Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans, New Edition: After Hurricane Katrina

In his new book, Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of the popular religious traditions, identities, and performance forms celebrated in the second lines of the jazz street parades of black New Orleans. The second line is the group of dancers who follow the first procession of church and club members, brass bands, and grand marshals. Here musical and religious traditions interplay. Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans examines the relationship of jazz to indigenous religion and spirituality. It explores how the African diasporist religious identities and musical traditions — from Haiti and West and Central Africa — are reinterpreted in New Orleans jazz and popular religious performances, while describing how the participants in the second line create their own social space and become proficient in the arts of political disguise, resistance, and performance. An Examination Of The Musical, Religious, And Political Landscape Of Black New Orleans Before And After Hurricane Katrina, This Revised Edition Looks At How These Factors Play Out In A New Millennium Of Global Apartheid. Richard Brent Turner Explores The History And Contemporary Significance Of Second Lines--the Group Of Dancers Who Follow The First Procession Of Church And Club Members, Brass Bands, And Grand Marshals In Black New Orleans's Jazz Street Parades. Here Music And Religion Interplay, And Turner's Study Reveals How These Identities And Traditions From Haiti And West And Central Africa Are Reinterpreted. He Also Describes How Second Line Participants Create Their Own Social Space And Become Proficient In The Arts Of Political Disguise, Resistance, And Performance. Preface -- Introduction To The New Edition -- Introduction : Follow The Second Line -- 1. The Haiti-new Orleans Vodou Connection : Zora Neale Hurston As Initiate Observer -- 2. Mardi Gras Indians And Second Lines, Sequin Artists And Rara Bands : Street Festivals And Performances In New Orleans And Haiti -- Interlude The Healing Arts Of African Diasporic Religion -- 3. In Rhythm With The Spirit : New Orleans Jazz Funerals And The African Diaspora -- Epilogue A Jazz Funeral For A City That Care Forgot : The New Orleans Diaspora After Hurricane Katrina. Richard Brent Turner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This scholarly study demonstrates “that while post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans is changing, the vibrant traditions of jazz... must continue” (Journal of African American History).An examination of the musical, religious, and political landscape of black New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina, this revised edition looks at how these factors play out in a new millennium of global apartheid. Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of second lines—the group of dancers who follow the first procession of church and club members, brass bands, and grand marshals in black New Orleans's jazz street parades.Here music and religion interplay, and Turner's study reveals how these identities and traditions from Haiti and West and Central Africa are reinterpreted. He also describes how second line participants create their own social space and become proficient in the arts of political disguise, resistance, and performance. Explores The Historical And Contemporary Roots Of The Relationship Of Jazz To Indigenous Religion And Spirituality In The Culture And Performances Of New Orleans' Second Lines, The Group Of Dancers Who Follow The First Procession Of Church And Club Members, Brass Bands, And Grand Marshals In African-american Jazz Street Parades. Introduction : Follow The Second Line -- The Haiti-new Orleans Vodou Connection : Zora Neale Hurston As Initiate Observer -- Mardi Gras Indians And Second Lines, Sequin Artists And Rara Bands : Street Festivals And Performances In New Orleans And Haiti -- Interlude: The Healing Arts Of African Diasporic Religion -- In Rhythm With The Spirit : New Orleans Jazz Funerals And The African Diaspora -- Epilogue : A Jazz Funeral For A City That Care Forgot : The New Orleans Diaspora After Hurricane Katrina. Richard Brent Turner. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 161-174) And Index. Cover -- Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE NEW EDITION -- INTRODUCTION Follow the Second Line -- 1 The Haiti-New Orleans Vodou Connection: Zora Neale Hurston as Initiate Observer -- 2 Mardi Gras Indians and Second Lines, Sequin Artists and Rara Bands: Street Festivals and Performances in New Orleans and Haiti -- INTERLUDE The Healing Arts of African Diasporic Religion 3 In Rhythm with the Spirit: New Orleans Jazz Funerals and the African Diaspora -- EPILOGUE A Jazz Funeral for "A City That Care Forgot": The New Orleans Diaspora after Hurricane Katrina -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX Expressions of African musical and religious traditions in the city's Carnival culture