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Year
1969-01-01
Video Details
4:28; color; sound; V-172 S. 1239
Description
This film is footage of legendary New Orleans clarinetist George Lewis' jazz funeral. There are family members, reporters and fans present on a rainy funeral day in New Orleans. The Olympia and Eureka Jazz Bands are shown playing dirges at the cemetery before launching into an up-tempo number, complete with jubilant, second-line dancing.
Corporate Subject
Geographic Subject
Personal Subject
Subject
Title
George Lewis' Jazz Funeral
Subject
Cemeteries
Dancing
Funerals
Jazz music
Musicians
Description
This film is footage of legendary New Orleans clarinetist George Lewis' jazz funeral. There are family members, reporters and fans present on a rainy funeral day in New Orleans. The Olympia and Eureka Jazz Bands are shown playing dirges at the cemetery before launching into an up-tempo number, complete with jubilant, second-line dancing.
Date
1969-01-01
Image URL
/fpc/memory/PhotographicCollection/video/V-172georgelewis.jpg
Color
color
Video Details
4:28; color; sound; V-172 S. 1239
Video Filename
v-172georgelewis.mp4
YouTube ID
YPOCLFmabb0
Geographic Term
New Orleans (La.)
Subject - Person
Lewis, George
Subject - Corporate
Olympia and Eureka Jazz Bands
Video Snippet
Jazz funeral of clarinetist George Lewis.
Video Time
4:28
Video Category
3
Thumbnail
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/v-172georgelewis.jpg
Digitized
true
Chicago Manual of Style
George Lewis' Jazz Funeral. 1969-01-01. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253296>, accessed 4 December 2024.
MLA
George Lewis' Jazz Funeral. 1969-01-01. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253296>