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.” ...
Dancehalls in Orleans Parish
Manhattan Club_
1950s R&B club on south side of Canal between Liberty & Franklin: between Monkey Bar and Brass Rail: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...
Mardi Gras Lounge
1940s era French Quarter R&B club on west side of Bourbon between Conti & Bienville: Next to Famous Door: From the New Orleans Jazz History Central Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: 333 Bourbon St. ” This club, known as Sid Davilla’s Mardi Gras Lounge featured Lizzie Miles as well as Freddie Kohlman’s band and others. Owner and clarinetist Sid Davilla usually sat in with the band on the last set.” ...
Martin’s
African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: 1341 St. Anthony Street ...
Mason’s Hall
Algiers social hall where early jazz was played ...
Masonic Temple
Newspaper clipping of a dance featuring the Jazzola Six Orchestra from The Herald, New Orleans, January 12, 1922 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064020/1922-01-12/ed-1/seq-3/ From the New Orleans Jazz History Lafayette Square and Business District Walking Tour brochure: 333 St. Charles Street: “This early skyscraper designed by Sam Stone, Jr. in 1926 was the second major structure built for the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. It was a location for many dances and musical performances. ...
Masonic Temple, Perserverance Lodge No. 4
“Perhaps the oldest music venue with significance for the African American experience in Louisiana was not any type of saloon, but a Masonic Temple. Perseverance Lodge No. 4, which was built in New Orleans in 1820 and is listed on the National Register, was a white Masonic hall, but provided a venue for some of the earliest performances of African American bands known (Figure 104). Located in the Faubourg Treme, where many Free People of Color lived, and within close proximity to Congo Square, the hall also was available for use by other members of the public and became renowned as a place to see the city’s African American performers.” Perseverance Masonic Lodge No. 4 – New Orleans Music Map (acloserwalknola.com) ...
Gerald’s Key Club
From www.garagehangover.com: On St. Charles Avenue: New Orleans garage band The Better Half Dozen played regular gigs there ...
Globe Hall
East corner of St. Peter and St. Charles: opened pre 1900: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...
Graystone
African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: 1900 Eagle Street ...