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Central CitySandpiper Lounge
View from the pews at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, which inspired Mahalia Jackson throughout her life.
UptownMount Moriah Baptist Church
7th WardJeunes Amis Hall / Equity Hall
Benevolent Society / Social Aid & Pleasure Club Tour
N.O. Block Party: Public Housing Tour
7th WardSt. Bernard Public Housing Development
Sidney Bechet mural by MTO viewed looking up North Claiborne Avenue.
7th WardJazz A La Creole: Seventh Ward Tour
French QuarterThe Brass Rail
Upper 9th WardClub Desire
Central CityThe Robin Hood
American Jazz Quintet group photo from 1987
Central CityHayes' Chicken Shack/Vernon's
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
TremeBell Junior High School
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
Earl King on guitar at the Gator Ball in 1980.
Central CityVictor Augustine's Curio Shop
TremeMunicipal Auditorium
TremePlace Congo: Armstrong Park Tour
TremeSan Jacinto Club
Dr. John mural in 2019.
Walk on Guilded Splinters: Dr. John Tour
TremeCaldonia Inn
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
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
Band instructor Yvonne Busch in her uniform from Joseph S. Clark Senior High School.
TremeJoseph S. Clark High School
Treme-LafitteLafitte Public Housing Development
7th WardDanny and Blue Lu Barker's House
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
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
Postcard (c. 1901-1911) with an image of a Mardi Gras parade on Canal Street.
Carnival Time: Mardi Gras Parade Route Tour
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
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
Cosimo Matassa in his studio on Governor Nicholls Street in 1958.
French QuarterCosimo Recording Studios
Central CityMagnolia (C.J. Peete) Public Housing Development
Looking down Royal Street at St. Peter in the heart of the French Quarter.
French QuarterStruttin': French Quarter Walking Tour
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
Preservation Hall postcard circa 1975.
French QuarterPreservation Hall
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
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
Benny Spellman on stage
UptownValencia Hall
Monk Boudreaux
Central CityH&R Bar
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
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
Jazz Funeral led by the Tambourine & Fan Club, circa 1977.
TremeCharbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home
Mid-CityHolt Cemetery
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
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
Gram Parsons' grave in 2015.
MetairieGram Parsons' Grave
The John Robichaux Orchestra.
7th WardFrancs Amis Hall
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)
The Unione Italiana building in 2017.
French QuarterUnione Italiana (aka Italian Hall)
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
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
French QuarterIvanhoe
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
Upper 9th WardMardi Gras Bowl
ILA Hall concert poster from 2003.
Central CityI.L.A. Hall