For the Teena Marie album, see Congo Square (album).
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Congo Square
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Jct. of Rampart and St. Peter Sts., New Orleans, Louisiana
Congo Square (French: Place Congo) is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. The square is famous for its influence on the history of African American music, especially jazz.
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CongoSquare (French: Place Congo) is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana...
finished tracks from her upcoming album CongoSquare and received a positive response from the audience. CongoSquare was released on June 9, 2009, on Stax/Concord...
Gras Indians is shrouded in mystery and folklore. In 1740, New Orleans' CongoSquare was a cultural center for African music and dance. New Orleans was more...
Freedom in CongoSquare is a 2016 poetic nonfiction picture book by Carole Boston Weatherford, and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. It was published...
Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa, Congo DR, DR Congo, DRC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa...
African-based dances to drums were organized on Sundays at Place Congo, or CongoSquare, in New Orleans until 1843. There are historical accounts of other...
music, other than private locations, was a place in New Orleans called CongoSquare. The former Africans were able to play their traditional music, which...
of contemporary drum circles in North America can be traced back to CongoSquare in New Orleans, a pivotal site in the history of American music. During...
Edmundo Ros "Congo" by Amel Larrieux "CongoSquare" by Chuck Perkins "CongoSquare" by Wynton Marsalis, Johnny Wiggs, Great White "CongoSquare Rag" by Corey...
Love Supreme (2005) Don't Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus (2005) CongoSquare (2007) Portrait in Seven Shades (Jazz at Lincoln Center, 2010) Vitoria...
Boseman's best-known play, Deep Azure, was commissioned in 2004 by the CongoSquare Theatre Company in Chicago. It was nominated for a 2006 Jeff Award for...
bushcraft skills. Elements of Kongo and Mbundu culture survive in Louisiana. CongoSquare, a historic place of worship and recreation for Black people, was named...
also hosted a weekly jazz show on WYLD-FM Radio called Extensions from CongoSquare. Pierce then attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division from 1981...
involved in the Hip-hop theater movement. Sanders then co-founded the CongoSquare Theatre Company in Chicago, while Boseman continued to write, direct...
The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo (French: État indépendant du Congo), was a large state and absolute monarchy in...
site. CongoSquare was a common gathering place for African-Americans in New Orleans for dancing and performing music. The park where CongoSquare is located...
The Congo Basin (French: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known...
1960) is an African-American jazz saxophonist and the Big Chief of The CongoSquare Nation Afro-New Orleans Cultural Group from New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
of France. Central to Creole musical activities was Place Congo (in English: CongoSquare). The much quoted 1886 article by George Washington Cable offers...
designated for that purpose. The main location permitted was New Orleans' CongoSquare. Voodoo dance rituals nevertheless continued clandestinely at other locations...
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