Welcome
day 1: Wednesday, October 5 The home of Jazz
In his preface to the companion book to his documentary series Jazz, Ken Burns quotes essayist Gerald Early: “When they study our civilization two thousand years from now, there will only be three things that Americans will be known for: the Constitution, baseball and jazz music.”
Today, Tauck and Ken Burns welcome you to the hometown of jazz... for an unprecedented five-day celebration of the past, present and future of the music about which one of its major innovators – legendary pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington – once said “is so free that many people say it is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.”
Your one-of-a-kind jazz odyssey begins early this evening at the event’s home base, the elegant Ritz-Carlton New Orleans, with an “informance” on the history of jazz by musician and National Park Service ranger Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes & the Louisiana Sunspots who will also entertain during the open- bar cocktail reception that follows in the courtyard. Then it’s on to Arnaud’s, in the heart of the French Quarter, for a Welcome Dinner featuring that legendary establishment’s classic New Orleans cuisine and... of course... jazz!
Bruce “sunpie” Barnes Multi-talented musician, actor, New Orleans Jazz National Park ranger, and former high
school teacher, college football All-American and Kansas City Chiefs player Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes welcomes you to the birthplace of jazz today with an “Informance” on jazz history. Proficient on the accordion, piano, harmonica and percussion, Sunpie has traveled to over 35 countries playing his own style of blues, zydeco and Afro-Louisiana music with his group Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, and is deeply involved in New Orleans parade culture, taking his music to the streets.
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