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In 2010, to mark the 5th anniversary of the Katrina disaster, we went way way back to honor New Orleans as the unique American treasure it is. This program tells the story of how jazz emerged in the context of all the other African American musics that proliferated in late 19th and early 20th century New Orleans: blues, ragtime, Mardi Gras Indian music, vaudeville and minstrelsy, spiritual church music, and more. With our guides Bruce Boyd Raeburn and Lynn Abbott, we'll comb through a vast world of interviews, recorded music, photographs, ephemera, and curatorial knowledge at one of the great American music collections, the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University. Produced by Ned Sublette.
John H. Lawrence, Director of Museum Programs at the Historic New Orleans Collection introduces Bruce Boyd Raeburn. Raeburn is a Curator at the Tulane University’s Hogan Jazz Archive and plays the drums. He presents Reflections of Bechet, A New Orleans Jazz Original: The Man and the Music. Recorded in 2012.
Alfred E. Lemmon, Director of the Williams Research Center at the Historic New Orleans Collection introduces Barry Martyn with Bruce Boyd Raeburn. Martyn is a drummer originally from England who has ties to New Orleans. Raeburn is a Curator at the Tulane University’s Hogan Jazz Archive and plays the drums. Martyn and Raeburn present Drumming New Orleans Style. Recorded in 2001.
John H. Lawrence, Director of Museum Programs at the Historic New Orleans Collection introduces Bruce Boyd Raeburn. Raeburn is a Curator at the Tulane University’s Hogan Jazz Archive and plays the drums. He presents Reflections of Bechet, A New Orleans Jazz Original: The Man and the Music. Recorded in 2012.
Bruce Boyd Raeburn joins Alyn Shipton to select some unusual examples of the original works of his jazz bandleader father, Boyd Raeburn.