Halloween is a time to uplift the dead by calling on the ancestors for protection, strength, remembrance and focus. In 1879 one of America’s jazz legends was born on Laurel St. uptown New Orleans, then moved to the bayou town of New Iberia, La. sowing a native style of music to a new generation.
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