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Ball was born in Orange, Texas, into a musical family.Her grandmother and aunt both played piano music of their time and Ball started piano lessons when she started school, [4] and showed an early interest in New Orleans style piano playing, as exemplified by Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, and James Booker.
James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 – November 8, 1983) was an American New Orleans rhythm and blues keyboardist and singer. Flamboyant in personality and style, and possessing extraordinary technical skill on the piano, he was dubbed "the Black Liberace."
Harry Connick Jr. was born and raised in New Orleans. [5] His mother, Anita Frances Livingston (née Levy), [6] was a lawyer and judge in New Orleans. His father, Harry Connick Sr. (1926–2024), was the district attorney of Orleans Parish from 1973 to 2003. [7]
Both are solo piano performance featuring original New Orleans piano/boogie-woogie style compositions and classic New Orleans piano songs. His current solo piano CD, Exposed (JK1005) is the follow-up to the STR Digital CDs. He has been a headline performer at WWOZ's Piano Night during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival every year since 1997.
Rick DiamondWhen the New Orleans pianist Henry Butler reached New York in 2009, the strapping dude with sunglasses and a felt hat looked way younger than 61. Riding a wave of concerts and ...
Jon Cleary (born August 11, 1962) [1] is a British-born, American funk and R&B musician, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. [2] Cleary is an accomplished pianist as well as being a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter.
In November 2023, Dr. John: Solo Piano Live in New Orleans 1984 was released by the Dr. John estate and 501 Record Club. [45] On April 20, 2024, Dr. John: Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya: Singles 1968-1974 was released by Omnivore and the Dr. John estate, on double purple vinyl as a special Record Store Day release, and as a CD on April 26, 2024. [46]
After spending his early years in Houston, Johnson returned to New Orleans at the age of ten settling in the Lower Ninth Ward. [1] His father bought him a trumpet, also a piano for his sisters and a trombone for his brother. Johnson took interest in the piano and learned the basic chord changes in different keys. [1]