Congo Square
OCD, 2007
Description
Congo Square, believed to be the birthplace of jazz, is a historic site next to the French Quarter, where African slaves performed music and dance on Sunday afternoons for over a hundred years.
This musical celebration of Congo Square was composed by Wynton Marsalis and master drummer Yacub Addy. It was premiered at Louis Armstrong Park, the site of Congo Square, in New Orleans by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Ghanaian drum group Odadaa!
Collections:
AIGA 365: 29 (2008)
Repository:
Denver Art Museum
Discipline:
Package design
Credits
- Design firm
- OCD
- Creative director
- Bobby C. Martin Jr.
- Designers
- Erika Lee, Daryl Long, Bobby C. Martin Jr., Matthew Poor
- Illustrator
- Bobby C. Martin Jr.
- Photographer
- Frank Stewart
- Writers
- Chinua Achebe, Yacub Addy, Wynton Marsalis
- Copywriter
- Daryl Long
- Client
- Jazz at Lincoln Center
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