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Back in the Day

Johnny Dodds’ clarinet ‘seemed to cry, laugh, and lament all at once’

by Tammy C. Barney November 27, 2024December 13, 2024

Johnny Dodds began his musical career as a kid playing clarinet on New Orleans’ streets.

Louis Armstrong, Peter Davis' most famous pupil, in a 1947 photograph wearing a blue suit and playing the trumpet, in front of a yellow background.

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Peter Davis saw something special in young Louis Armstrong

by Tammy C. Barney September 4, 2024September 4, 2024

Campers at the Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Jazz Camp play a tune on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

Local jazz camp helps preserve the musical legacy of New Orleans

by John Gray July 11, 2024January 14, 2025

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Funky Butt Hall: Where Louis Armstrong heard Buddy Bolden play

by Tammy C. Barney July 1, 2024

Colored Waif’s Home founded to keep Black boys out Parish Prison

by Tammy C. Barney June 12, 2024August 13, 2024

Louis Armstrong's Secret 9 baseball team shown in this historic image.

Louis Armstrong had a secret

by Tammy C. Barney June 5, 2024August 13, 2024

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Edward ‘Kid’ Ory: ‘The greatest slideman ever born’

by Tammy C. Barney May 8, 2024June 10, 2024

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This week in history: 1901

by Jerry Mitchell August 4, 2023August 11, 2023

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Celebrating a century of New Orleans jazz giant Sidney Bechet

by Michael White June 6, 2023August 11, 2023