02/22/12 Episode – Jazz Artists from New Orleans

To celebrate Mardi Gras (which was 02/21), this week’s episode explores the Jazz scene in New Orleans in the first part of the 20th century – featuring the earliest jazz recording ever made (in 1917), a 19 year-old Louis Armstrong playing the cornet, and many artists who had a critical impact on the development of Jazz.

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