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Places

Mahalia Jackson’s birthplace

The Boswell Sisters’ house

Soulja Slim mural / Big Man Lounge

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Jeunes Amis Hall / Equity Hall

St. Bernard Public Housing Development

Rhythm Club/Club Rocket

Foster’s Hotel

Hayes’ Chicken Shack/Vernon’s

Candlelight Lounge/Grease Lounge

John Mcdonogh High School

Craig Elementary School

Hunter’s Field

Bell Junior High School

Treme Community Center

New Orleans/Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts

5th Ward Weebie Mural

Calliope (B.W. Cooper) Public Housing Development

The Glass House

Victor Augustine’s Curio Shop

Municipal Auditorium

San Jacinto Club

Treme’s Petit Jazz Museum

James Booker Mural

Second Line Mural on St. Claude

Big Freedia Mural

Sidney Bechet Mural

Allen Toussaint Mural

Travis “Trumpet Black” Hill Mural

Earl Palmer’s House

St. Louis Cemetery No. 2

Frisco Records Office

Houston’s School of Music

Louis Prima’s Birthplace

Joseph S. Clark High School

Donald Harrison, Sr. Museum

Lafitte Public Housing Development

Alex Chilton’s Apartment

Leroy Jones’ Garage

Danny and Blue Lu Barker’s House

The Fair Grounds

The Autocrat Club

Dorothy’s Medallion Lounge

City Park Stadium/Tad Gormley Stadium

St. Louis Cemetery No. 3

Fats Domino’s House

Karnofsky Shop and Residence

Cosimo Recording Studios

Sea-Saint Studio

Magnolia (C.J. Peete) Public Housing Development

Jelly Roll Morton’s House

Eagle Saloon / Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall

Preservation Hall

J&M Recording Studio

Charles “Buddy” Bolden’s House

New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint

Ernie K-Doe’s Mother-in-Law Lounge

Union Sons Hall (aka Funky Butt Hall)

French Opera House

All For One (AFO) Records Office

Iroquois Theater

Al Hirt’s Club

Joe “King” Oliver’s House

Backstreet Cultural Museum

Louis Armstrong’s Birthplace

Werlein’s Music Store

Dooky Chase Restaurant

Booker T. Washington High School Auditorium

Perseverance Society Hall

The House of Dance and Feathers

Edward “Kid” Ory’s House

Jazz City Studio

Little Gem Saloon and Buddy Bolden Mural

George Vetiala “Papa Jack” Laine’s House

Colored Waifs Home for Boys

WWOZ Treehouse Studio

Joe’s Cozy Corner

Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home

Newton’s/Guitar Joe’s House of Blues/Portside Lounge

Buster Holmes’ Bar and Restaurant

Lincoln and Johnson Parks

Frank Early’s My Place Saloon

Piety Street Recording

Society of Inseparable Friends Hall

Perseverance Masonic Lodge No. 4

Etoile Polaire (Polar Star) Lodge No. 1

Mason’s Las Vegas Strip

Hackenjos Music Company

Gram Parsons’ Grave

Francs Amis Hall

Tuba Fats Square

McDonogh #35 High School

Dixie’s Bar of Music

Nick LaRocca’s House

A.L. Davis Park (aka Shakespeare Park)

Alamo and No Name Theaters

Specialty Records Branch Office

Unione Italiana (aka Italian Hall)

Junius Hart Piano House and Alamo Dance Hall

Grunewald School of Music

Woodmen of the World Hall

Jesuit High School

Anthony “Tuba Fats” Lacen’s House

Lusitania Dance Hall/New Lusitanos Benevolent Association

One Stop Record Shop

Mardi Gras Lounge

Poodle’s Patio

Rosemont Records

Gallatin Street

WWOZ French Market Studio

Elks Lodge No. 30

Mardi Gras Bowl

Tours

Swing Out: Great Depression and World War II Tour

Benevolent Society / Social Aid & Pleasure Club Tour

N.O. Block Party: Public Housing Tour

Bring ’em to the Dome: Music History by the Superdome Tour

Jazz A La Creole: Seventh Ward Tour

Good Rocking Tonight: Rock ‘n’ Roll Roots in New Orleans Tour

Walking ‘Round in the Sixth Ward: Treme Tour

What’s the Name of your School?: Music Education Tour

Bout It Bout It: Central City Tour

Place Congo: Armstrong Park Tour

Walk on Guilded Splinters: Dr. John Tour

Did You Saw What I Heard?: Music Murals Tour

Deep Cuts: Tour the Hidden Gems of New Orleans Music History

Under the Bridge: Treme/7th Ward Festival Tour

Jazz Fest Tour: Heritage Sites Near the Fair Grounds

Claiborne Street Is Rockin’: North Claiborne Avenue Tour

French Quarter Fest Tour: Sites near the Stages

Let’s Go Get ‘Em: Uptown Super Sunday Tour

Do The Grind: Bourbon Street Tour

Carnival Time: Mardi Gras Parade Route Tour

The Harlem of New Orleans: South Rampart Street Tour

Struttin’: French Quarter Walking Tour

Back o’ Town Blues: Louis Armstrong in New Orleans Tour

Feel So Good: Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans 1940 to 1970 Tour

High Society Rag: the First Venues for Jazz Tour

Sew, Sew, Sew: The Music, Dance, and Suits of the Mardi Gras Indians Tour

Take It To The Street: Brass Bands in New Orleans After 1980 Tour

Tin Roof Blues: Homes of Early Jazz Bandleaders Tour

Bounce Baby Bounce: New Orleans’ Homegrown Hip-Hop Tour

All For One: The Mighty Harold Battiste Tour

Dances

Historical Context

The Great Depression and World War II

Benevolent Societies / Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs

Louis Armstrong Park

Music Education

North Claiborne Avenue

South Rampart Street

The Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll

Musical Threads in Early Jazz

Historical Context of the Development of Jazz

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