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New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Contact Us
By Mail
Headquarters
419 Rue Decatur
New Orleans, LA 70130

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Visitors Center
(please send mail to Headquarters)
916 N. Peters Street
New Orleans, LA 70116

By Phone
Headquarters (Mon - Fri)
504-589-4806

Visitor Information (Tues - Sat)
504-589-4841

Visitor Information (toll free)
877-520-0677

By Fax
504-589-3865

By E-mail

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Did You Know?
What does “ride” mean in jazz? The word was popular in the early jazz and swing era. “To take a ride” is to improvise a solo, and a “ride man” is an improvising soloist.

Last Updated: August 23, 2006 at 16:01 EST