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Buddy Bolden and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans

Buddy Bolden is Coming to Xavier: A Concert  and discussion on the origin of Jazz in New Orleans

Sunday, October 27, 2019, | 3:00 p.m. Xavier University Center | McCaffrey Ballroom 

Featuring Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band Joan Ann Brown and the Original New Orleans Gospel Singers Special Guest Donald M. Marquis Former Jazz Curator of the LA State Museum and Author of the Acclaimed Biography “In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz” 

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

Presented by The Keller Endowed Chair in the Humanities’ Xavier Culture of New Orleans Series


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