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French Quarter - Jazz Program - Kalindah Laveaux Trio
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Free. Free and open to the publicLocation: LAT/LONG: 29.954930, -90.064947
National Park Service French Quarter visitor center - 419 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130. (Near the statue of Bienville.)
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3:00 to 4:00 pm Central Time
Description
The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
and the
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve
present a
Special Program
featuring the
Kalindah Laveaux Trio
Wednesday at 3:00 pm
At the National Park Service French Quarter Visitor Center
419 Decatur St, New Orleans
Kalindah Laveaux presents a music performance that including jazz, Voudou songs, jurés, spirituals, and blues.
New Orleans Voodoo Queen Kalindah Marie Laveaux is a native born Afro-Creole, who can give first hand accounts of New Orleans tradition and culture from the inside. The infamous Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau, and founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family, Henriette Delille, are among her ancestry. Laveaux was born into the bloodline tradition of Voodoo. She maintains the Laveaux Legacy of offering readings, blessings, and gris gris to the community and visitors of the city.
She is also a singer who performs around the city and has an album entitled Soul Beautiful. Laveaux holds a BA in Jazz Studies from the University of New Orleans. Voodoo Queen KalindahMarie Laveaux may be most recognized for dancing in the Voodoo ritual scene in American Horror Story: Coven, along side Angela Bassett. She has also sung and danced in several episodes of the HBO Series: Treme, as a Mardi Gras Indian Queen.
This program is free and open to the public.
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