Interview with Danny Barker

Accession No.: 
BR2-002-2

Danny Barker:

-Being in a Jazz band with his uncles and other family members

05:00 - Indian Tribes in New Orleans and their music - Indian Mardi Gras (1920-1922)

06:50 - Indian Languages
-Making a recording of Indian music

16:08 - Making his first record in New York and names of the musicians who played in the sessions
-Changes of the sounds of Indian Music
-Indian life - Work, Trading, Culture

26:40 - Fighting between tribes - Magnolia Bridge as a boundary line
-Indian Rhythms and Indian Influences on New Orleans music - Louis Armstrong

32:00 - Social Clubs and Benevolent Societies
-Violence between Indians
-Commercialization of Indian Culture

42:35 - 'Iko Iko
-Paul Barbarand's Drumming Style

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Jazz, Mardi Gras Indians
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Thursday, October 27, 1983
Coverage Spatial: 
New Orleans, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
47:41
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to Donor