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13th WardLe Bon Temps Roule/Roppolo residence
13th WardUptown Ruler: 13th Ward Tour
Lower Ninth Ward Blues: Hurricane Katrina Tour
13th WardNeville Family Home
13th WardBenny's Bar
12th WardWalter L. Cohen High School
UptownThe Nite Cap
Al Johnson and Baby Dolls perform at the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans on September 17, 2011.
Treme-LafitteThe Green Room
GentillyPeaches Records
GentillyThe Big Easy
Swing Out: Great Depression and World War II Tour
French QuarterLyric Theater
N.O. Block Party: Public Housing Tour
7th WardSt. Bernard Public Housing Development
French QuarterThe Brass Rail
Good Rocking Tonight: Rock 'n' Roll Roots in New Orleans Tour
Upper 9th WardClub Desire
Upper 9th WardThe Hideaway
Central CityRhythm Club/Club Rocket
Central CityThe Robin Hood
Central CityFoster's Hotel
American Jazz Quintet group photo from 1987
Central CityHayes' Chicken Shack/Vernon's
TremeCandlelight Lounge/Grease Lounge
Roger Lewis, seen here in 2017, drew from lessons at Houston's School of Music as a baritone saxophone player in Fats Domino's touring band and in local brass bands.
TremeWalking 'Round in the Sixth Ward: Treme Tour
TremeCraig Elementary School
TremeNew Orleans/Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts
Central CityClub Tiajuana
Central CityBout It Bout It: Central City Tour
The Dixie Cups performing in 1977: Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joanne Kenney, and Barbara Hawkins.
Central CityCalliope (B.W. Cooper) Public Housing Development
Earl King on guitar at the Gator Ball in 1980.
Central CityVictor Augustine's Curio Shop
TremeMunicipal Auditorium
TremePlace Congo: Armstrong Park Tour
TremeSan Jacinto Club
Dr. John mural in 2019.
Walk on Guilded Splinters: Dr. John Tour
Dr. John mural in 2019.
Central CityDr. John Mural
TremeCaldonia Inn
TremeTreme's Petit Jazz Museum
TremeGypsy Tea Room
Mural of Buddy Bolden and band painted in 2018 by Brandan "BMike" Odums seen here in 2019.
Did You Saw What I Heard?: Music Murals Tour
MarignyJames Booker Mural
7th WardAllen Toussaint Mural
TremeEarl Palmer's House
Paul Barbarin's funeral in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 in 1969. Barbarin died while playing in a parade on Mardi Gras Day.
TremeSt. Louis Cemetery No. 2
Wanda Rouzan in 2006. As part of the Rouzan Sisters (which included Laura and Barbara Rouzan), she cut "Men of War" for Frisco Records, a song about a loved one being sent to fight in Vietnam.
TremeFrisco Records Office
Joe Clay performs at the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans on October 2, 2015.
Deep Cuts: Tour the Hidden Gems of New Orleans Music History
Band instructor Yvonne Busch, seen here at G.W. Carver Senior High School in 1962, where she was surprised with the award for Teacher of the Year.
7th WardHouston's School of Music
Band instructor Yvonne Busch in her uniform from Joseph S. Clark Senior High School.
TremeJoseph S. Clark High School
Treme-LafitteLafitte Public Housing Development
7th WardDanny and Blue Lu Barker's House
The Meters at Jazz Fest.
GentillyThe Fair Grounds
From 1981 in Dorothy's Medallion Lounge, Big Linda dances while Meters' bassist George Porter, Jr. and drummer David Lastie play on.
Mid-CityDorothy's Medallion Lounge
St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 in 2007.
Mid-CitySt. Louis Cemetery No. 3
Crowd at the 2017 French Quarter Festival outside the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint.
French Quarter Fest Tour: Sites near the Stages
New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians Uptown Super Sunday Big Chief Monk Boudreaux.
Central CityLet's Go Get 'Em: Uptown Super Sunday Tour
French QuarterDo The Grind: Bourbon Street Tour
Postcard (c. 1901-1911) with an image of a Mardi Gras parade on Canal Street.
Carnival Time: Mardi Gras Parade Route Tour
Fats Domino's house in the Lower Ninth Ward. Domino occupied a compound of sorts, with buildings on adjacent lots at the corner of Caffin Avenue and Marais Street.
Lower 9th WardFats Domino's House
From St. Joseph's Day 1942, Baby Dolls stop at Pete's Blue Heaven, a bar that occupied the Little Gem Saloon building.
The Harlem of New Orleans: South Rampart Street Tour
Enslaved people dancing in Congo Square
TremeCongo Square
Patsy Vidalia and Bobby Marchanonstage at the Dew Drop.
Central CityDew Drop Inn
Cosimo Matassa in his studio on Governor Nicholls Street in 1958.
French QuarterCosimo Recording Studios
Allen Toussaint outside Sea-Saint Recording Studio
GentillySea-Saint Studio
Central CityMagnolia (C.J. Peete) Public Housing Development
UptownTipitina's
French QuarterThe Dream Room
Looking down Royal Street at St. Peter in the heart of the French Quarter.
French QuarterStruttin': French Quarter Walking Tour
Antoine “Fats” Domino (b. 1928), August 8, 1957.
Feel So Good: Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans 1940 to 1970 Tour
Looking down Basin Street in Storyville. The famous madams had houses in a line just beyond Tom Anderson’s on the corner.
High Society Rag: the First Venues for Jazz Tour
Littdell "Queen B" Bannister and Irving "Honey" Bannister, Jr. with the Golden Sioux Mardi Gras Indians in 2016.
Sew, Sew, Sew: The Music, Dance, and Suits of the Mardi Gras Indians Tour
Members of the Hot 8 Brass Band, including Terrell "Burger" Batiste in wheelchair at left and Keith "Wolf" Anderson at far right play in traditional black and white uniforms for the Black Men of Labor Social Aid & Pleasure Club second line parade in 2009.
Take It To The Street: Brass Bands in New Orleans After 1980 Tour
Though the space is now a Laundromat, the entrance to J&M Music Shop and Studio remains.
French QuarterJ&M Recording Studio
Central Business DistrictDownbeat Club
The Astoria in 1956.
Central Business DistrictAstoria Hotel
7th WardErnie K-Doe's Mother-in-Law Lounge
Shown from left to right are Clarence Williams; John Lindsay with bass; Jimmie Noone with clarinet; William "Bebe" Ridgley with trombone; Ernest Trepagnier with snare drum; Oscar Celestin with cornet; Armand J. Piron with violin; Tom Benton with banjo; and Johnny St. Cyr with banjo.
Central Business DistrictIroquois Theater
The Werlein's sign on Canal Street, which outlasted the store itself.
French QuarterWerlein's Music Store
Central CityBooker T. Washington High School Auditorium
Cosimo Matassa and the band Chocolate Milk - ‘Live from Jazz City’ broadcast.
Warehouse DistrictJazz City Studio
Allman Brothers and Crowd at The Warehouse
Lower Garden DistrictThe Warehouse
Central Business DistrictMorris Music
TremeWWOZ Treehouse Studio
The sign that once hung on Joe's Cozy Corner has migrated into the Bywater, where it adorned a front yard in 2012.
TremeJoe's Cozy Corner
Mid-CityHolt Cemetery
Guitar Lightnin' Lee at the 9th Annual Ponderosa Stomp Festival held at the House of Blues in New Orleans on September 25, 2010.
Central CityNewton's/Guitar Joe's House of Blues/Portside Lounge
The site of Frank Early's My Place Saloon, one of the last remaining buildings from Storyville.
TremeFrank Early’s My Place Saloon
Ellis Marsalis performing at Snug Harbor.
BywaterPiety Street Recording
Ruins of Lincoln Beach in 2006.
New Orleans EastLincoln Beach
Alvin "Red" Tyler.
Central CityMason's Las Vegas Strip
French QuarterSho Bar
Central CityA.L. Davis Park (aka Shakespeare Park)
French QuarterPaddock Lounge
Central Business DistrictOne Stop Record Shop
Sid Davilla, Mrs. Peggy Vagabond, Lizzie Miles, and Mrs. Sid Davilla pictured at the Mardi Gras Lounge, date unknown.
French QuarterMardi Gras Lounge
Table card for Poodle's Patio.
French QuarterPoodle's Patio
Al Taylor in the Rosemont Recording Studio with Vernard Johnson.
TremeRosemont Records
WWOZ Cuttin' Class series with Dolores T. Aaron Academy, led by Andy Bower in studio on April 18, 2017.
French QuarterWWOZ French Market Studio
French QuarterIvanhoe
Central Business DistrictThe Bop Shop
Sharkey Bonano and Pork Chop on stage in 1950. This photo was taken by a twenty-one-year-old Stanley Kubrick, who was on assignment on Bourbon Street for Look magazine.
French QuarterFamous Door
Promotional image of bounce progenitors TT Tucker and DJ Irv circa 2000.
Bounce Baby Bounce: New Orleans’ Homegrown Hip-Hop Tour
Portrait of Harold Battiste at Piano
All For One: The Mighty Harold Battiste Tour
ILA Hall concert poster from 2003.
Central CityI.L.A. Hall