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Tag: jazz

Krewe of Zeitoun, the walking krewe that's part of NOLA Musicians for Palestine, performs and marches through the Marigny on Monday, March 3, 2025.
Posted inHistory

NOLA Musicians for Palestine part of legacy of musical resistance in New Orleans

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson June 2, 2025June 2, 2025

Dating back as far as the 1700s, people in New Orleans have been using music to challenge oppression.

Billie Goodson Pierce is playing the piano with her husband, trumpeter De De Pierce, in the background.
Posted inBack in the Day

Billie and Dede Pierce hold a special place in jazz history

by Tammy C. Barney March 7, 2025March 6, 2025
Louis Armstrong's Secret 9 baseball team shown in this historic image.
Posted inCulture

Louis Armstrong had a secret

by Tammy C. Barney June 5, 2024August 13, 2024
Posted inCulture

This week in history: Achille Joseph Baquet dies

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker November 21, 2023June 10, 2024
Posted inCulture

This week in history: Musician Ellis Marsalis Jr. was born

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker November 13, 2023June 10, 2024
Posted inCulture

This week in history: Alphonse Picou is born

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker October 18, 2023October 18, 2023
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Celebrating a century of New Orleans jazz giant Sidney Bechet

dr.-michael-white by Michael White June 6, 2023August 11, 2023
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band made history with its 1923 recordings.
Posted inCulture

Jazz Fest celebrates the centennial of King Oliver’s 1923 Creole Jazz Band recordings 

dr.-michael-white by Michael White April 25, 2023June 10, 2024
Preservation Hall performance by Camille Lenain.jpg
Posted inCulture

Freedom sounds: Musicians helped a movement overcome racial injustice

Nigell Moses, fellow by Nigell Moses February 22, 2023June 10, 2024
Louis Armstrong
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New Orleans jazz: ‘visibility to the invisible, a voice to those silenced, respect to the disrespected’

dr.-michael-white by Michael White February 13, 2023June 10, 2024
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