Sidney Bechet was one of the great geniuses and giants of jazz, one of the first to take what was a New Orleans musical folk tradition and turn it into a virtuoso art form loved around the world.


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Throughout St. Patrick Cemetery Number One on Canal Street you'll find in-ground markers, a curious sight in a cemetery that otherwise consists of above-ground burials. Even the regular graves in cemeteries at the head of Canal Street are raised a few feet, but there are still a number of markers set in the concrete walkways, such as this one:


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The Cabildo, 1930s


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