Dancehalls in Orleans Parish

Ivanhoe

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

Jackson Hall

Central City social hall that featured early jazz ...

Jester’s Club

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

Jeune Amis Hall

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) ...

Johnson 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 ...

Jung Hotel

1500 Canal Street: From the New Orleans Jazz History Canal Street Walking Tour brochure: This hotel was designed by Weiss and Dreyfous in 1924 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Its Tulane Room was the site of jazz dances and its Jung Hotel Roof Garden featured the hot music of the Ellis Stratakos Orchestra in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It is now the Radisson Hotel. ...

King Fish Beer Parlor

From the New Orleans Jazz History Business District/Back o’ Town Walking Tour brochure: 1101 Decatur Street: “This Italianate style building by architect Thomas Sully was built in 1884. The King Fish, probably known briefly as the Pig Pen, was another of the more longlived clubs. Operated by Vincent Serio, Jr. and Arthur Schott, aka the King Fish, the musicians featured included George Lewis, Billie Pierce, Dee Dee Pierce, Burke Stevenson, and Smilin’ Joe (Pleasant Joseph).” ...

Eagle Saloon

1900s Jazz Saloon near Black Storyville: West corner of S. Rampart & Perdido: From the New Orleans Jazz History Business District/Back o’ Town Walking Tour brochure: 401 S. Rampart Street: “This building housed Jake Itzkovich’s Eagle Loan Office until 1907. When he relocated, Frank Douroux opened his second tavern on the block in 1908 and named it after the loan office thus the Eagle Saloon. It was a hangout for a group of musicians that named themselves after the saloon the Eagle Band, which was Buddy BoldenÕs Band sans Bolden, who was at that time institutionalized. The third floor was the ballroom for the combined Odd Fellows/Masonic Lodge which had their lodge in an adjacent building at 1116 Perdido St. Buddy BoldenÕs, John Robichaux’s, and Bunk JohnsonÕs groups played for dances in the ballroom.” ...

Economy and Mutual Aid Association Hall

Treme jazz hall- torn down to make room for urban renewal projects and the cultural center (later to be part of Armstrong Park): West Corner of Ursulines And Marais: pre 1900: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm 1956 photo of the Economy Hall’s exterior is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection in the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/214/rec/1 ...

El Morocco

French Quarter jazz & R&B club on east corner of Iberville & Bourbon:down from Sho Bar: From the New Orleans Jazz History Central Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: 200 Bourbon Street: “During the late forties and early fifties Phil Zito then George Lewis held forth.” 1950 photo of Lawrence Marrero on the banjo and Alcide ‘Slow Drag’ Pavageau on the bass providing entertainment at the El Morocco Club is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection in the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University. http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/521/rec/24 ...