Rain didn’t stop these jazzmen from doing what they do at Jackson Square in New Orleans, 1/13/14
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To Be Continued Brass Band (@TBC_BrassBand) at @BlueNileLive @FrenchmenStreet
Of course, the highlight of the night for me was getting to see my absolute favorite New Orleans brass band, the TBC Brass Band at …
The Young Fellaz Brass Band on Frenchmen Street @FrenchmenStreet
I had no problem finding free legal parking on Esplanade, and when I made the short walk over to Frenchmen Street, I was surprised to …
Lady Jetsetters: From Pop’s House of Blues to Sportsman’s Corner and the End of the Line @StoogesBB
From Pop’s House of Blues, the second-line made its way down Dryades to the corner of Second and Dryades, where it disbanded in a huge …
Lady Jetsetters: From Silky’s to Pop’s House of Blues @StoogesBB
After we left Silky’s, we had a brief unscheduled stop about a block away in front of a boarded-up building, the purpose of which I …
Lady Jetsetters: Footwork on the Roof
It probably doesn’t happen as often as it used to, but the more exuberant second-liners still end up on the roofs of buildings, as a …
Lady Jetsetters: From S & S Club to Silky’s
From the S & S Club, our parade worked its way down sidestreets to a club called Silky’s, where the largest crowd of the afternoon …
Lady Jetsetters: From Tapps II to the S & S Club @StoogesBrassBand
Like most second-lines, the Lady Jetsetters’ parade picked up a lot more people as it made its way down Martin Luther King to a scheduled …
When Second is Number 1(I’m Confused, Too!)
Along the route of the Lady Jetsetters second-line last week was a church whose sign proclaimed it Second Zion Baptist Number One. On an earlier …
Fill ‘Er Up Uptown
Another charming fact about New Orleans is the tendency to run into well-preserved anachronisms everywhere, such as this remarkable 1930’s or 1940’s era service station, …