Panel 2 Often referred to as "the first man of jazz,” Charles Bolden began his musical career playing in string bands before
switching to cornet and forming his own band in 1895.
As was his tendency to play hot and loud, Bolden . . . — — Map (db m189068) HM
Panel 2 Born into an Afro-French household as Ferdinand Joseph
Lamothe, pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and arranger Jelly Roll
Morton is widely recognized as the first great composer in the
history of jazz. His early musical experiences in . . . — — Map (db m199674) HM
Panel 3 The son of a Baptist preacher, Joseph Oliver was born in Abend,
Louisiana. He came to New Orleans about 1900 and began
working as a cornetist several years later. Oliver's rise to
prominence was based on his ability with mutes. Was . . . — — Map (db m199711) HM
Panel 2 Trumpeter Oscar Celestin was born in Napoleonville, Louisiana,
and came to New Orleans to work with the brass bands after he
turned twenty-one. He organized a group of his own in 1910
but was also involved with projects on the side, such . . . — — Map (db m189325) HM
On Homer Street near Brooklyn Avenue. Reported damaged.
Panel 2 MISSING Panel 3 Jack Laine on drums, Jules Reiner-Piano, Herman Ragas-Brass. Seated on piano Alfred Laine, George Brunies, Charlie Cordella. "Papa" Laine interviewed by Richard B. Allen at a College Jazz Lecture on April 30, 1964. Panel 4 . . . — — Map (db m199704) HM
Panel 2 The son of a policeman, Alois Maxwell Hirt made his musical
debut at the Saenger Theater at age six with the Junior Police
Band. He gained a reputation as a prodigy on the classics,
but his first professional job was playing at the . . . — — Map (db m189328) HM
On Morgan Street north of Bermuda Street, on the left when traveling north.
Erected in 1896 To replace the Duverjé Plantation House which served as the courthouse from 1866 until it burned in the great Algiers Fire of 1895.Barthelmy Duverjé acquired title to the Plantation in 1805 and in 1842 the property was subdivided . . . — — Map (db m116882) HM
Near Morgan Street near Bouny Street, on the right when traveling north.
Andre Seguin built the first dry dock in Algiers in 1819 on land purchased from Barthelemy Duverjé. As the City did not want ship building and repair businesses on their side of the river, those businesses blossomed along this side of the river, . . . — — Map (db m116923) HM
On Newton Street west of Nunez Street, on the right when traveling west.
Henry Allen (1871-1952) trumpet player and
bandleader, and Henry "Red” Allen, Jr.,
(1906-1967), trumpet player, singer and
bandleader, lived here at 414 Newton Street
from 1906 until 1917. Henry Allen led the
Allen Brass Band an . . . — — Map (db m160931) HM
On Verret Street north of Homer Street, on the left when traveling north.
Henry Allen (1871-1952), trumpet player & bandleader, and Henry “Red” Allen, Jr. (1906-1967), trumpet player, singer, & bandleader, lived here at 921 Verret Street from 1918 until 1922. Henry Allen led the Allen Brass Band-- an . . . — — Map (db m163561) HM
On Delaronde Street east of Lavergne Street, on the right when traveling east.
Norman Brownlee (1896-1967), pianist, bandleader, instrument salesman, & Musicians’ Union official, lived here at 407 Delaronde Street from 1912 until 1922. He led his own Brownlee’s Orchestra from 1920 to 1930, which included Emmet Hardy, Arthur . . . — — Map (db m162898) HM
Near Bounty Street near Delaronde Street, on the left.
Panel 1 Danny Barker and Louise Dupont were married in 1930 and moved to New York. "Blue Lu" Barker spent a decade recording for Decca, Apollo and Capitol, specializing in the blues and saucy songs such as her husband's "Don't You Make Me High" and . . . — — Map (db m163873) HM
Dolly Marie Douroux Adams (1904-1979) was one of the few
women instrumentalists in the male-dominated early jazz scene.
The daughter of Olivia Manetta and Louis Douroux, she
played piano as well as bass, drums, guitar, and trumpet.
Adams began . . . — — Map (db m191602) HM
Near Morgan Street, on the right when traveling north.
Algiers Point evolved from the plantation of Barthelemy Duverjé. The Duverjé home was built c. 1812-16, and served as the Algiers Courthouse from 1866. It was destroyed by the Great Fire of Algiers in 1895 and replaced by the current structure in . . . — — Map (db m117057) HM
Panel 2 Born in LaPlace, Louisiana, trombonist Edward Ory began his
musical career at age ten. He moved to New Orleans on his
twenty-first birthday and quickly established himself as a
successor to Buddy Bolden. While Bolden's band . . . — — Map (db m200150) HM
In the 1720s, at a spot of land now eroded by the river, stood the barracks where enslaved Africans from the Senegal-Gambia region, were held before being ferried across the river to the slave auctions. Early Algiers Point was also the home of the . . . — — Map (db m116900) HM
Panel 2
The Original Creole Band Before recordings spread the New Orleans jazz sound throughout
the nation and abroad in 1917, a number of New Orleans musicians
had already brought the city's special style of instrumental
ragtime to audiences . . . — — Map (db m199687) HM
On Morgan Street north of Bermuda Street, on the left when traveling north.
Emmet Hardy (1903-1925), cornetist and machinist, lived here at 237 Morgan Street from 1920-1923. He played in Brownlee’s Orchestra, the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, and in small groups with violinist Oscar Marcour, the Boswell Sisters, and drummer . . . — — Map (db m162765) HM
Panel 2 Henry Allen grw up right here in Algiers. As a boy, he heard Louis Armstrong and his father's band. He would learn to play trumpet in that same band. After playing in various New Orleans groups, he joined the King Oliver Band. They toured . . . — — Map (db m189159) HM
On Bouny Street north of Morgan Street, on the right when traveling north.
Algiers, established in 1719, is the second oldest neighborhood in New Orleans. Originally called the "King's Plantation," it was first used as the location for the city's powder magazine, a holding area for the newly arrived African slaves, and . . . — — Map (db m116901) HM
Panel 1 • Willie J. 1900-1994 • Willie E. 1880-1964 • Percy 1900-1995 • Earl 1902-1971 • James 1859-1937 Panel 2 One of the factors that make the music scene in New Orleans so
special is the presence of musical dynasties, families that . . . — — Map (db m191333) HM
Near Bounty Street near Delaronde Street when traveling north.
Panel 1 During his early years in New Orleans Louis Armstrong drew
upon the entire spectrum of music associated with the city. He
spent time following Joe Oliver in the "second lines” which
accompanied brass bands. By the time he was . . . — — Map (db m160939) HM
On Bouny Street north of Morgan Street, on the right when traveling north.
Louis Armstrong, adoringly referred to as “Satchmo," was born August 4, 1901, but chose to celebrate his birthday on July 4th,America's Independence Day. He was the first important jazz soloist and became its most influential musician. As a . . . — — Map (db m116892) HM
Panel 2 Trumpeter Louis Prima can best be described as an American
music original. In a career spanning fifty years, he was one of
the very few jazz musicians to keep abreast of stylistic changes
in popular music, going from jazz, to swing, to . . . — — Map (db m200149) HM
On Alix Street east of Seguin Street, on the right when traveling east.
Manuel “Fess” Manetta (1889-1969), pianist, violinist, trombonist, trumpeter, saxophonist, and teacher, lived here at 331 Alix Street from 1913 until 1923. He played in bands with Buddy Bolden, Frank Duson, Edward Clem, Tom Albert, Papa . . . — — Map (db m163269) HM
Manuel Manetta (1889-1969) was a versatile musician and music
teacher who played piano, violin, guitar, mandolin, string bass
trumpet, clarinet, and saxophone. As a Creole of Color whose
Sicilian grandfather was a portrait painter, Manetta began . . . — — Map (db m191601) HM
On Opelousas Avenue east of Teche Street, on the right when traveling east.
Oscar J. Marcour (1895-1956), violinist and bandleader, lived here at 431 Opelousas Ave from 1917 to 1919. He played with the Jules Bauduc Orchestra at the Silver Slipper, made and Edison Dictaphone recording c. 1918-1919 at pianist Norman . . . — — Map (db m160934) HM
Panel 2 The phonograph was the medium that took New Orleans jazz from
the city's streets and dance halls to the attention of the world.
Despite the early travels of New Orleans musicians, it was the
Original Dixieland Jass Band's recordings in . . . — — Map (db m199710) HM
Once connected by a mule-drawn streetcar, Algiers and Gretna are now linked by this path of history. Follow the markers along the "Right Bank of the Mississippi River" to historic downtown Gretna, as many have done since the 1800's. — — Map (db m160913) HM
Panel 2 Sidney Bechet may have been the first New Orleans jazz musician to go beyond the early ensemble format into solo improvisation. He
established a reputation as a child prodigy working his way through
the best dance bands in town. . . . — — Map (db m189061) HM
Panel 2 Although the Boswell Sisters will forever be associated with New
Orleans,-they were born elsewhere. Martha and Constance were
born in Kansas City, Missouri, and Helvetia was born in
Birmingham, Alabama. Their father, who had been in . . . — — Map (db m189157) HM
Near Patterson Road near Bermuda Street, on the right when traveling north.
In the early morning hours of October 20th, 1895, on the 300 block of Morgan St., near the corner of Bermuda St., a fire started that would eventually destroy about 200 homes and businesses in ten blocks between Morgan, Lavergne, Alix and Powder . . . — — Map (db m116888) HM
Near Patterson Street, 0.2 miles south of Hendee Street.
Although this land was purchased by the U.S. Government from Jean P. Dupiere in 1849 as a proposed Navy Yard, a U.S. Naval Station was not formally established here until 1901 when a dry dock arrived. More land was purchased from the Olivier, . . . — — Map (db m129683) HM
On Morgan Street west of Bermuda Street, on the left when traveling west.
The transatlantic slave trade to Louisiana began in 1718, with the first of two ships bringing African captives to the region in 1719. The first ship to arrive at this site was the Expedition, which landed 91 enslaved people, most from the . . . — — Map (db m157916) HM
On Vallette Street north of Homer Street, on the left when traveling north.
“Kid” Thomas Valentine (1897-1987), trumpeter and bandleader, lived here at 825 Vallette Street in 1928. Born in Reserve, LA he moved to Algiers in 1923. He played at Speck’s Moulin Rouge in Marrero and Fireman’s Hall in Westwego in the . . . — — Map (db m161017) HM
On Patterson Drive north of Chelsea Street, on the right when traveling north.
Here on the Jourdan Plantation American Forces under General David Morgan defended the west side of the Mississippi River while General Andrew Jackson defended the east side on January 8, 1815. The War of 1812 ended with the American victory in . . . — — Map (db m116881) HM
On L B Landry Avenue at De Armas Street, on the right when traveling north on L B Landry Avenue.
Lord Beaconsfield Landry, also known as L.B. Landry, was born March 11, 1879 in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. At a very early age, he was sent to Gilbert Academy, which was at that time located in Baldwin, LA. He later attended Fisk University, where . . . — — Map (db m116883) HM
Near Patterson Street north of Thayer Street, on the left when traveling south.
Located between Atlantic and Thayer Sts., established in 1853, the S.P.R.R. Yards extended back 22 blocks, at its peak employed 4,000 men. Trains would board a ferry to cross the river and continue their journey from the Pacific coast up the . . . — — Map (db m129503) HM
Near Patterson Road near Thayer Styreet, on the left when traveling north.
The sugar plantation (c.1800) of Furey Verret stretched along the river road from around Vallette St., to the Naval Station, and included the Verret Canal, where Whitney Avenue now stands. Jean Lafitte, the pirate, traveled on this canal between . . . — — Map (db m116886) HM
