MussachiaÕs_

1900s Jazz hall in Black Storyville on west corner of Gravier & Liberty: opposite corner from Pratt’s: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Naval Brigade Hall

From the New Orleans Jazz History Lafayette Square and Business District Walking Tour brochure: “827 Camp Street: This building, designed by architect/builder Julius Koch, was Naval Brigade Hall from 1903 until the 1940’s. The Naval Brigade Band was directed by New Orleans ragtime composer, violinist, and bandleader William Braun. After World War II, Grunewald Music Co. opened their School of Music with black and white students under the G. I. Bill program. Instructors included Otto Finck, Willie Humphrey, and Frank Federico. The School moved when it became part of Educational Gateways Music School business.” ...

New Orleans Athletic Club

222 N. Rampart Street: From the New Orleans Jazz History Treme/ Vieux Carre/Storyville Walking Tour brochure: “Originally the Young Men’s Gymnastic Club, this has been a mainstay in athletic and musical circles for over a century. The members of both Tom Brown’s Band From Dixie and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band played here before heading north. The Boswell Sisters were ‘discovered’ while singing here and immediately signed to a tour on the Orpheum Circuit. The current imposing structure on N. Rampart with its stunning ballroom, is the newest of four structures in the complex. Designed by Diboll & Owen in 1929, it replaced a earlier mansion on teh same site.” ...

No Name Theater

1025 Canal Street: From the New Orleans Jazz History Canal Street Walking Tour brochure: “Here was another small movie theater that featured New Orleans musicians in its pit. Its interesting name was the brainchild of Vic Perez, who opened the theater with a contest to name it. Perez, who was too cheap to award the cash prize, said none of the entries were acceptable and the theater would forever have ‘no name’.” This Central Business District theater that featured minstrel shows, ragtime, vaudeville, and jazz. ...

Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall

South side of Perdido between S. Basin and S. Rampart: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Odd Fellows Hall

Across from Lafayette Suare- South Corner of Camp & Lafayette: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Old Absinthe House

French Quarter Jazz & R&B club on east corner of Conti & Bourbon From the New Orleans Jazz History Central Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: 240 Bourbon Street: “The Old Absinthe House has had an off-and-on jazz policy since the 1920’s. Pianists included Steve Lewis, Frank Froeba, Burnell Santiago, and Walter ‘Fats’ Pichon. Louis Armstrong was the attraction here during his return trip to New Orleans in 1955.” ...

Orpheum Theater

From the New Orleans Jazz History Lafayette Square and Business District Walking Tour brochure: 129 University Place: “The Orpheum Circuit Co. moved to this location in 1921 from the 300 block of St. Charles. It was designed by nationally noted architect J. Albert Lansberg, assisted by local architect Sam Stone, Jr. Conductor Emile Tosso’s Orpheum Symphony Orchestra featured many jazz musicians, including cornetist Johnny Dedroit. The later house band also had jazz musicians including trumpeter Howard Reed, trombonist Jac Assunto and saxophonist Al Gallodoro.” : 1921: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064020/1921-01-27/ed-1/seq-10/ ...

Paddock Lounge

“This nightspot with a horseracing theme was run by equestrian Steve Valenti and later by his wife. The band in the early 1950’s was Oscar “Papa” Celestin’s and then after his death Octave Crosby’s Band. The off-night group was Narvin Kimball’s Gentlemen of Jazz.”- text from New Orleans Jazz History Central Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: 315 Bourbon Street 1949 photo of Eloise Philips singing at the Paddock Lounge is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection at Tulane University http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/875 ...