The Barbara Reid Project
The Contribution of Barbara Glancey Reid Edmiston
to New Orleans Jazz Revivalism
by Richard Ekins
Photograph by Bill Russell of Barbara Reid working for American Music Records, in the early 1950s. Note Russell’s inscription ‘Little Record Girl From Chicago’.
Courtesy of Kelley Edmiston
| Part 1 | 'The Letters of William 'Bill' Russell to Barbara Reid, 1952-1953, with a Postscript on Punch Miller, the Judge Babylon Incident and Mahalia Jackson, 1958-1963 • Part 1' |
| Part 2 | 'The Letters of William 'Bill' Russell to Barbara Reid, 1952-1953, with a Postscript on Punch Miller, the Judge Babylon Incident and Mahalia Jackson, 1958-1963 • Part 2' |
| Part 3 | 'Barbara Reid as Bill Russell's Protégée in Chicago 1950-52 – On Natty Dominique, Sidney Bechet, Jimmy Yancey and Lee Collins' |
| Part 4 | 'Flirting with the Beats: Barbara Reid in 1950s Bohemian New Orleans' |
| Part 5 | 'Barbara Reid, Billie & DeDe Pierce and a 'Beatnik Film' – The Photographs of Lyle Bongé' |
| Part 6 | 'Geo. Lewis at Home: George Lewis, Barbara Reid and the Photographs of Lyle Bongé |
| Part 7 | 'On the Origin of Preservation Hall: Barbara Glancey Reid and the 'Media Blitz' of 1961' |
| Part 8 | 'Kid Sheik, Barbara Reid, Ken Grayson Mills and the First Television Filming at Preservation Hall, with an Afterword from Larissa Mills' ' |
| Part 9 | 'On New Orleans Jazz 'Revivalism': Barbara Reid, Lyle Bongé and the Marrero Family Band at the Autocrat Club' |
| Part 10 | 'On the Origins of Second Wave New Orleans Jazz Revivalism: Ken Grayson Mills, Barbara Reid and Lyle Bongé at the 1960 Civil Rights Party, 726 St. Peter Street' |
| Part 11 | 'Fantasy and Reality at Bourbon House: Barbara Reid, the Olympia Brass Band and a Most Unusual Funeral' |
| Part 12 | 'Spaces and Places - Barbara Reid on Jim Crow, New Orleans Musicians and 'Bleeding Heart Liberals'' |
| Part 13 | 'Letter to the Editor: Ken Grayson Mills on Jim Crow, New Orleans Musicians and Preservation Hall' |
| Part 14 | 'Barbara Reid in New Orleans: Further Contributions and Legacy, 1964-1983 • Part 1' |
| Part 15 | 'Barbara Reid in New Orleans: Further Contributions and Legacy, 1964-1983 • Part 2' |
| Part 16 | 'Barbara Reid in New Orleans: Further Contributions and Legacy, 1964-1983 • Part 3' |
| Part 17 | 'The First Four Months of Preservation Hall: Barbara Reid’s Notes for a Preliminary Timeline' |
| Part 18 | 'Kelley Todd Edmiston, 1957-2021: A Memorial Tribute' |
| Part 19 | 'Barbara Reid Edmiston: A Memorial Party at Preservation Hall, 1983' |
| Part 20 | 'Kelley Todd Edmiston Memorial' video and Obituary |
| Part 21 | 'Revisiting Barbara Reid, William ‘Bill’ Russell and Mahalia Jackson in Chicago and New Orleans: An Extended Footnote' |
