Few places that held the original spirit of Jazz still exist. 'Those that do hide their history well.

Jazz was born out of a very rare moment in history. A moment when immigrants of many nationalities made contact in New Orleans and began to speak to each other in music. A moment when Uptown met Downtown and the French orchestra met the low-down blues. Alan Lomax in Mister Jelly Roll said. " This new musical language owes its emotional power to the human triumph acc...