“Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up in one of the neighborhoods, it's as if the audience--dancing, singing to the refrains, laughing--is part of the… — Tom Piazza Copy Share Image
At one point, early on, some public figures even asked whether it 'made sense' to rebuild New Orleans. Would you let your own mother… — Tom Piazza Copy Share Image
The past in New Orleans cohabits with the present to an extent not even approximated in any other North American city. — Tom Piazza Copy Share Image
A portrait of the young Charlie Parker with a degree of vivid detail never before approached. . . [Kansas City Lightning is] a deft,… — Tom Piazza Copy Share Image
In New Orleans the funerals remind us that Life is bigger than any individual life, and it will roll on, and for the short… — Tom Piazza Copy Share Image
Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up in one… — Tom Piazza Copy Share Image
“Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up in one… — Tom Piazza Copy Share Image
![“A portrait of the young Charlie Parker with a degree of vivid detail never before approached. . . [Kansas City Lightning is] a deft, virtuosic panorama of early jazz. . . This is a mind-opening, and mind-filling, book.” quote by Tom Piazza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/753/tom-piazza-46948_book_a-portrait-of-the-young-charlie-parker-w_1236687.jpg)
