The Jazz Pioneer

You helped birth the music that would change the world. In smoky clubs on Basin Street and Rampart, in the legendary Storyville before the Navy shut it down, your fingers or voice created something that had never existed before. Jazz was not just your music—it was your rebellion, your prayer, your gift to humanity. The notes you played still echo through every horn and piano in the city. When the music starts, your soul remembers how to fly.