Dancehalls in Orleans Parish

La Louisianne Restaurant

From the New Orleans Jazz History Business District/Back o’ Town Walking Tour brochure: 725 Iberville Street: “Operated in its earlier days by the Alciatore Family and later by “Diamond Jim” Moran, this fancy French restaurant featured many bands over the years, including those of John Robichaux and Herbie Pelligrini.” ...

Lavida Ballroom

Jazz hall on corner of Royal & Canal: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Le Rendez-vous

African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: 7 Mile Post, Gentilly Highway ...

Lincoln Park

Suburb Gerttown park that featured cutting contests (musical duels between two bands with the audience deciding the winner) of jazz played Buddy Bolden & John Robichaux’s bands ...

LociceroÕs

Jazz hall in Black Storyville on south corner on Perdido & Liberty: down from Deichmann’s: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Loew’s State Theater

1108 Canal Street: From the New Orleans Jazz History Canal Street Walking Tour brochure: “Now the State Palace, this theater opened in 1925 and was designed by Thomas W. Lamb, the world’s most prolific theater architect. The pit orchestra featured clarinetist Charlie Scaglioni and trumpeters Leo and Lucian Broekhoven.” ...

Louis Durand’s

Pre 1900 jazz hall in Black Storyville: north corner of S. Basin & Perdido: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Lyric Theater

Central Business District theater that featured minstrel shows, ragtime, vaudeville, and jazz: ...

Madame Rita’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.” ...

Mahogany Hall

? Not on map: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...