Eric Porter is Professor of American Studies, History, and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of What Is This Thing Called Jazz? (UC Press), winner of a 2003 American Book Award, and The Problem of the Future World. Lewis Watts is Professor of Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is a photographer and visual archivist and coauthor of Harlem of the West, The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era. His photography has been exhibited internationally and it is in the collections of major museums across the country.

• Preface Acknowledgments Foundations: Plates 1--16 Section 1. New Orleans, America, Music Section 2. Reflections on Jazz Fest 2006 Hurricane Katrina: Plates 17--43 Funerals and Second Lines: Plates 44--62 Mardi Gras: Plates 63--80 Section 3. Parading against Violence Section 4. Reconstruction's Soundtrack Section 5. To Reinvent Life Notes Selected Bibliography Index

"[Provides] stunning insight into the day-to-day lives of the citizens of New Orleans, both before and after the storm." Critical Studies in Improvisation

Eric Porter is Professor of American Studies, History, and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of What Is This Thing Called Jazz? (UC Press), winner of a 2003 American Book Award, and The Problem of the Future World. Lewis Watts is Professor of Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is a photographer and visual archivist and coauthor of Harlem of the West, The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era. His photography has been exhibited internationally and it is in the collections of major museums across the country.

• Preface Acknowledgments Foundations: Plates 1--16 Section 1. New Orleans, America, Music Section 2. Reflections on Jazz Fest 2006 Hurricane Katrina: Plates 17--43 Funerals and Second Lines: Plates 44--62 Mardi Gras: Plates 63--80 Section 3. Parading against Violence Section 4. Reconstruction's Soundtrack Section 5. To Reinvent Life Notes Selected Bibliography Index

"[Provides] stunning insight into the day-to-day lives of the citizens of New Orleans, both before and after the storm." Critical Studies in Improvisation

Eric Porter is Professor of American Studies, History, and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of What Is This Thing Called Jazz? (UC Press), winner of a 2003 American Book Award, and The Problem of the Future World. Lewis Watts is Professor of Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is a photographer and visual archivist and coauthor of Harlem of the West, The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era. His photography has been exhibited internationally and it is in the collections of major museums across the country.

• Preface Acknowledgments Foundations: Plates 1--16 Section 1. New Orleans, America, Music Section 2. Reflections on Jazz Fest 2006 Hurricane Katrina: Plates 17--43 Funerals and Second Lines: Plates 44--62 Mardi Gras: Plates 63--80 Section 3. Parading against Violence Section 4. Reconstruction's Soundtrack Section 5. To Reinvent Life Notes Selected Bibliography Index

"[Provides] stunning insight into the day-to-day lives of the citizens of New Orleans, both before and after the storm." Critical Studies in Improvisation