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New Book from LSU Press: Traditional New Orleans Jazz...

Source: Thomas W. Jacobsen
October 11, 2011

Longtime New Orleans jazz journalist has recently published a book, Traditional New Orleans Jazz, Conversations with the Men Who Make the Music (LSU Press, 2011). Baton Rouge, LA- About a century after its beginnings, traditional jazz remains the definitive music of New Orleans and an international hallmark of the city. In Traditional New Orleans Jazz veteran jazz journalist Thomas Jacobsen discusses the music's legacy with a who's who of the present-day scene's players, from Lionel Ferbos—the city's oldest working jazz ...

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