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It is difficult to think of New Orleans without thinking of music. Music is everywhere here and infuses everything; it's in the streets, in clubs, at weddings and at funerals. It just doesn't seem right to stay in a New Orleans bed and breakfast without experiencing some form of live music or jazz, and innkeepers are a great resource for tips on local legends and the best venues.

New Orleans is considered the birthplace of Jazz. It grew out of the music slaves played on Sundays in Congo Square in the 1830s, and morphed into the blues, brass marching band music, dixieland and ragtime. Louis Armstrong was born here, as was Jelly Roll Morton and Buddy Bolden, first of the New Orleans jazz figures.

Guests of New Orleans bed and breakfasts will easily find live jazz music seven nights a week. Head to the Maple Leaf Bar, with pressed-tin walls, a jam-packed dance floor, and music that doesn't allow you to sit still. Tipitinas, featured in the film The Big Easy, today features a mix of top local and touring acts. If you have the stamina to stay up late, pop into Fritzel's European Jazz Pub, where jam sessions have been known to break out among musicians who've gathered from all over the city.

Yet you don't have to stay up late to find great music in New Orleans. Grab some café au lait and beignets at Cafe du Monde and head to Jackson Square, where some mighty talented buskers can be found. While there, take time to have your portrait drawn by one of the artists lining the streets. As always, the innkeepers of your bed and breakfast New Orleans are your best source of information. They'll have a finger on the pulse the music scene.

	Southern Comfort Phone: 504-895-3680 Toll Free: 888-769-3868 Music is the heartbeat of New Orleans. We are known as the birthplace of Jazz, but you'll also find Brass Bands, Blues, Zydeco, Cajun and more. Each morning at breakfast we take the opportunity to share with our guests our favorite musicians performing that night.
	Elysian Fields Inn Phone: 504-948-9420 Toll Free: 866 948 9420
	La Maison Marigny B&B on Bourbon Phone: (504) 948-3638 Toll Free: (800) 570-2014 We have the French Quarter at our front door! Our quiet "end of Bourbon" location is perfect for folks who want the best of New Orleans nightlife. Walk a few blocks to the left to enjoy the sounds of Bourbon Street. Three blocks to the right you will find Frenchmen Street, the city's premier jazz district. Lots of other music choices nearby, too, and they are all within a few blocks.
	Chez Palmiers Phone: 504-208-7044 Toll Free: 877-233-9449
	5 Continents Bed & Breakfast Phone: 504-324-8594 Toll Free: 800-997-4652 Walking Distance to "Frenchman St" the heart of Jazz in New Orleans
	Creole Inn Phone: 504-941-0243
	Little Eazy Guest House Phone: 504-949-5292 The Little Eazy is located in the Faubourg Marigny, and just 3 blocks from Frenchman St. Frenchman St. is where the locals go to hear the live music. As recently shown on the "Treme" series Frenchman St. is where the music flows all night. The Little Eazy is a quick walk to Frenchman St, but far enough away to be quiet. Since the cottage is also 3 blocks from the French Quarter you have your choices of which music to hear, and if you change your mind, you just change your direction, no need to drive anywhere. Yet if you want to drive to Tipitina's, Le Bon Temps, Rock & Bowl or Chickie Wah Wah's, you can get into your car parked in front of the cottage, drive out, and when you return there is easy parking again in front of the cottage.
	Chimes Bed and Breakfast Phone: 504-899-2621, 504 453-2183 Music permeates the streets of New Orleans. Stay at the Chimes Bed and Breakfast and we'll share our love of musicians, places and events.
	Avenue Inn Bed and Breakfast Phone: 504-269-2640 Toll Free: 800-490-8542 We Be Jazzin' If New Orleans music is your thing, then we are the lodging location of choice. Not far from famed Frenchman Street, your Innkeepers can hook you up with some of the top Jazz Clubs in the city. Snug Harbor, DBA, and Blue Nile are just a few that feature the best Jazz musicians every night. Let Joe and Bebe suggest a great dining experience for you and then a night on the town in one or more of these venues. Just ask for our "We Be Jazzin'" package and receive 10% off our website rate. With the savings, you'll be able to pay the cover charge or more. Some restrictions and black out dates apply, call for details.
	Degas House Phone: 504-821-5009 Toll Free: 800-755-6730
	HH Whitney House on the Historic Esplanade Phone: 504-948-9448 Toll Free: 800-924-9448 yes, we have music
	Chez Nous Guest House Phone: 504-432-7072 New Orleans has always been a significant center for music, showcasing its intertwined European, Latin American, and African cultures. New Orleans' unique musical heritage was born in its pre-American and early American days from a unique blending of European instruments with African rhythms. As the only North American city to allow slaves to gather in public and play their native music (largely in Congo Square, now located within Louis Armstrong Park), New Orleans gave birth to an indigenous music: jazz. Soon, brass bands formed, gaining popular attraction that still holds today. The city's music was later significantly influenced by Acadiana, home of Cajun and Zydeco music, and Delta blues.
	1870 Banana Courtyard Bed & Breakfast Phone: 504-947-4475 Toll Free: 800-842-4748
	La Dauphine, Residence des Artistes Phone: 504-948-2217 Our B&B is located two blocks from the incredible live music scene on Frenchmen Street-- a kind of Bourbon Street for locals. Almost all the venues have live music every night. Some of the clubs are Snug Harbor, The Spotted Cat, the Blue Nile, the Apple Barrel, DBA, CheckPoint Charlie's, etc. Click on: http://frenchmenst.com/clubs.htm This marvelous music scene is just 2 blocks from us :-)
	B&W Courtyards Phone: 504-324-3396 Toll Free: 800-585-5731 B&W Courtyards is just 3 blocks from the famous Jazz clubs of Frenchman Street.
	The Burgundy Bed and Breakfast Phone: 1-504-942-1463 Toll Free: 1-800-970-2153 The Burgundy Bed and Breakfast is located in the Faubourg Marigny, home to the Frenchmen Street music clubs. It's a 10 minute walk to the Frenchmen Street entertainment district, which boasts Snug Harbor, d.b.a, Spotted Cat, Apple Barrel, Blue Nile, Cafe Negril among others on a 2-block strip. Sweet Lorraine's is not on Frenchmen St., but also in the Marigny. And Kermit Ruffins plays at Vaughn's in the Bywater (the next neighborhood downriver) Thursday nights.
	Marigny Manor House Bed and Breakfast Phone: (504) 943 7826 Frenchman Street Light years removed from the glitzy neon lights and blaring cover music of Bourbon Street but, in reality, only walking distance away, is a compact musical enclave where the �locals� hang out. A two-block-long entertainment district where, on any given night of the week � including normally dead Mondays � you can hear live sounds and a wide variety of music as only New Orleans musicians can perform. It�s called Frenchmen Street and it is, conveniently, only steps away from the French Quarter. Cross Esplanade Avenue at Decatur Street and you are there. Within that two-block stretch of Frenchmen Street you are likely to hear anything from jazz to Latin to blues to reggae . . . and just about everything in between. No neon lights; only plain wooden signs to d
	Auld Sweet Olive Bed and Breakfast Phone: 504-947-4332 Toll Free: 877-470-5323 Snug Harbor, Blue Nile, DBA, Checkpoint Charlie's, Sweet Lorraine's, the Hi Ho Lounge...the list of our neighborhood's iconic live music venues puts the best local musicians just a short stroll from our front door.
	1896 OMalley House Phone: 504-488-5896 Toll Free: 866-226-1896 Located close to the largest music festivals in the city. A quick street car ride to the French Quarter and Frenchmen�s street.