Rampart Street is a historic avenue located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Rampart Street, New Orleans
The famous "Eagle" building at South Rampart & Perdido streets is a jazz history landmark
The partially collapsed building seen from Rampart Street, October 2019.
Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist. Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career spanned five decades and
Rampart Street
…Rampart Street on either side of Canal was the center of an important African-American commercial and entertainment district. The notable Jazz trumpetist Louis Armstrong grew up on South Rampart Street. Rampart Street's significance has been commemorated in songs like "Saturday Night Fish Fry," "I've Got the Blues for…
A snippet from the January 2, 1913, issue of The Times-Democrat, New Orleans
Armstrong (fourth from left) was a member of Fate Marable's New Orleans Band in 1919, shown here on board the S.S. Sidney.
The Fletcher Henderson Orchestra in 1925. Armstrong is the third person from the left.