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5th Ward Weebie
5th Ward Weebie is a New Orleans Bounce Rapper from…
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9th Ward Marching Band
The 9th Ward Marching Band is a local high school/military…
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Dolly Adams
Dolly Douroux Adams (1904-1979) was born in Algiers, Louisiana, and…
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Don Albert
Born in New Orleans as Albert Dominique, Don Albert (1908-1980)…
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Tom Albert
Born in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, guitarist, violinist, and trumpeter Tom…
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Alvin Alcorn
Alvin Alcorn (September 7, 1912 – July 17, 2003) was…
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Adolphe Alexander, Jr.
Adolphe “Tats” Alexander, Jr. was a New Orleans jazz clarinetist…
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Richard “Dick” Allen
Oral historian and traditional jazz expert Dick Allen was one…
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Frank Amacker
Frank “Dude” Amacker (1890-1975) was a ragtime and jazz pianist…
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Andy Anderson
Born in Mandeville, Louisiana, Andrew “Jug” Anderson (1905-1982) was a…
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Phil Anselmo
Philip Hansen “Phil” Anselmo (born June 30, 1968) is an…
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Amede Ardoin
Accordionist Amédé Ardoin stands as a forerunner of both zydeco…
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Louis Armstrong “Satchmo”
Trumpeter, cornetist and singer Louis Armstrong is often erroneously regarded…
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Lil Hardin Armstrong
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lil Hardin (1902-1971) attended Fisk University…
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B.G.
Christopher Dorsey (born September 3, 1980),better known by his stage…
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Andrew Bailey
Andrew Bailey (1899-1977) was not a musician but grew up…
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Dave Bailey
Bass drummer and harmonica player Dave Bailey (1895-1974) began playing…
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Dewey Balfa
The Cajun fiddle master Dewey Balfa was an important activist…
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Litdell “Queen B” Banister
Littdell “Queen B” Banister, tribal queen of the Creole Wild…
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Achille Baquet
Achille Joseph Baquet was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist.…
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George Baquet
George Baquet (1882 – Jan. 14, 1949) was an American…
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Isidore Barbarin
The father of Paul, Louis, Lucien, and Willie Barbarin (all…
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Louis Barbarin
Unlike his older brother Paul, jazz drummer Louis Barbarin (1902-1997)…
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Lucien Barbarin
Lucien Barbarin is an American trombone player, born July 17,…
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Paul Barbarin
Adolphe Paul Barbarin (1899-1969) was an Afro-French Creole jazz drummer,…
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Barbecue Swingers
Kermit Ruffins founded the Barbecue Swingers in 1992, a traditional…
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker (1909 – 1994) was a traditional jazz banjo…
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Louise “Blue Lu” Barker
Guitarist, banjoist, singer, composer, and writer Daniel Moses Barker (1909-1994)…
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Emile Barnes
Emile Barnes (1892-1970) was a jazz clarinetist and older brother…
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Harrison Barnes
Born on the Magnolia Plantation in Plaquemines parish, trombonist, cornetist,…
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Paul Barnes
Paul Daniel “Polo” Barnes (1901-1981) was a jazz clarinetist and…
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“Sweet Emma” Barrett
One of the true originals in the story of New…
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Dave Bartholomew
Trumpeter, songwriter/arranger and vocalist Dave Bartholomew is one of the…
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“Uncle” Lionel Batiste
“Uncle” Lionel Batiste (February 1, 1931 – July 8, 2012)…
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Harold Battiste
Harold Battiste is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter/composer/arranger, producer, music director, educator,…
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Rudolph Beaulieu
Drummer Rudolph Peter Beaulieu (1899-1972) was born in the Seventh…
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BeauSoleil
Founded in the 1970s by fiddler Michael Doucet, the band…
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Sidney Bechet
Alongside such greats as Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton,…
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Tab Benoit
Tab Benoit (born November 17, 1967, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is…
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Better than Ezra
Better Than Ezra was formed in 1988 by its four…
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Big Freedia
Big Freedia, the Queen Diva, is a singer, rapper and…
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Birdman
Bryan Williams, better known by his stage name Birdman or…
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James Black
James Black grew up in New Orleans and played trumpet…
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Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard (born March 13, 1962 in New Orleans, LA.)…
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Les Blank
Les Blank is a prize-winning independent filmmaker, best known for…
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Edwin “Eddie Bo” Bocage
For more than half a century, pianist/songwriter/producer/arranger and singer Eddie…
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Peter Bocage
Peter Bocage (1887-1967) was born in Algiers, Louisiana, and began…
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Charles “Buddy” Bolden
By Ben Sandmel
The first documented practitioner of the music…
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Joseph “Sharkey” Bonano
Born in New Orleans as Joseph Gustave Bonano, Sicilian-American trumpeter…
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James Booker
James Booker (1939 – 1983) is widely regarded as one…
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Jimmy Bower
Jimmy Bower (born September 19, 1968) is an American sludge/heavy…
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Mark Braud
Mark Braud (06.21.1973 -) is a New Orleans jazz trumpeter…
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Wellman Braud
Bassist Wellman Braud (1891-1966) was born in St. James parish,…
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McNeal Breaux
[McNeal Breaux [rc000250]: McNeal Breaux Interview (11/24/1958)]: Afro-French Creole bassist…
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Juanita Brooks
Juanita Brooks, a jazz and gospel singer perhaps best known…
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Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
A native of Vinton, in Calcasieu Parish, Brown was often…
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Sidney “Little Jim” Brown
The nephew of Nathan “Jim” Robinson, Plaquemines-born bassist and violinist…
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Steve Brown
The younger brother of trombonist and bandleader Tom Brown, bassist…
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John Brunious
John Brunious Jr. (October 12, 1940 – February 12, 2008)…
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Wendell Brunious
Wendell Brunious (b. October 27, 1954, New Orleans) is an…
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Georg Brunis
Georg Brunis Interview (6/3/1958): The jazz trombonist George Clarence…
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10th Ward Buck
New Orleans Bounce Rapper from the 10th Ward, St. Thomas…
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Collie Buddz
Collie Buddz (born Colin Plunket Harper, August 21, 1981) is…
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Albert Burbank
Born in New Orleans Albert Burbank was taught clarinet by…
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Raymond Burke
Raymond Burke was born Raymond Barrois on June 6, 1904,…
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R.L. Burnside
R.L. Burnside (1926 – 2005) was a singular blues singer,…
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James Burton
Guitarist James Burton is among the most prolific, often-recorded and…
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Bust Down
Another early New Orleans rapper whose memory has nearly been…
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Joseph “Kid Twat” Butler
Joseph “Kid Twat” Butler was a double bass traditional band…
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Henry “Professor Longhair” Roeland Byrd
Henry Roeland Byrd (December 19, 1918-January 30, 1980), known professionally…
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C-Murder
Corey Miller (born March 9, 1971), better known by his…
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Ernie Cagnolatti
Ernie Joseph “Little Cag” Cagnolatti (1911-1983) was an Afro-Italian Creole…
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Alton “Big Al” Carson
Alton “Big Al” Carson (born October 2, 1953) is an…
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Dwayne Michael Carter “Lil’ Wayne”
Known professionally as Lil’ Wayne, songwriter and rapper Dwayne Michael…
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Miss Pussy Cat
Quintron (real name Robert Rolston; born circa 1967, Germany) is…
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Papa Celestin
Celestin was born in Napoleonville, Louisiana, to a Creole family,…
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DJ Captain Charles
New Orleans DJ/ Producer from Uptown, Magnolia Projects.
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Wilson “Boozoo” Chavis
The popular zydeco accordionist Wilson “Boozoo” Chavis (pronounced CHAY-viss) had…
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Cheeky Blakk & Lil’ Pimp
Angela Cheeky Blakk Woods is a popular local rapper from…
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Clifton Chenier
More than a quarter-century following his death, Clifton Chenier is…
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Alex Chilton
William Alexander “Alex” Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17,…
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Choppa
Choppa was contracted to several record labels. He was signed…
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Jon Cleary
Jon Cleary (born August 11, 1962) is a funk and…
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George “Kid Sheik” Colar
Born in New Orleans as George Cola, trumpeter George “Kid…
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Lee Collins
Leeds “Lee” Collins (October 17, 1901 – July 3, 1960)…
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Congo Square Preservation Society
The Congo Square Preservation Society has been instrumental in the…
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Harry Connick Jr
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr (born September 11, 1967) is…
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Louis Cottrell
Afro-French Creole clarinetist and tenor saxophonist Louis Albert Cottrell Jr…
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Cowboy Mouth
The band name “Cowboy Mouth” usually means “One with a…