Bibliograph

Hidden history of Louisiana's Jazz Age, Sam Irwin; foreword by Ricky Riccardi

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Hidden history of Louisiana's Jazz Age, Sam Irwin; foreword by Ricky Riccardi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hidden history of Louisiana's Jazz Age

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1337924686

Responsibility statement

Sam Irwin; foreword by Ricky Riccardi

Summary

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 convicted serial murderer in 1923 Evangeline Parish. Trumpeter Evan Thomas of Crowley could have been a rival to Satchmo but was cut down on the bandstand in the Promised Land neighborhood of Rayne, La. Author Sam Irwin explores the odd and quirky in these fascinating stories of the Roaring Twenties

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