[Dixielandjazz] Second Line

[Charles Suhor]

Doc was a general practitioner, much respected in the profession and by his patients. “Memere” wouldn’t have any other, feisty though he often was. 
Local musicians frequently ignored the segregation laws that continued until around 1964. The cops wouldn’t bust people with prestige, like Doc’s sessions and N.O. JAzz Club events, but they arrested young guys like Al Belletto, Earl Palmer, and Benny Clement for jamming in their homes. The bad old days. 

Charlie


> On Nov 28, 2015, at 4:49 PM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Doc Souchon!  Wasn't he an obstetrician?
> And a criminal under the then in effect Louisiana laws - he played in mixed racially groups.
> A wonderful musician and singer.  One of my favourite records is New Orleans Daily Jazz (GHB 6), with a mostly white band, but Paul Barbarin wa the drummer.  And if it really was recorded at a picnic, as the liner suggests, than it was definitely a transgression of the law.
> Cheers
> 
> On 29 November 2015 at 00:21, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net <mailto:csuhor at zebra.net>> wrote:
> This is a great resource!-- long overdue for online access. From 1950 to the late 60s, Second Line was effectively the journal of record for traditional and Dixieland jazz in New Orleans. A bit moreso for the latter, since the postwar popular revival in the city was focused mainly on Dixieland than early jazz. The mag had the crudeness and the charm of zealous amateur energy, seldom striking for journalistic polish. The unabashedly outspoken Doc Souchon (my grandmother’s physician, BTW), set the tone.
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> Charlie
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> > On Nov 28, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com <mailto:marekboym at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> > Second Line, that great magazine, now available on line.  Here's teh link:
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> > http://www.nojazzclub.org/mainidx.htm <http://www.nojazzclub.org/mainidx.htm>
> > Enjoy!
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