Sounds at Jazz Fest

“Music IS the Scene”: Jazz Fest’s First Decade, 1970-1979

“Music IS the Scene”: Jazz Fest’s First Decade, 1970-1979 / Sounds at Jazz Fest /
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The following excerpts of live Jazz Fest performances, circa early 1970s, have been digitized from original 7-inch reel-to-reel tapes.

Ticket stub for one weekend of the 1974 Jazz Fest, Mina Lea Crais collection HJA-060, 117.083b, Tulane University Special Collections.
Professor Longhair live at Jazz Fest, April 29, 1972 (excerpt), Allison Miner papers HJA-039, Box 1, Tulane University Special Collections.
“Bo Dollis and the Mardi Gras Indian Band” with “special guests” Willie Tee, piano; Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste, drums; Julius Farmer, bass; and unidentified Mardi Gras Indians on percussion and backing vocals, performing "Handa Wanda;" introduced by Quint Davis, live at Jazz Fest, circa early 1970s (excerpt), Allison Miner papers HJA-039, Box 3, Tulane University Special Collections.
Storyville Jazz Band, live at Jazz Fest, circa early 1970s (excerpt), Allison Miner papers HJA-039, Box 3, Tulane University Special Collections.
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