When I think of New Orleans, these sounds jump into my head:
Ultimate Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Brass Band
Look-Ka Py Py
The Meters
Rock and Roll Gumbo
Professor Longhair
Where there's Smoke, There's Fire
Buckwheat Zydeco
The Wild Tchoupitoulas
The Wild Tchoupitoulas
What does your city sound like to you? (In five albums or less.) All albums are available on the infernal iTunes for sampling or purchasing. (No, I don't know how to post links, sounds, or any of that other shit.)