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Dr. John's Second Line, Canal Street
Buddy Bolden statue , Louis Armstrong Park
Congo Square
Preservation Hall
Cosimo Matassa's first studio building, birthplace of rock n roll

New Orleans Music Tour

By Historic New Orleans Tours
4.4 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is P 1,383 per adult
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  • 2h
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Overview

Although New Orleans is heavily associated with Jazz, this tour will show how every form of American popular music is informed by New Orleans. As the outgrageous New Orleans R&B legend Ernie K-Doe said: “I'm not sure, but I'm almost positive, all music came from New Orleans.”

Activity location

  • Louis Armstrong Park
    • 901 N Rampart St,
    • 70116-3086, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rampart Treehouse
    • 740 North Rampart Street
    • 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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New Orleans Music Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 14:00
Price details
P 1,383.15 x 1 AdultP 1,383.15

Total
Price is P 1,383.15

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  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Louis Armstrong Park
  • 45m
Explore the world’s richest musical city, starting with Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square, historic site of African slave gatherings, the only place in North American where pure West African religious ritual and musical traditions were performed.  Congo Square is considered the wellspring of all New Orleans music and, consequently, so much of worldwide popular song. It is also the site of the first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1970. From Armstrong Park, view the building which housed Cosimo Matassa’s groundbreaking J&M Studios which created the “New Orleans Sound” with such New Orleanians as Professor Longhair, Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino, Guitar Slim, Shirley & Lee, Lloyd Price, Ernie K-Doe, Allen Toussaint, Clarence “Frogman” Henry & visitors including Little Richard, Ray Charles, & Jerry Lee Lewis.   J & M Studios is the true birthplace of rock ’n roll.
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
  • 15m
From outside St. Louis Cemetery #1, see the New Orleans Musicians Tomb, the use of which was donated by the musical dynasty Barbarin Family for free burial to musicians. The first burial to take place was for Lloyd Washington of the Ink Spots on October 23, 2004.  The Musicians Tomb was restored and is administered by Robert Florence of Historic New Orleans Tours.
Basin St. Station
  • 20m
You will visit Basin Street Station and stroll down Basin Street where you’ll see the remains of Storyville (including Frank Early’s “My Place” Saloon where “Pretty Baby” was written), fabled turn-of-the-century red light district whose parlors presented the likes of King Oliver, Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet and many more during the early days of jazz.
May Baily's Place
  • 20m
Then stroll through the Tango Belt to May Bailey’s and the site of the Old French Opera House ending with the legendary Preservation Hall, a place which represents the past, present, and future of New Orleans music.
Preservation Hall
  • 20m
Then stroll through the Tango Belt to May Bailey’s and the site of the Old French Opera House ending with the legendary Preservation Hall, a place which represents the past, present, and future of New Orleans music. Learn the origins of New Orleans Bounce Music and check out the world’s greatest street musicians who are carrying the flame to this very day.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESLouis Armstrong Park
    • 901 N Rampart St,
    • 70116-3086, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLERampart Treehouse
    • 740 North Rampart Street
    • 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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