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Learn More About the Second Line, Jazz Funerals and Ways People Address Grief, Loss, and Hardships With Music

Learn more about the Second Line tradition from the Music Rising project at Tulane University

Watch and Listen to this example of a Jazz Funeral, which is not the same as a second line:

Watch a documentary on the Second Line – Produced by BILSUM MUSIC & DIRTY SOUTHERN HOLLYWOOD

Read a more advanced article sharing perspectives on the history of the Second Line tradition and jazz funeral and connections to slavery

Learn about jazz funerals and parades– from Matt Sakakeeny, an Anthropologist at Tulane University

Return to the XP: What role can music play in times of loss or grief?