IMPORTANT JAZZ HISTORY NEW ORLEANS 1919 SAM MORGAN JAZZ BAND / ECONOMY HALL

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IMPORTANT JAZZ HISTORY NEW ORLEANS 1919 SAM MORGAN JAZZ BAND / ECONOMY HALL
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Another rare and original piece of New Orleans Jazz History.   102 years old  , this Grand Ball Ticket dated April  27, 1919 to be given by the Original Vegetable Packers P Club.  These cards are extremely rare , in fact I haven’t seen or found any others , anywhere . Not in any personal or museums collections .  Jazz historians and fans as well as New Orleans and African American history buffs would be delighted to own it and would be, for sure, a highlight in their collection .
The Band, Sam Morgan’s , Morgan Jazz Band
,  Sam Morgan ( 1895-1936) was New Orleans Jazz trumpet player and the leader of the band , formed also by two other members of the Morgan family.  The band recorded several  songs for Columbia Records in 1927 and is very significan in the history of New Orleans Jazz as it was the FIRST JAZZ BAND to be recorded in New Orleans !!
The Venue,   ECONOMY HALL ,
Economy Hall was not only a legendary laboratory for jazz improvisation, as was typical of the many social aid and pleasure clubs at that time. It also provided a variety of social services, including brass band funerals and dances, to the New Orleans black community.   A new book (
Fatima Shaik’s
Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood
)
sheds light on the less know side of the Hall , a remarkable history that preceded jazz by almost a century. The radical politics and philanthropic efforts of the society that built Economy Hall touched most corners of New Orleans and some parts of the globe.   From a modest house purchased secretly by the members of the Société d’Economie et d’Assistance Mutuelle in 1836 to the famous Economy Hall that stood until 1965, a diverse cross-section of people came to Ursuline Street to socialize, debate, advocate, dance, memorialize the dead, and bring back some of their dearly departed in seances. Communal, political, and soulful—in sum, Economy Hall was New Orleans under a roof.  The fifteen free men of color who began the organization and the others who joined during the society’s early years reads like a roster of well-established Creoles of the 19th century: Pierre Crocker, builder and lover of Marie Laveau; Etienne Cordeviolle and François Lacroix, international tailors whose designs and real estate holdings made them wealthy; Pierre Casanave, a well-known mortician; Charles Martinez, musician, grocer, and later notary; and  Ludger Boguille, a teacher beginning in the 1840s and important secretary of the organization.
A one in a lifetime chance to own a significant piece of Jazz and New Orleans History.
Dimensions:  2.5″ x 4″
Condition is excellent for age and for being paper ( hard cardboard type ) Sold as shown in pictures
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