Irish Channel social hall that featured jazz played by white working class musicians from the neighborhood ...
Corrine’s
From the New Orleans Jazz History Decatur Street/ Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: “Originally the fashionable Ursuline Row designed by Gurlie and Guillot c.1831, the Decatur St. nightclub area came about because of the French Market, the demise of the Gallatin St. district, the derelict nature of the lower French Quarter in the early 1900s, and the closeness to the wharves. By the 1930’s the street had many bars and small dance halls with jazz bands. This club was one of that number.” ...
Cosmopolitan Hotel & Cafe
From the New Orleans Jazz History Business District/Back o’ Town Walking Tour brochure: 121 Royal Street: “Designed by William Fitzner in 1891, this early hostelry at one time extended through the block to Bourbon St. It was a meeting place for both politicians and social observers such as Mark Twain. Music figured prominently here for dining and entertainment.” ...
Crescent Theater
Central Business District theater that featured minstrel shows, ragtime, vaudeville, and jazz: ...
Crystal Club
1930s Jazz hall on west corner of Dryades & Common: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...
Deichmann’s
Jazz hall in Black Storyville on south corner on Perdido between Liberty & Franklin: down from Locicero’s: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...
Dew Drop Inn
Famed African American rhythm and blues club located at 2836 LaSalle Street in Uptown New Orleans, open from 1945 to 1970. The owner’s name was Frank Pania. In addition to the music venue, it featured a barber shop, hotel, and cafe. Touring musicians such as Eskew “Esquerita” Reeder, Duke Ellington, Lloyd Price and Ray Charles and Duke Ellington, as well as local legends James Booker, Earl King, Huey “Piano” Smith, Aaron Neville, and Allen Toussaint all played there. The Dew Drop Inn was also well known for it’s floor shows that featured vaudeville acts, comedians, dramatic readings, and both female and cross dressing men. http://musicrising.tulane.edu/discover/places/2/Dew-Drop-Inn#prettyPhoto http://www.satchmo.com/ikoiko/dewdropinn.html ...
Di Leo’s
African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: Corner of Ursuline & N. Robertson ...
Dixie’s Bar of Music
From the New Orleans Jazz History Lafayette Square and Business District Walking Tour brochure: 204 St. Charles Street: “From the late 1930’s through the 1940’s, clarinetist Dixie Fasnacht was the owner and bandleader at this legendary music spot across from the now-demolished St. Charles Hotel. The club’s famous wall mural by Xavier Gonzales is now on view at the Old U. S. Mint.” ...
Dixie’s Bar of Music (later location)
From the New Orleans Jazz History Central Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: 701 Bourbon Street: “When Dixie Fasnacht moved her establishment from the 200 block of St. Charles St. to Bourbon St., she continued her policy of an all-girl jazz band with herself on clarinet. Her famous wall mural is now on display at the Old U. S. Mint.” ...