STEVE INSKEEP, Host:
Right now we hear from Minneapolis, Minnesota. That's where trumpeter Irvin Mayfield brought his New Orleans-inspired jazz to a crowd at a club called The Dakota.
IRVIN MAYFIELD: From one end of the Mississippi River to the other, my name is Irvin Mayfield.
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MAYFIELD: We're going to bring this New Year in right. Let's make some noise and show them what a real New Year is. Make some noise.
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INSKEEP: And if it was cold in Minneapolis, Mr. Mayfield was not going to let the radio audience know.
MAYFIELD: A butt-naked crowd in Minneapolis right now.
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INSKEEP: Let's go next to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, where we are told that people were fully clothed and ringing in the New Year with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, a group whose big band sound inspired some audience members to get out of their seats.
AUDIENCE: Three, two, one...
SCOTTY MORRIS: Happy New Year.
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INSKEEP: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in Los Angeles, one of the acts heard across the U.S. on Toast of the Nation.
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INSKEEP: We're starting another year of MORNING EDITION from NPR News.