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Hidden History of Louisiana's Jazz Age

By Sam Irwin
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By Sam Irwin
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Step backstage in this look at little-known and utterly fascinating aspects of Jazz Age Louisiana.

New Orleans’ early jazz greats like Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Kid Ory and Buddy Bolden had fascinating careers, but Hidden History of Louisiana’s Jazz Age is filled with tales of murder, lust and adventure. Clarinetist Joe Darensbourg of Baton Rouge ran away and joined the circus three times before the age of 20. The Martel Band of Opelousas witnessed a legal public hanging of a convi...

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