What You Will Do
Our Jazz tour is guided by local musicians, choregraphers, producers, and directors who are apart of the New Orleans Artist community. They are also Natives, Oral Historians, Cultural Ambassadors, and Preservationist.
Join us and explore the evolution of music in the city known as "the birthplace of Jazz." Home to Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bolden, Sidney Bechet, Louis Prima, and Sharkey Bonano just to name a few. . .You'll be guided through the last remaining sites where Jazz, champagne, and romance reigned supreme. Learn about the people, the history, and the influences which contributed to the development of America's only gift to world culture... Jazz!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
Tour starts at the Louis Armstrong Park Arch
1
Louis Armstrong Park
40 minutes
The tour will start at Louis Armstrong Park. The travelers will visit the first pioneers of Jazz monuements and the first dance halls where Jazz reign supreme. They will hear the stories of Jazz pioneers such as; Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Charles "Buddy" Bolden and others Jazz icons.
2
New Orleans Jazz Museum
40 minutes
The travels will visit the New Orleans Jazz Museum or the first Jazz museum at the St. Pierre Hotel where the GREAT Louis Armstrong stayed when he performed in New Orleans.
3
Congo Square
20 minutes
The travelers will explore the sacred grounds of Congo Square where it has been said the origins of Jazz was discovered, in addition to witnessing the oldest African American neighborhood in the country, Treme.
4
Frenchmen Street
20 minutes
The travelers will also experience live Jazz music on one of the most popular and muscial streets in New Orleans, "Frenchmen Street".
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