Programs by Subject - Music

9:45 am to 10:30 am
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Pass a Good Time: Creole, Jazz, and Zydeco
Gary Samson, Creole Soul: Zydeco Lives
Caroline Vézina, Jazz á la Creole: French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz

10:45 am to 11:15 am
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
The Hidden History of Louisiana’s Jazz Age
Sam Irwin

11:30 am to 12:15 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Oh, Didn’t They Ramble: Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music
with David Menconi and moderator Scott Billington

12:30 pm to 1:15 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Uplift and Downfall: Female and Male Singers of the 50s
with Steve Bergsman and moderator Scott Billington

1:30 pm to 2:00 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Going Up the Country: Adventures in Blues Fieldwork in the 1960s
David Evans

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