
Trombone Shorty pays his respects to his mother, Lois Andrews Nelson, at her funeral at the Mahalia Jackson Theater on Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.

Family and friends play music at the funeral of Lois Andrews Nelson, at her funeral at the Mahalia Jackson Theater on Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.

Family and friends play music at the funeral of Lois Andrews Nelson, at her funeral at the Mahalia Jackson Theater on Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.

Family and friends play music at the funeral of Lois Andrews Nelson, at her funeral at the Mahalia Jackson Theater on Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.

Glen David Andrews and Trombone Shorty in Lois Andrews Nelson's jazz funeral procession on Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.

Glen David Andrews and Trombone Shorty in Lois Andrews Nelson's jazz funeral procession on Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.

Trombone Shorty dances on Lois Andrews Nelson's casket during the jazz funeral procession on Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.

Jazz funeral procession for Lois Andrews Nelson on Claiborne Ave, Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.

Money Wasters S&PC at the jazz funeral procession of Lois Andrews Nelson on Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.