The funeral plans for New Orleans Smooth jazz violinist Michael Ward include a special honor reserved for prominent musicians and other local dignitaries. His body will lie in state at Gallier Hall, ...
NEW ORLEANS — A jazz funeral was held Saturday in New Orleans for 19 Black individuals whose skulls were used in a racist scientific study in Germany more than 150 years ago. In the 1800s, a New ...
CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. A JAZZ FUNERAL WAS HELD ON DILLARD UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS TODAY AS 19 PEOPLE SKULLS WERE RETURNED TO NEW ORLEANS AFTER 150 YEARS. THIS SKULL SENT TO GERMANY FOR RACIAL. PSUEDO ...
New Orleans conducted a deeply meaningful ceremony combining multifaith memorial services with traditional jazz funeral celebrations to honor 19 African American individuals whose remains were finally ...
Beloved musician Michael Ward will lie in state at Gallier Hall before funeral services Funeral arrangements have been set for a beloved New Orleans jazz violinist. Michael Ward died on Dec. 15. Ward ...
NEW ORLEANS IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A MUSICIAN WHO HELPED DEFINE THE CITY’S SOUND BEYOND THE SPOTLIGHT. VIOLINIST MICHAEL ...
Lillian Boutté-l’Etienne, the jazz and gospel singer who spent decades in Europe advocating for the music of her native New Orleans, died May 23 following a long illness. She was 75. The fourth oldest ...
NEW ORLEANS — A beloved New Orleans singer, Lillian Boutté was remembered on Saturday as friends, family and fans gathered in her honor. The jazz vocalist died last month after a lengthy illness. Her ...
The City of New Orleans, obviously, holds a mythical status in the world of jazz. The genre (or at least the form with which ...