New Atlantis : musicians battle for the survival of New Orleans / John Swenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swenson, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Political aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Music.

Music--Social aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Musicians--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Musicians.

Physical Description:

vii, 284 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Packed with indelible portraits of individual artists and informed by John Swenson's encyclopedic knowledge of the city's unique and varied music scene, New Atlantis is a stirring chronicle of the valiant efforts to preserve the culture that gives New Orleans its grace and magic. The book follows some of New Orleans's most gifted musicians--including such figures as Dr. John, the Neville Brothers, "Trombone Shorty," and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux--as they fight back against a tidal wave of problems.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-978145-1

1-283-13431-4

0-19-977958-9

9786613134318

OCLC:

732067338