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Pages in category "20th-century Jazz musicians from New Orleans" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 298 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Doreen J. Ketchens (born October 3, 1966) is an American jazz clarinetist who performs Dixieland and trad jazz.She has performed at concert halls, music festivals, and U.S. embassies, as well as in decades of weekly performances in Dixieland's tradition in the Royal Street Performing Arts Zone in the French Quarter of New Orleans with her band, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans.
Leroy Jones in Denmark 2017. Leroy Jones (born February 20, 1958) is a jazz trumpeter. [1] Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, [1] Jones began playing trumpet at the age of ten, and by the time he was 12 was leading the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, a group of young musicians organized by jazz guitarist and banjo player Danny Barker.
Mike Dine was a British draughtsman and jazz fan living in England when he met Tom Stagg, now a British expatriate, jazz fan, and founder of NOLA Records. During the 1960s, Stagg had helped bring to Europe musicians such as John Handy, Andrew Morgan, Louis Nelson, Alton Purnell, Emanuel Sayles, and Kid Thomas. When Dine started 504 Records in ...
Live in New Orleans is the first DVD release by American jazz singer Norah Jones.The DVD release features Jones's concert at House of Blues, New Orleans as part of her Come Away with Me Tour, includes ten songs from her debut album Come Away with Me as well as the covers "Comes Love" and "Bessie Smith".
Wein was subsequently instrumental in the founding of a number of festivals in other cities, including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, [13] and the Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles, and established the Newport Folk Festival. [4] [11] In the 1960s he set up Festival Productions, a company dedicated to promoting large-scale jazz ...
A live recording of "Tin Roof Blues" by June Gardner and the Fellas from the 2001 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was featured on radio station WWOZ's compilation CD "Sounds of New Orleans" 2002 release. It was released again on the 2011 WWOZ compilation CD "Play It Again". [17] [18]
Rebirth Brass Band is known for combining traditional New Orleans brass band music, including the New Orleans tradition of second line, with funk, jazz, soul and hip hop. [ 2 ] : 113 In 1993, trumpeter Kermit Ruffins and Rebirth split amicably after Ruffins decided to spend more time at home with his young family and forego Rebirth touring ...