Talking New Orleans Music: Crescent City Musicians Talk about Their Lives, Their Music, and Their City

by Burt Feintuch and Gary Samson

In New Orleans, music screams. It honks. It blats. It wails. It purrs. It messes with time. It messes with pitch. It messes with your feet. It messes with your head. One musician leads to another; traditions overlap, intertwine, nourish each other; and everyone seems to know everyone else. From traditional jazz through rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll to sissy bounce, in second-line parades, from the streets to clubs and festivals, the music seems...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496803620
• ISBN13: 9781496803627
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.4" x 9.2"