith has lived in New Orleans and played in the city’s music community since 2002, and the combo came together about a decade ago. The current lineup is Keith on guitar and cuatro, Jason Danti on reeds and flute, Matt Rhody on violin and mandolin, Simon Moushabeck on accordion, and Meryl Zimmerman on vocals.

The band holds residencies at venues around town, including Bacchanal (600 Poland Avenue), where they play Tuesdays at 6 PM and weekend afternoons. They played the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2026 and Fête Française the same year, and in August 2025 they were named to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport musicians-in-residence group.

They have made two studio albums: Are You in the Mood? (2016) and Tangerine (2019), a 14-track set released in April 2019. Zimmerman is featured on Tangerine and sings with the band at Bacchanal on Saturday afternoons. The 2016 debut featured Eric Rodriguez on violin and Nathan Lambertson on bass alongside Keith and Danti.

Discography

Selected Recordings

Are You in the Mood?2016
Tangerine2019

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