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The Happy Pals New Orleans Party Orchestra are a New Orleans traditional dance hall jazz band which was formed in 1968 by Clifford “Kid” Bastien, originally named Kid Bastien's Camellia Jazz band. [1] [2] The Happy Pals are a classic New Orleans style ensemble which includes trumpet, trombone, clarinet, banjo, piano, double bass and drums ...
Originally named the Archive of New Orleans Jazz and later renamed the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive, [2] it is often simply referred to as the Hogan Jazz Archive. [3] As of 2001, the archive was the world's largest jazz archive, with oral histories of more than 500 musicians of the genre.
The emergence of new musical genres continued in New Orleans, and by 1950s rhythm and blues had gained a foothold as an established style. [1] [2] The book chronicles the course of music evolution in New Orleans post-World War II from jazz to primarily rhythm and blues as well as rock and roll and avant-garde jazz.
Jimmie Noone (April 23, 1895 – April 19, 1944) [1] was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. After beginning his career in New Orleans, he led Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, a Chicago band that recorded for Vocalion and Decca. Classical composer Maurice Ravel acknowledged basing his Boléro on an improvisation by Noone. At the ...
After years of work by musicians from all over the country, jazz had finally been accepted by mainstream audiences—according to Stan Ayeroff, "the concert helped jazz evolve from being strictly dance music to music worthy of a discerning listening audience. It was the start of jazz being recognized as an art form on a par with classical music."
Instead, New Orleans jazz bands began incorporating a style known as "ragging"; this technique implemented the influence of ragtime 2/4 meter and eventually led to improvisation. In turn, the early jazz bands of New Orleans influenced the playing of the marching bands, who in turn began to improvise themselves more often.
Peter and Will have led performances at the Blue Note Jazz Club, The Kennedy Center, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Seattle's Triple Door, and DC's Blues Alley.. Their ensembles have performed in over 35 U.S. States, toured Japan, and been featured four times in New York City's famed “Highlights in Jazz" [2] series, alongside Lou Donaldson, Ken Peplowski, and Warren Vache.