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Looking down Basin Street in Storyville. The famous madams had houses in a line just beyond Tom Anderson’s on the corner.
Storyville
13th Ward
Hurricane Katrina
The Great Depression and World War II
Public Housing
Benevolent Societies / Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs
Louis Armstrong Park
Treme
Music Education
Allen Toussaint mural on North Claiborne Avenue as seen from the beneath the I-10 overpass.
North Claiborne Avenue
South Rampart Street
The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, which made landmark recordings for Okeh Records. Left to right: Armstrong, trumpet, Johnny St. Cyr, banjo; Johnny Dodds, clarinet; Kid Ory, trombone; and Lillian Hardin Armstrong, piano.
Musical Threads in Early Jazz
Street scene from Storyville: the 200 block of Basin Street.
Historical Context of the Development of Jazz