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New Atlantis : musicians battle for the survival of New Orleans

Title
New Atlantis : musicians battle for the survival of New Orleans / John Swenson.
Author
Swenson, John.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, [2011], ©2011.

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Description
viii, 284 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Music > Political aspects > New Orleans
  • Music > Social aspects > New Orleans
  • Musicians > New Orleans
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Voice of the wetlands -- African Americans and Indians -- The Constantinople of the New World -- Sad night in Jackson Square -- Return of the spirits -- Let it go -- Don't let them wash us away -- Reality check -- Don't take my picture -- Musicians strike back at violence -- I am New Orleans -- Shorty on the block -- The Armstrong legacy -- Cold in the trailer -- If I can help somebody -- Baghdad on the Mississippi -- Brown baby dead in the water -- On the fringes -- City that care forgot -- Wild and free -- Saving at the bank of soul -- It ain't just the suit -- Bourbon Street blues -- Snooks flies away -- Ghosts of traditional jazz -- New blood -- Jazz fest turns 40 -- New Atlantis -- Mcdermott's duets -- Cyril's nightmare -- The wizard of Piety Street -- Blues come down like rain -- Cyril comes full circle -- Marching in.
ISBN
  • 9780199754526
  • 0199754527
LCCN
  • 2010041992
  • 40019654317
OCLC
  • ocn669269878
  • 669269878
  • SCSB-14490700
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Columbia University Libraries