Jazz was born in New Orleans, right? Well, it depends on who you ask. This week on The New Jazz Archive, we get to the bottom of that question with an updated tour of the sites and sounds of New Orleans jazz as we continue our series on America's great jazz cities. We’ll talk with jazz historian Bruce Raeburn about the birth of jazz in New Orleans in the early twentieth century, and get to know the raucous New Orleans parade tradition that is Second Line. And we’ll welcome back our favorite Louis Armstrong historian Ricky Riccardi to the show to talk about Satchmo’s wild and woolly years growing up on the streets of the Crescent City, and explore how Hurricane Katrina has reshaped the New Orleans jazz scene.
Great Jazz Cities: New Orleans
Joseph Crachiola