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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
12th WardWalter L. Cohen High School
13th WardIdris Muhammad's apartment
UptownThe Nite Cap
GentillyPeaches Records
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
Upper 9th WardClub Desire
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
TremeJohn McDonogh High School
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
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the Glass House in 1982.
Central CityThe Glass House
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 WardSidney Bechet Mural
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
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
Treme-LafitteLouis Prima's Birthplace
Band instructor Yvonne Busch in her uniform from Joseph S. Clark Senior High School.
TremeJoseph S. Clark High School
Upper 9th WardDonald Harrison, Sr. Museum
Treme-LafitteLafitte Public Housing Development
7th WardDanny and Blue Lu Barker's House
The Meters at Jazz Fest.
GentillyThe Fair Grounds
From 2010, members of the Hot 8 Brass Band, including leader Bennie Pete on sousaphone, outside of the Autocrat Club.
7th WardThe Autocrat Club
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
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
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
An iconic early portrait of Armstrong, which shows the impression the cornet made on his upper lip.
Back o’ Town Blues: Louis Armstrong in New Orleans 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
Preservation Hall postcard circa 1975.
French QuarterPreservation Hall
Though the space is now a Laundromat, the entrance to J&M Music Shop and Studio remains.
French QuarterJ&M Recording Studio
The Astoria in 1956.
Central Business DistrictAstoria Hotel
The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the old U.S. Mint.
French QuarterNew Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint
7th WardErnie K-Doe's Mother-in-Law Lounge
black and white photo of Battiste and Tami Lynn performing on stage
TremeAll For One (AFO) Records Office
Al Hirt postcard circa 1965.
French QuarterAl Hirt's Club
The Werlein's sign on Canal Street, which outlasted the store itself.
French QuarterWerlein's Music Store
Dooky Chase sign in 2012
TremeDooky Chase Restaurant
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
A brass band plays in Buster Holmes' bar and restaurant
French QuarterBuster Holmes’ Bar and Restaurant
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
The Mcdonough 35 school orchestra from 1927-1928, under Osceola Blanchet (at right).
Central Business DistrictMcDonogh #35 High School
French QuarterDixie's Bar of Music
French QuarterSho Bar
Central CityA.L. Davis Park (aka Shakespeare Park)
Eddie Bo at his club Check Your Bucket in New Orleans, 2004.
Warehouse DistrictGrunewald School of Music
Jesuit alumnus Harry Connick, Jr. on stage with one of his piano teachers, the virtuoso James Booker.
Mid-CityJesuit High School
French QuarterPaddock Lounge
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
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