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A jazz funeral is a funeral procession accompanied by a brass band, ... "Funerals with Music in New Orleans", Dr. Jack Stewart, Save Our Cemeteries, Incorporated, & J ...
The second line tradition was brought to New Orleans by enslaved Africans, [1] where it became a ritual for African Americans, especially in various processions, including funerals. Some scholars believe that the West African ring featured children drumming with adults dancing that in turn, forced the ring to straighten into a line. [ 3 ]
"Oh, Didn't He Ramble" is a New Orleans jazz standard, copyrighted in 1902 by J. Rosamond Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, and Bob Cole. It is frequently used at the end of jazz funerals . Several sources trace its origins to the English folk song " The Derby Ram " ( Roud 126 ).
Andrews, a New Orleans cultural icon who led countless processions as grand marshal of jazz funerals and second-line parades, has died at age 69. Andrews, known across the city as the “Mother of ...
A jazz funeral for the Equal Rights Amendment took place in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana on July 3, 1982. [1] The event was a public mourning for the failure of the proposed Amendment to the United States Constitution to be ratified by the required 38 states (3/4 of the 50 states) before the congressionally imposed 1982 deadline.
The use of brass marching bands came long before jazz music through their use in the military, though in New Orleans many of the best-known musicians had their start in brass marching bands performing dirges as well as celebratory and upbeat tunes for New Orleans jazz funeral processions from the 1890s onward.
Music will act as a “golden thread of history, heritage and tradition” during the procession for the Queen’s state funeral, a former military music director has said.
The custom of accompanying the solemn funeral procession with instrumental music was already present in ancient civilizations in various forms. Both the Greeks and the Etruscans usually employed flute players or, the latter, zither players, as can be deduced for example from the Chiusi cippi illustrated in Pericle Ducati's work.