Walt, Here are some thoughts:
I would recommend going to Frenchman Street, - while this has many tourists (which part of NOLA doesn't?), it has several interesting musical bars, and you can find some interesting music most of the days/nights. My personal preference would be "The Spotted Cat": http://www.spottedcatmusicclub.com/ - they have nice blues and jazz. I would look for some small-house architecture that is of typical Louisiana style. Also, not far from Bourbon street, there is Royal Street that usually has musicians playing daytime (at least on the weekend). It's been a while, but close to the corner Royal and St. Louis there used to live a couple of jazz bands (Loose Marbles and G-Strings [G-String FAmily Orchestra/Quarter, - depending on the number of people]). And you could find a piano in the entryway of one of the buildings on Royal that belonged to those bands. On a good day, that piano would come out onto the street. And you would find people dancing swing on the street, e.g. like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZISKM9KaWA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HU1wgSQUME I would also recommend going to Preservation Hall for an evening performance you can make it. HTH, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
