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Exchange Alley at Canal Street

By Charles Chamberlain
This block on Canal street was the hangout spot for non-union white jazz musicians and the site where the Original Dixieland Jazz Band was discovered in 1915.

Louis Armstrong Park

By Alahna Moore & Charles Chamberlain
Armstrong Park honors the local jazz legend and features public art works and historic sites related to the earliest development of jazz in New Orleans..

The Lyric Theatre

By Brennon Slieff, Kathy Bradshaw, Courtney Carver & Charles Chamberlain
New Orleans' largest African American vaudeville theater in the 1920s hosted many jazz, blues and vaudeville stars, and featured the John Robichaux Orchestra.

The Tango Belt

By Brennon Slieff, Kathy Bradshaw, Courtney Carver & Charles Chamberlain
This entertainment district in the Upper French Quarter was a center of music and theater performance in the 1920s for both black and white patrons.

Storyville District

By Helen Bouzon , Jessica Jennings & Charles Chamberlain
A legalized prostitution district associated with the early development of New Orleans-style jazz existed from 1897-1917. Romanticized by early historians as the birth-place of jazz, this red-light…

The Eagle Saloon

By Joseph Cripple, Mindy Jarrett & Charles Chamberlain
As the site of Buddy Bolden performances and Louis Armstrong's youth, the Eagle Saloon is one of the most significant early jazz landmarks still remaining in New Orleans.

The Iroquois Theater

By Joseph Cripple, Mindy Jarrett & Charles Chamberlain
Louis Armstrong won a talent show as a youth after dipping his face in flour and performing at The Iroquois Theater.

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