Jazz

This site stands in the area long called the birthplace of jazz, a part of Back-of-Town that in the early years of the twentieth century was a center of social clubs, saloons, honky-tonks, bakeries, pawn shops, and barber shops where musicians met. On this block facing Perdido Street stood the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club. Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Bunk Johnson, and many others played in these clubs, as did Buddy Bolden, who with his band played a major role in the development of jazz.

New Orleans, Louisiana · United States