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Second line parades are part of the cultural heritage of New Orleans. The locally best known second line parades are held by clubs and benevolent organizations. Some have long histories; the oldest such organization still holding regular parades is the Young Men Olympian Junior Benevolent Association, founded in 1884.
A Second Line band going through the Tremé. Located in Tremé, the New Orleans African American Museum is dedicated to protecting, preserving, and promoting through education the history, art, and communities of African Americans in New Orleans and the African diaspora.
Second line may refer to: Second Line, a 2021 album by American singer-songwriter Dawn Richard. Second line (ice hockey), an offensive unit generally composed of second-tier players; Second line (parades), a tradition in brass band parades in New Orleans, Louisiana, as well as an associated traditional dance style
The Knights of Momus (KoM) was founded in 1872 and was the second-oldest parading Old Line Krewe in New Orleans Carnival after the Mistick Krewe of Comus and is the third oldest krewe to continuously present a tableau ball, after the Twelfth Night Revelers in 1870. New Orleans Mardi Gras, 1907. Illustration showing King's float for Momus parade.
Tresillo is also heard prominently in New Orleans second line music. Jelly Roll Morton in 1917–1918. Early New Orleans jazz bands had habaneras in their repertoire and the tresillo/habanera figure was a rhythmic staple of jazz at the turn of the 20th century.
Two people were killed and 11 others were hurt in two shootings that erupted 45 minutes apart near a second line parade in New Orleans on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Ten were shot in the ...
Always for Pleasure is a 1978 documentary film by Les Blank about social traditions in New Orleans, Louisiana.. The film has footage of musical events, Mardi Gras Indians, a "jazz funeral" with traditional music, various second-line parades and cooking and eating of red beans and rice and a crawfish boil.
The Second Line (1950–present) is the official magazine of the New Orleans Jazz Club. Formed in April 1950, the magazine is dedicated to jazz musicians, teachers, and enthusiasts who have attempted to preserve New Orleans jazz music from commercialization. [1] Its name is a reference to the practice of the second line.