New Orleans Jazz Funeral Demonstration I

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Anthony Bennett (Grand Marshal), Oswald Jones (Grand Marshal), Mark Braud (trumpet), Clive Wilson (trumpet), Charlie Gabriel (clarinet), Tom Fischer (tenor saxophone), Maynard Chatters (trombone), Freddie Lonzo (trombone), Ronell Johnson (sousaphone), Benny Jones (snare drum), Kerry Hunter (snare drum) and Gerald French (bass drum) perform a two-song jazz funeral, demonstrating traditional brass band funeral attire, Grand Marshal attire, and the transition between the mournful dirge "Old Rugged Cross" into an uptempo spiritual, "Just a Little While to Stay Here."

This video is part of Preservation Hall’s free online lesson plans. You can view this video in context with the complete Mardi Gras in New Orleans lesson at https://lessons.preshallfoundation.org/lessons/

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