The Incomplete, Year-by-Year Selectively Quirky, Prime Facts Edition of the History of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Publisher: e/Prime Publications
Published: April 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780976615408
Subjects: Jazz; Popular culture; Nonfiction; Music; Music/Songbooks; Non-Classifiable; Louisiana; United States - State & Local - South; Genres & Styles - Jazz; History & Criticism - General
First sentence: In the early 1960s, a small circle of city officials and jazz patrons had discussed plans for a music event that would attract tourists, with the express intention of capitalizing on New Orleans' reputation as the birthplace of jazz.