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Wynton Marsalis - 2nd Line (live) (purchase)
This is New Orleans in one song. Fellow hometown boy Marsalis, strutting the 2nd Line, and capturing the soul, even if it was recorded in a little club in NYC in 2002.
For those of you who might not know this little bit of New Orleans culture:
History Of The Second Line In New Orleans
“A Main Line is the “main section or the members of the actual club, that has the permit to parade. The parades consist of a larger element of fans and the curious following that section of members.
Those fans, admirers and curious are the “second line” or part two of this planned street parade. These parades have come to be called and known by this fact.
Normally called, ”Second Lines”, the sponsoring element is called the “Main Line” and is usually a Social (Aide) & Pleasure Club of the neighborhood in which they are parading. By state and city ordinances and law, very seldom does these parades take up routes on heavily traffic laden thoroughfares in the city. Most are held in the back areas, visiting the stops that help the clubs to continue the tradition.”