Monkey Bar_

1950s R&B club on south corner of Liberty & Canal: next door to Manhattan Club: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Monte’s

African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: Corner of Jackson and S. Claiborne Avenue ...

Monteleone Hotel

From the New Orleans Jazz History Business District/Back o’ Town Walking Tour brochure: 214 Royal Street: “This hotel was designed in 1908 by architects Toledano & Wogan. Featured artists included a young Liberace, Louis Prima, and the Dukes of Dixieland on the roof. The Monteleone boasts almost a century of countless events and headliners.” ...

Mulate’s

Bruce Daigrepont: We had been playing there for years. One day we got a call that we were let go- we didn’t get to play there anymore. Turns out Steve Riley and the Basin Brothers got the same call that day. They told us that we drew too many locals on our nights there. Locals didn’t drink or eat enough to make them money, so they wanted a no-name type band that didn’t draw a consistent crowd. They wanted that tourist crowd to turn over quick- come in and get out. Locals stayed all night to dance. ...

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. ...