Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Berry, Jason

Titel

He's comin' through: Jazz funeral for trumpeter Milton Batiste showcases New Orleans' black Catholic spirit

Ist Teil von

• National Catholic reporter, 2001-05, Vol.37 (29), p.13

Ort / Verlag

Kansas City: National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

EZB Free E-Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Dirges are the songs of sorrow a brass band plays in ushering a coffin to the cemetery. The tolling of the dirges has a solemn dignity, shaping the image most people have of a jazz funeral. Trailed by limousines and a crowd of mourners, the musicians in dark pants, white shirts, dark ties and caps, their instruments glinting silver and gold in the sun, move in a slow procession.