New Atlantis : musicians battle for the survival of New Orleans / John Swenson.
Swenson, John.
2011
ML3917.U6 S94 2011 (Mapit)
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Title New Atlantis : musicians battle for the survival of New Orleans / John Swenson.
Author Swenson, John.
ISBN 9780199754526
0199754527
Publication Details New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Language English
Description viii, 284 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number ML3917.U6 S94 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 780.9763/35
Summary "Packed with indelible portraits of individual artist, informed by Swenson's encyclopedic knowledge of the city's unique and varied music scene--which includes jazz, R&B, brass band, rock, and hip hop--New Atlantis is a stirring chronicle of the valiant efforts to preserve the culture that gives New Orleans its grace and magic" --Dust jacket flap.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Voice of the wetlands
African Americans and Indians
The Constantinople of the New World
Sad night in Jackson Square
Return of the spirits
Let it go
Don't let them wash us away
Reality check
Don't take my picture
Musicians strike back at violence
I am New Orleans
Shorty on the block
The Armstrong legacy
Cold in the trailer
If I can help somebody
Baghdad on the Mississippi
Brown baby dead in the water
On the fringes
City that care forgot
Wild and free
Saving at the bank of soul
It ain't just the suit
Bourbon Street blues
Snooks flies away
Ghosts of traditional jazz
New blood
Jazz fest turns 40
New Atlantis
Mcdermott's duets
Cyril's nightmare
The wizard of Piety Street
Blues come down like rain
Cyril comes full circle
Marching in.

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