Description: FEET DON'T FAIL ME NOW IS A THEME SONG OF THE JAZZ REVIVAL OF NEW ORLEANS, WHERE THE MUSIC MAKES YOU WANT TO MOVE AND THE MOVEMENT TAKES YOU INTO THE STREETS TO DO YOUR THING. THE WORDS ARE ENGLISH BUT THE SENTIMENT AND THE RHYTHM ARE AFRICAN. THE MAGIC COMBINATION THAT BIRTHED THE GOOD TIME MUSIC OF THIS RAUNCHY CREOLE CITY. MARCH AND BOOGIE IN STREET BALLETS, STAGED BY THE ZULUS AND THE BIG JUMPERS, AND SEE HOW MUCH OF AFRICA STILL LIVES IN THEIR DANCE STYLE. STOP BY PRESERVATION HALL TO HEAR THAT WORLD FAMOUS BAND AND DIG THE AGELESS WISDOM OF KID VALENTINE AND WILLIE HUMPHREY, WHO OPINED THAT JAZZ IS "PERTAINING TO SEX". MOVE ONTO THE GLASS HOUSE TO CATCH THE NEW GENERATION, THE DIRTY DOZEN BAND. JOIN A STREET FUNERAL, WHERE THE DEAD MAN'S WILL CALLED FOR A BAND TO GIVE HIM A JOYOUS SENDOFF, AND SEE THE MOURNERS CAVORTING ON THE ROOFTOPS. DROP BY A REHEARSAL OF THE BLACK INDIANS AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE OVER CARNIVAL WITH THEIR OSTRITCH PLUMES AND THEIR WARHOOPS. NO QUESTION - THE GREAT OLD MUSIC THAT ONCE TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM, IS COMING BACK WITH A RUSH IN THE NEGHBORHOODS OF THE QUEEN CITY, WHERE YOU DANCE TILL YOU SAY - FEET DON'T FAIL ME NOW.
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