NEW ORLEANS — A jazz funeral was held Saturday in New Orleans for 19 Black individuals whose skulls were used in a racist scientific study in Germany more than 150 years ago. In the 1800s, a New ...

To ask what jazz funerals have in common with famed political consultant James Carville sounds like the set-up for some mordant witticism, but it’s not. This very ...

CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. A JAZZ FUNERAL WAS HELD ON DILLARD UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS TODAY AS 19 PEOPLE SKULLS WERE RETURNED TO NEW ORLEANS AFTER 150 YEARS. THIS SKULL SENT TO GERMANY FOR RACIAL. PSUEDO ...

The jazz funeral dates to the late 1800s and the birth of jazz itself. Like Chase’s Creole cuisine, the ritual has survived by embracing both tradition and change. How New Orleans Celebrates Its Dead ...