02:21 Danny Barker was born in the French Quarter in 1909, spent over thirty years touring and recording in New York with the likes of Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder, Henry Red Allen, Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker. He made history upon his return to New Orleans and founding of the Fairview Baptist Christian Marching Band, which saved the New Orleans brass band tradition. 04:55 Demonstration “Some of These Days” 11:50 Barker said music could come upon you any time in his childhood in New Orleans, a “magical phenomenon.” 13:34 Gregg Stafford explains his childhood musical experiences, akin to those of Mr. Barker. Bars like the Dew Drop Inn, parades, and brass bands such as Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellas provided ample musical stimulation. 16:02 Gregory Davis explains his youth in the Treme: second lines, funeral processions and bars provided music but not that that Barker heard in his own youth. Barker is who introduced these gentlemen to the jazz of his youth, as did Leroy Jones. It was in Jones’ band, the Hurricane Brass Band, that Davis and White first met. 19:09 Detroit Brooks explains that he met Barker through a previous marriage, having been married to a woman whose brother played with Hayward Johnson [?]. 19:52 Stafford was in the first iteration of the Fairview band, along with Lucien Barbarin, Charlie Barbarin, Daryl Adams, Raymond Johnson, Michael Johnson, Terry Cagnolatti, Gene Mims, Thomas Mims, Morris and Roy. 20:38 Stafford notes they would practice in Jones’ garage at 1225 Saint Denis; Barker accepted anyone interested into the band. Jones noted as a strong leader and gifted trumpet player. 22:59 Stafford notes band grew so big that Barker occasionally split them up for gigs. 23:33 Davis explains that his friendship with Barker grew out of collaborations with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. He was first exposed to Barker’s work through the Blu Lu Barker song “Don’t You Feel My Leg,” which he heard on WWNO’s late-night jazz program. 25:31 Demonstration “Don’t You Feel My Leg” 31:48 Demonstration Michael White interview clip with Danny Barker: “Authentic New Orleans jazz is poor people in a night club and a cabaret, a man with some money in his pocket and a beautiful woman that he wants to pick up off the floor, he wants to dance with her, and he doesn’t want to be on the dance floor getting out of breath to what he’s dancing to. He wants to talk to her while he’s dancing, he wants to squeeze her, etcetera, things that a man will do and a woman wants a man to do. Huh? And he’s close to having the bodies and the hearts beat together when the vibration of the limbs and the muscles and coordination, got that? 32:56 Davis explains Barker’s penchant for storytelling, how he always wound things back to women, part of what made his songs feel authentic. 34:10 Stafford relates that Barker tried to coach him with women, and was happy to engage in a range of conversational topics, including politics. 36:06 White recounts his strange first meeting with Barker, encountered while looking at a picture of him in a library book. Bonded over jazz history. White was in the second incarnation of the Fairview Baptist Christian Marching Band, the oldest of the children. 40:53 Brooks explains the origins of the Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival, intended to preserve the history and culture of these stringed instruments. He considers it carrying a torch from where Barker left off. 43:15 Demonstration “When You’re Smiling”