Backatown

Lionel Ferbos, “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter”. 2012 at the Palm Court Cafe. From Wiki:

At 101, trumpeter Lionel Ferbos is the oldest jazz musician in New Orleans. A native New Orleanian whose career has remained almost exclusively in the city, he appears weekly at the Palm Court Jazz Cafe, a French Quarter club, where he leads the Palm Court Jazz Band on Saturday nights.

Ferbos turns 102 in July.

Poster for a Kid Ory concert, 1959.

Here’s Kid Ory’s version of Eh, La Bas. 1946.

Corey Harris - “Eh La Bas”. 1999. I first heard his rendition of this traditional tune on the excellent  Greens from the Garden.

And here’s the Tuxedo Jazz Band doing “Just a Closer Walk With Thee”, live in Germany, 1964.

One more with Paul and Linda, boarding a riverboat while being serenaded by the Tuxedo Jazz Band. 1975. 

Speaking of, here’s Paul McCartney and Ernie K-Doe, live at the Warehouse. Surely someone recorded this?

Ernie K. Doe. Here Come the Girls. 1970. Produced by Allen Toussaint, obvi.

Canal St., 1916. Photo by John Mendes (and a slipping tripod). via the Historic New Orleans Collection).

Professor Longhair - “Cry to Me”. From 1980’s Crawfish Fiesta. That’s Dr. John on guitar.