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Central CitySandpiper Lounge
GentillyPeaches Records
Upper 9th WardClub Rumors / Club Discovery
GentillyThe Big Easy
New Orleans EastClub Whispers
Central Business DistrictCash Money Records Office
HollygroveOdyssey Records
UptownMahalia Jackson's birthplace
UptownThe Boswell Sisters' house
Central CitySoulja Slim mural / Big Man Lounge
View from the pews at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, which inspired Mahalia Jackson throughout her life.
UptownMount Moriah Baptist Church
French QuarterLyric Theater
7th WardJeunes Amis Hall / Equity Hall
7th WardSt. Bernard Public Housing Development
TremeEconomy Hall
French QuarterThe Brass Rail
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
TremeJohn McDonogh High School
Central Business DistrictFisk School
TremeCraig Elementary School
7th WardHunter's Field
TremeBell Junior High School
TremeTreme Community Center
TremeNew Orleans/Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts
Marigny5th Ward Weebie Mural
Central CityClub Tiajuana
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
Earl King on guitar at the Gator Ball in 1980.
Central CityVictor Augustine's Curio Shop
TremeMunicipal Auditorium
TremeGlobe Hall
TremeSan Jacinto Club
Dr. John mural in 2019.
Central CityDr. John Mural
TremeCaldonia Inn
TremeTreme's Petit Jazz Museum
TremeGypsy Tea Room
MarignyJames Booker Mural
MarignySecond Line Mural on St. Claude
MarignyBig Freedia Mural
7th WardSidney Bechet Mural
7th WardAllen Toussaint Mural
TremeTravis "Trumpet Black" Hill 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
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
Alex Chilton fronting a Big Star reunion show in London in 2009.
TremeAlex Chilton's Apartment
7th WardLeroy Jones' Garage
7th WardDanny and Blue Lu Barker's House
The Meters at Jazz Fest.
GentillyThe Fair Grounds
The great Eddie Bo (1930-2009) and Al Scramuzza, owner of Scram Records, in the corner of Cosimo's studio on Camp Street in July 1968.
GentillySeafood City
From 2010, members of the Hot 8 Brass Band, including leader Bennie Pete on sousaphone, outside of the Autocrat Club.
7th WardThe Autocrat Club
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
LakeviewCity Park Stadium/Tad Gormley Stadium
St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 in 2007.
Mid-CitySt. Louis Cemetery No. 3
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
Enslaved people dancing in Congo Square
TremeCongo Square
Patsy Vidalia and Bobby Marchanonstage at the Dew Drop.
Central CityDew Drop Inn
Louis Armstrong in 1955.
Central Business DistrictKarnofsky Shop and Residence
Cosimo Matassa in his studio on Governor Nicholls Street in 1958.
French QuarterCosimo Recording Studios
Looking down Basin Street in Storyville. The famous madams had houses in a line just beyond Tom Anderson’s on the corner.
TremeStoryville
Allen Toussaint outside Sea-Saint Recording Studio
GentillySea-Saint Studio
Central CityMagnolia (C.J. Peete) Public Housing Development
7th WardJelly Roll Morton’s House
UptownTipitina's
French QuarterThe Dream Room
Central Business DistrictEagle Saloon / Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall
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
Buddy Bolden's house in 2016.
Central CityCharles “Buddy” Bolden’s House
Central Business DistrictDownbeat Club
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
Funky Butt Hall in 1946.
Central Business DistrictUnion Sons Hall (aka Funky Butt Hall)
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
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
Al Hirt postcard circa 1965.
French QuarterAl Hirt's Club
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, 1923.
Central CityJoe “King” Oliver’s House
Benny Spellman on stage
UptownValencia Hall
Baby Dolls posing in New Orleans 1942
TremeBackstreet Cultural Museum
A.J. Piron (far right) and his band at a gig at Spanish Fort.
LakefrontSpanish Fort
Monk Boudreaux
Central CityH&R Bar
Louis Armstrong's boyhood home on Jane Alley.
Mid-CityLouis Armstrong's Birthplace
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
Mid-CityGermania Hall
Central CityBooker T. Washington High School Auditorium
Perseverance Society Hall in 2017.
7th WardPerseverance Society Hall
The House of Dance and Feathers hosts a group of students in 2011.
Lower 9th WardThe House of Dance and Feathers
Central CityEdward “Kid” Ory’s House
Cosimo Matassa and the band Chocolate Milk - ‘Live from Jazz City’ broadcast.
Warehouse DistrictJazz City Studio
Mural of Buddy Bolden and band painted in 2018 by Brandan "BMike" Odums seen here in 2019.
Central Business DistrictLittle Gem Saloon and Buddy Bolden Mural
Allman Brothers and Crowd at The Warehouse
Lower Garden DistrictThe Warehouse
Papa Jack Laine and his band cut up on a trip to Alexandria, Louisiana.
MarignyGeorge Vetiala “Papa Jack” Laine’s House
Piron Williams Band: Clarence Williams seated in front; behind him from left to right are Ernest Trepagnier, drums; Armand Piron, violin; Tom Benton, banjo; Johnny St. Cyr, banjo; standing in the back, from left to right, are Jimmy Noone, clarinet; William "Baba" Ridgley, trombone; Oscar Celestin, cornet; and John Lindsay, bass.
Central Business DistrictRed Onion
Central Business DistrictMorris Music
In 1931, when he was an international star, Armstrong visited the boys' home where he'd been sentenced to stay as a child.
Mid-CityColored Waifs Home for Boys
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
Jazz Funeral led by the Tambourine & Fan Club, circa 1977.
TremeCharbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home
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
West End Hotel with chairs for the bandstand set up to the left.
LakeviewWest End
A brass band plays in Buster Holmes' bar and restaurant
French QuarterBuster Holmes’ Bar and Restaurant
The only known photograph of Charles "Buddy" Bolden. He is standing next to the string bass.
Gert TownLincoln and Johnson Parks
HollygroveGhost Town
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
Inseparable Friends Hall in 2017. Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home at the Claiborne overpass in the background.
TremeSociety of Inseparable Friends Hall
Ruins of Lincoln Beach in 2006.
New Orleans EastLincoln Beach
TremePerseverance Masonic Lodge No. 4
Etoile Polaire Lodge in 2017.
7th WardEtoile Polaire (Polar Star) Lodge No. 1
Alvin "Red" Tyler.
Central CityMason's Las Vegas Strip
The Hackenjos Music Company building in 2017.
Central Business DistrictHackenjos Music Company
Gram Parsons' grave in 2015.
MetairieGram Parsons' Grave
The John Robichaux Orchestra.
7th WardFrancs Amis Hall
Tuba Fats Square painted mural in 2012
TremeTuba Fats Square
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
Original Dixieland Jazz Band publicity photo.
Irish ChannelNick LaRocca’s House
Central CityA.L. Davis Park (aka Shakespeare Park)
Mr. H. Fichtenburg's Alamo Theatre ca. 1928.
French QuarterAlamo and No Name Theaters
Harold Battiste and Art Neville at Specialty Records’ New Orleans office circa 1957
7th WardSpecialty Records Branch Office
The Unione Italiana building in 2017.
French QuarterUnione Italiana (aka Italian Hall)
Danny Barker performing in Woldenberg Park circa 1991.
French QuarterJunius Hart Piano House and Alamo Dance Hall
Eddie Bo at his club Check Your Bucket in New Orleans, 2004.
Warehouse DistrictGrunewald School of Music
Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Tony Sbarbaro [Spargo], drums; Eddie Edwards, trombone; Larry Shields, clarinet; Nick LaRocca, cornet and leader; and Henry Ragas, piano.
St. RochWoodmen of the World Hall
Jesuit alumnus Harry Connick, Jr. on stage with one of his piano teachers, the virtuoso James Booker.
Mid-CityJesuit High School
Jules Cahn black and white photo of tuba fats
TremeAnthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen's House
Site of Lusitania Dance Hall in 2017, now United Hardware.
MarignyLusitania Dance Hall/New Lusitanos Benevolent Association
Irma Thomas on stage.
UptownF&M Patio
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
View of Gallatin Street in the 1930s, shortly before demolition.
French QuarterGallatin Street
WWOZ Cuttin' Class series with Dolores T. Aaron Academy, led by Andy Bower in studio on April 18, 2017.
French QuarterWWOZ French Market Studio
The Elks Lodge building in 2017.
Central Business DistrictElks Lodge No. 30
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
Upper 9th WardMardi Gras Bowl
ILA Hall concert poster from 2003.
Central CityI.L.A. Hall
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