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The Jazz Corner of the World

Treme, recently famous due to an HBO television series, deserves to be famous for other things. It is said to be the oldest Black neighborhood in America, and is most likely the neighborhood where jazz music was born.

The Men of Class Second-Line Uptown

The Men of Class second-line works its way through Uptown to Joe’s House of Blues at Seventh and Dryades. This neighborhood bar is known as a venue for Mardi Gras Indian practices, and also has the occasional live blues or soul band. 10/21/12

Second-Lining on the Scaffold

#212 Men of Class Second Line 2012 (by John Shaw)

You could say this dancer took his second-lining to new heights when he climbed up on the scaffolding of a pumping station being remodeled on Broad Street in Uptown New Orleans. The Stooges Brass Band are providing the groove, 10/21/12