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You can hear the music immediately upon turning onto Canal Street. Sounds of trombones and French horns, acoustic guitars and bottle-capped tap shoes float their way down the streets of the French Quarter.

In 1987, Congress declared jazz "a rare and valuable national American treasure to which we should devote our attention, support, and resources." Harmless enough, but how exactly does that turn into a misbegotten National Park?