Second Line / jazz funeral influence in Chicago

CTL-E-2587 · Practice · dance · 1910s–present (Chicago)

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The New Orleans second-line and jazz-funeral tradition as carried into Chicago: brass-band processions, second-lining dance, and their influence on the city's Black musical and civic life.

The record

Also known as: Second lining in Chicago, Chicago jazz funerals

Relationships

Chicago Jazz Festival — related to
The Big Shoulders Brass Band paraded a second line (to Joe Avery's 'Blues') with the Mystic Krewe of Laff for the 41st Chicago Jazz Festival, placing the tradition inside Chicago's civic festival culture.
Thomas A. Dorsey — related to
Thomas A. Dorsey's 'Precious Lord, Take My Hand' belongs to the Black gospel hymn heritage carried in jazz funerals; the hymn was played at Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral.

Referenced by

Congregational Mutual Aid — related to → this record

Sources

Wikipedia — Jazz funeral
Shreveport Bossier Advocate — How did second-lines start in New Orleans?
Brass Animals — Second Line Parades and Wedding Traditions
Airan Wright — Second Line at the 41st Chicago Jazz Festival

Record CTL-E-2587 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 4 sources · 3 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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