8 Essential Jazz Clubs Every Music Lover Should Visit In New Orleans

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Long before jazz became recognized around the world, the genre’s origins were taking shape in the Big Easy. Musicians blended African rhythms, blues, ragtime, brass band traditions, and Caribbean influences into something entirely new. By the early 20th century, artists such as Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, and Louis Armstrong helped

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