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On South side of Liberty (Treme) between St. Ann & Orleans: opened 1900s: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: Corner of Thalia & S. Rampart Avenue ...

1950s R&B club: On west side of S. Rampart between Perdido & Poydras: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Corner of Willow & Gravier: undetermined age: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

413 S. Rampart Street: From the New Orleans Jazz History Business District/Back o’ Town Walking Tour brochure: “The Iroquois Theater was built in the fall of 1911 and had vaudeville programs until 1920. It featured many noteworthy musicians including guitarist Lonnie Johnson and his pianist brother James ÒSteady RollÓ Johnson; composer, pianist, and publisher Clarence Williams; singer Edna Landry, half-sister of Lizzie Miles; and Louis Armstrong. Louis won a talent contest here by dipping his face in flour and doing a ‘white face’ routine.” ...

1020 Esplanade Avenue: From the New Orleans Jazz History Central Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: “This imposing complex was assembled out of old buildings (one by architect James Gallier, dating to 1835) and new construction from between 1912 and 1920. As the Unione Italiana, which combined many Italian benevolent societies, it was the home of both the Contessa Entellina Society Band, made up of Albanian-Sicilian Italian-Americans and the Roma Band, of Sicilian Italian-Americans. During their rivalry a musician could be in one, not both. Many jazz bands played here for dances including the New Orleans Rhythm Kings upon their return to New Orleans. In 1929, it housed the Jones-Collins Astoria Hot Eight recording session, the first racially-integrated recording in New Orleans; Westwego-born clarinetist Sidney Arodin (Arnondin) jumped the color barrier.” ...

1960s era French Quarter R&B club on north corner of Bourbon & Toulouse: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Central City social hall that featured early jazz ...

Irish Channel social hall that featured jazz played by white working class musicians from the neighborhood ...

Previously known as Equity Hall: Treme jazz hall- torn down to make room for urban renewal projects and the cultural center (later to be part of Armstrong Park) ...