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Louis Armstrong’s Halloween Magic: How a Ten-Hour Visit to his Hometown Conjured up Change
Ten years after Louisiana’s Jim Crow laws led Armstrong to swear off performing in New Orleans, a committee from the city’s nascent jazz museum convinced him to return for a ground-breaking concert – one that helped pave the way for change.
– by Bethany Ewald Bultman
Danny Barker and the Early Years of the New Orleans Jazz Museum
A noted French Quarter musician embarks on a mission to preserve traditional jazz - leaning in to New Orleans’ gritty local history to do it.
– by Bethany Ewald Bultman
Danny Barker Fest + St. Joseph’s Celebration
Folks attending the three-day Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival at the Jazz Museum this year had the happy option of popping over to the adjacent French Market on Saturday for a St. Joseph’s Day Celebration.
- photos by Melanie Cole and Ellis Anderson