 Lady Jetsetters Marching Club, Central City New Orleans. Stooges Brass Band. Image by Flickr photographer dsb nola / Derek Bridges, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY 2.0 |
New Orleans Stompers And SingersMusic of New Orleans Music of New Orleans Jazz music See also: New Orleans § Entertainment and performing arts, Culture of New Orleans § Music, and Zydeco The music of New Orleans assumes various styles of music which have often borrowed from earlier traditions. New Orleans is especially known for its strong association with jazz music, universally considered to be the birthplace of the genre. The earliest form was dixieland, which has sometimes been called traditional jazz, 'New Orleans', or 'New Orleans jazz'. However, the tradition of jazz in New Orleans has taken on various forms that have either branched out from original dixieland or taken entirely different paths altogether. New Orleans has also been a prominent center of funk,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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