Jazz Funeral for Dr. Lawrence Ketchens

Tuba player and husband of French Quarter mainstay Doreen Ketchens

After the intimate funeral uptown on Friday, February 14, we skedaddled downtown to find the second line following the service for Dr. Lawrence Ketchens. We caught up to the parade, which featured dozens of musicians, on Esplanade Avenue and marched along to the end at Doreen’s Sweet Shop on St. Phillip Street. Doreen can be seen in the photo above, in blue, riding in the pedicab.

Trumpeter Leon Brown, an unknown clarinet player and trombonist Gregory Veals

Gregory Stafford left his trumpet at home and played the bass drum

Sousaphonist Jon Gross of the Tremé Brass Band

A sousphone engraved in honor of Dr. Ketchens

Doreen playing her clarinet. At the end, she got out of the pedicab and led the large ensemble on “I’ll Fly Away” in front of the sweet shop. Cornetist Shaye Cohn of Tuba Skinny can be seen in the back-right.

Trumpeter Dewon “Itchy” Scott