As New Orleans jazz community weathers crisis upon crisis, music uplifts

When Ida struck New Orleans, the jazz community was already reeling amid a pandemic that has shut down music venues, canceled shows and left many without a lifeline.

This report is a part of "America Strong," an ABC News series highlighting stories of strength and resiliency across the nation.

As Hurricane Ida wreaked havoc in New Orleans, it swept away a historic jazz landmark that Louis Armstrong once considered a second home.

The Karnofsky Tailor Shop and Residence, which was built in 1913, collapsed after water pooled on its roof. According to the National Park Service, a young Armstrong worked for the family who owned the shop and loaned the future jazz legend money to buy his first cornet -- a brass instrument that resembles a small trumpet.

"That is another devastating blow to the community, so much history there [that] once again, a hurricane has come in and just kind of washed away," Kia Robinson, the director of programs and marketing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, told ABC News.