Filter clear filters
Showing 36 out of results
Swing Out: Great Depression and World War II Tour
French QuarterLyric Theater
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
TremeTreme Community Center
TremeNew Orleans/Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts
TremeMunicipal Auditorium
TremePlace Congo: Armstrong Park Tour
TremeGlobe Hall
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
TremeEarl Palmer's House
Treme-LafitteLouis Prima's Birthplace
Treme-LafitteLafitte Public Housing Development
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
French QuarterDo The Grind: Bourbon Street Tour
Enslaved people dancing in Congo Square
TremeCongo Square
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
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
French Opera House By Night
French QuarterFrench Opera House
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
A.J. Piron (far right) and his band at a gig at Spanish Fort.
LakefrontSpanish Fort
Dooky Chase sign in 2012
TremeDooky Chase Restaurant
TremeWWOZ Treehouse Studio
A brass band plays in Buster Holmes' bar and restaurant
French QuarterBuster Holmes’ Bar and Restaurant
TremePerseverance Masonic Lodge No. 4
French QuarterDixie's Bar of Music
Table card for Poodle's Patio.
French QuarterPoodle's Patio
Al Taylor in the Rosemont Recording Studio with Vernard Johnson.
TremeRosemont Records
French QuarterIvanhoe
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