Jazz religion, the second line, and Black New Orleans
By: Richard Brent Turner.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780253353573; 9780253221209
Subjects: Jazz -- Religious aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Jazz -- Religious aspects -- Voodooism; African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Music -- History and criticism
Description: Explores the historical and contemporary roots of the relationship of jazz to indigenous religion and spirituality in the culture and performances of New Orleans' second lines, the group of dancers who follow the first procession of church and club members, brass bands, and grand marshals in African-American jazz street parades.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Follow the second line; title: The Haiti-New Orleans vodou connection : Zora Neale Hurston as initiate observer; title: Mardi Gras Indians and second lines, sequin artists and rara bands : street festivals and performances in New Orleans and Haiti; title: Interlude: The healing arts of African diasporic religion; title: In rhythm with the spirit : New Orleans jazz funerals and the African diaspora; title: Epilogue : A jazz funeral for "a city that care forgot" : the New Orleans diaspora after Hurricane Katrina.