By Freddi Williams Evans (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, $20)
"The bloodlines of all important modern American music can be traced to Congo Square, " Wynton Marsalis says of the legendary place where African slaves and free people of color spent their Sundays for more than 100 years. "The defining history of this national landmark, " according to Marsalis, the book covers the music, dances, religious customs and marketing traditions followed here as well as in similar gathering places in the West Indies, "reflecting New Orleans' relationship with Caribbean countries and shedding light on its role in extending and perpetuating African music and dance in North America."
Freddi Williams Evanswill sign the book, with teaching resources including a timeline, maps and extensive endnotes and bibliography, Saturday, 4-5 p.m., Jazz Fest Book Tent. A reading at Octavia Books is May 3, 6 p.m.
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