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Barry Cowsill
Barry Cowsill (September 14, 1954 – August 29, 2005) was…
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Manny
Traditional jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and trumpeter from New Orleans, Louisiana.…
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Curren$y
Shante Scott Franklin (born April 4, 1981), better known by…
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Piggy D.
Matt Montgomery (born 16 November 1975) also known as Piggy…
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Baby Boy Da Prince
Lawrence Cennett, better known by his stage name Baby Boy…
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James Houston “Jimmie” Davis
James, better known as Jimmie, Davis served two nonconsecutive terms…
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Eddie Dawson
Born in New Orleans, self-taught bassist Edward J. Dawson (1884-1972)…
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Edmond Dede
Born and raised in New Orleans, Edmond Dédé was a…
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Johnny DeDroit
Jazz cornetist and bandleader Johnny DeDroit (1892-1986) led a popular…
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Harold Dejan
Harold “Duke” Dejan was a New Orleans jazz alto saxophonist…
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Frank Demond
Born April 3, 1933, Los Angeles, California
Played with: Percy…
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a New Orleans brass…
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Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892 – August 8, 1940) was…
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Warren “Baby” Dodds
Warren “Baby” Dodds Interview (5/31/1958): Jazz drummer Warren “Baby” Dodds…
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Dolemite
New Orleans Bounce rapper who is also a member of…
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Natty Dominique
Anatie “Natty” Dominique (1894-1982) was an Afro-Italian trumpeter from New…
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Fats Domino
If Mount Rushmore ever adds on a “Founding Fathers of…
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Lee Dorsey
Vocalist Lee Dorsey recorded some of the biggest rhythm and…
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Thomas A. Dorsey
Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899 – January 23, 1993)…
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Tom Drummond
Tom Melville Drummond (born June 30, 1969 Shreveport, Louisiana) is…
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Skull Duggery
Andrew Jordan, better known as Skull Duggery is an American…
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Louis Dumaine
Louis Dumaine was a member of the Tuxedo Brass Band…
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Stanley Dural
Born in Lafayette, LA, Stanley Dural began his musical career…
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Frankie Dusen
Frankie Dusen (1878 – 1936) was an early New Orleans…
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Gregory “MC Gregory D”
Greg Duvernay, also known as “MC Gregory D,” along with…
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Snooks Eaglin
Guitarist Snooks Eaglin was one of New Orleans’ most beloved…
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Lars Edegran
Lars Ivar Edegran (born 1944) is a Dixieland jazz musician…
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Jay Electronica
Timothy Elpadaro Thedford (born September 19, 1976), better known by…
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Charles Elgar
Violinist and bandleader Charles Anthony Elgar (1879-1973) was born in…
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Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24,…
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David Howell “Edge” Evans
David Howell Evans, better known by his stage name The…
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Robert Alan “Bob” Ezrin
Robert Alan “Bob” Ezrin, co-founder of Music Rising, an initiative…
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Breaux Cleoma Falcon
Guitarist and singer Cléoma Breaux Falcon (1905 – 1941) is…
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Canray Fontenot
The music of African American Creole fiddler Canray Fontenot cuts…
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Frankie Ford
Frankie Ford (born August 4, 1939) is an American rock…
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Abbey “Chinee” Foster
Abbey “Chinee Bébé” Foster (1902-1962) was a self-taught jazz drummer…
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Willie Foster
The older brother of Pops Foster, violinist, banjoist, and guitarist…
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Pete Fountain
Pete Fountain is a clarinetist and bandleader from New Orleans,…
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Carol Fran
Born in 1933, and still vibrantly active at this writing,…
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Josiah “Cie” Frazier
Born in New Orleans, Josiah “Cie” Frazier (1904-1985) was a…
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Bob French
Robert “Bob” French (c. 1938 – November 12, 2012) was…
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George French
George French’s musical profile is usually defined by whoever happens…
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Mannie Fresh
Mannie Fresh is a Grammy-nominated DJ, producer and rapper from…
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Charlie Gabriel
Charlie Gabriel/Clarinet and Vocals: The musical heritage of Charlie Gabriel…
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Galactic
The New Orleans band Galactic started out in 1994 as…
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Louis Gallaud
Self-taught Afro-French pianist and banjoist Louis Gallaud (1897-1985) was born…
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Al Gallodoro
Alfred J. Gallodoro, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist,…
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Ghetto Twiinz
The Ghetto Twiinz is an American hip hop duo from…
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George Girard
George Girard (October 7, 1930 – January 18, 1957) was…
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Victor Goines
Victor Goines (born 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a…
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Christopher “Black Happy” Goldston
Drummer Christopher “Black Happy” Goldston (1894-1968) began by “beating on…
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Israel Gorman
Born in Algiers, Louisiana, clarinetist and saxophonist Israel Gorman (1895-1965)…
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829 – 1869) was the first American…
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Henry Gray
A native of Kenner Rouge, Henry Gray is a a…
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Luther Gray
Luther Gray is founding director of Percussion Incorporated and Bamboula…
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Kevin Griffin
Kevin Griffin (born October 1, 1968) is an American guitarist,…
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George Guesnon
Banjoist and vocalist “Creole” George Guesnon (1907-1968) grew up in…
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Hackberry Ramblers
The Hackberry Ramblers performed a multi-genre blend that was primarily…
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Minor “Ram” Hall
Drummer Minor “Ram” Hall (1897-1959) was born in Sellers, Louisiana,…
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Charlie Hamilton
Pianist and banjoist Charlie Joseph Hamilton (1904-1989) was born in…
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Captain John Handy
Alto saxophonist “Captain” John Handy (1900-1971) was born to a…
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Donald Harrison
Donald Harrison, Jr. (born June 23, 1960) is an American…
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Arthur “Monk” Hazel
Drummer, cornetist, and mellophonist Arthur Frank “Monk” Hazel (1903-1968) was…
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Clarence “Frogman” Henry
Know as “Frogman” for his vocal impersonation of said amphibians,…
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Oscar “Chicken” Henry
Oscar “Chicken” Henry (1888-1984) was a jazz trombonist who began…
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Al Hirt
New Orleans native Al Hirt began his career as a…
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Moses Hogan
Moses George Hogan (March 13, 1957 – February 11, 2003)…
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Hot Boys
The Hot Boys (often styled as Hot Boy$) is an…
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Hot 8 Brass Band
The Hot 8 Brass Band is a New Orleans based…
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Avery “Kid” Howard
Trumpeter, drummer, and bandleader Avery “Kid” Howard (1908-1966) began as…
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Noah Howard
An American born in New Orleans, Howard played music from…
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Armand Hug
Pianist Armand Hug (1910-1977) began his career accompanying silent films…
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Earl Humphrey
The trombonist Earl Humphrey (1902-1971) studied with his grandfather James…
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Percy Humphrey
Born in New Orleans, the clarinetist Willie J. Humphrey (1900-1994)…
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Willie J. Humphrey
Born in New Orleans, the clarinetist Willie J. Humphrey (1900-1994)…
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Hypolite Charles
Born in Parks, Louisiana, cornetist Hypolite Charles (1891-1984) began with…
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Henry “Pickle” Jackson
Drummer Henry “Pickle” Jackson (1909-1972) was born in New Orleans,…
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Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) is…
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Preston Jackson
Trombonist Preston Jackson (1902-1983) was born in New Orleans as…
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Allan Jaffe
Allan Phillip Jaffe was an American jazz tubist and the…
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Ben Jaffe
The son of the co-founders of Preservation Hall, Allan and…
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Joe James
Joe James was a jazz pianist. You can hear him…
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was born on June 20, 1920 in Chicago,…
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Albert Jiles
Drummer Albert Jiles Jr. (1905-1964) was born in Thibodaux, Louisiana,…
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Eddie “Big Head” Johnson
Alto, soprano, and tenor saxophonist Eddie “Big Head” Johnson (1903-1968)…