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Joe King Oliver
Trumpeter/cornetist and bandleader Joseph Oliver was among the first New…
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Olympia Brass Band
The Olympia Brass Band is a New Orleans jazz brass…
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Edward “Kid” Ory
A native of LaPlace in St. John the Baptist Parish,…
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Percy Miller “Master P”
n the early 1990s Miller became one of the first…
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Earl Palmer
Born into a showbusiness family in New Orleans and raised…
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Roy Palmer
Trombonist Roy Palmer (1892-1963) was born in New Orleans and…
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Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) was…
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Partners-N-Crime
Partners-n-Crime duo Kango Slimm and Mr. Meana hail from the…
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Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau
Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (March 7, 1888 – January 19,…
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Nicholas Payton
Nicholas Payton (born September 26, 1973) is an American trumpet…
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Walter Payton
Walter Payton, Jr. (August 23, 1942 – October 28, 2010)…
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Santo Pecora
Trombonist and composer Santo Joseph Pecora (1902-1984) recorded with the…
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Sammy Penn
Drummer and vocalist Samuel Hughes Penn (1902-1969) was born in…
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Joseph “One Eyed Babe” Phillips
Joseph “One Eyed Babe” Phillips Interview (3/25/1957): Born in St.…
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Marguerite Piazza
Marguerite Piazza (September 23, 1921 – August 2, 2012) was…
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Billie Pierce
Born Wilhelmina Goodson in Marianna, Florida, jazz and blues pianist…
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De De Pierce
Born Wilhelmina Goodson in Marianna, Florida, jazz and blues pianist…
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The Porch Sessions
The Porch Sessions is a web portrait of the vibrant…
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George Porter
George Porter, Jr. is a musician best known as the…
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Shannon Powell
”The King of Treme” Shannon Powell (born April 8, 1962)…
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The importance of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band cannot be…
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)…
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James Prevost
Part of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band lineup during the…
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Louis Prima
Louis Prima was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter.…
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Alton Purnell
Alton Purnell (April 16, 1911, New Orleans – January 14,…
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Quintron
Quintron has been making genre-defying noise and “Swamp-Tech” dance music…
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The Radiators
The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, were…
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Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was…
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Rebirth Brass Band
The Rebirth Brass Band has set the standard for modern…
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Red Stick Ramblers
The Red Stick Ramblers are a Cajun Music and Western…
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Katey Red
One of the most popular Bounce rappers in New Orleans.…
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Trent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American…
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Tommy Ridgley
Born Thomas Herman Ridgley, he released his debut single “Shrewsbury…
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Joseph Robichaux
Joe Robichaux (birth name Joseph Robichaux, March 8, 1900, New…
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Jim Robinson
Nathan “Jim Crow” Robinson (1890-1976) was a guitarist and jazz…
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Rockin’ Dopsie Sr.
Rockin’ Dopsie was born Alton Rubin on February 10, 1932.…
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Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr.
“When Rockin’ Dopsie, Sr. unexpectedly passed away in 1993, the…
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Lil Romeo
Lil’ Romeo is the self-titled debut album by rapper, Lil’…
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Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins (born December 19, 1964) is an American jazz…
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William “Bill” Russell
Born William Russell Wagner in Canton, Missouri, Bill Russell (1905-1992)…
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Marc Savoy
Musician Marc Savoy builds and repairs Cajun accordions in his…
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Emanuel Sayles
Banjoist and guitarist Emanuel René “Manny” Sayles (1907-1986) was born…
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Marshall Sehorn
Marshall Sehorn was a driving force in the evolution of…
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Amanda Shaw
Amanda Amaya Shaw (born August 2, 1990) is an American…
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Silkk The Shocker
Vyshonn King Miller (born June 18, 1975), who records under…
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Magnolia Shorty
Renetta Yemika Lowe-Bridgewater (September 30, 1982 – December 20, 2010),…
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Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews
Troy Andrews (born 1986), known professionally as Trombone Shorty, is…
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Lil’ Buck Sinegal
Lil’ Buck Sinegal, “Master of the Stratocaster,” from Lafayette, Louisiana,…
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Sissy Nobby
New Orleans Bounce rapper.
Born Terrelle H. Gallo in New…
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Percy Sledge
Percy Sledge (born 1940; Leighton, Alabama) is a rhythm and…
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Soulja Slim
James Tapp, Jr. (September 9, 1977 – November 26, 2003),…
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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was…
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Keely Smith
Smith showed a natural aptitude for singing at a young…
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Tim Smooth
New Orleans rapper from the Westbank, Kennedy Heights.
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Raj Smoove
Raj Smoove is New Orleans #1 Hip-Hop DJ, accomplishing many…
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Johnny St. Cyr
John Alexander St. Cyr (1890-1966) was a self-taught jazz guitarist…
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Gregg Stafford
Gregg Stafford is one of the Crescent City’s most talented,…
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Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples (born 1939 in Chicago) is a Gospel singer…
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Big Star
Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis,…
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Stooges Brass Band
The Stooges Brass Band is a New Orleans, Louisiana, brass…
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Bill Summers
Multiple Grammy, Billboard, and Emmy award-winning musician Bill Summers is…
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Supagroup
Supagroup is an American rock and roll band from New…
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Take Fo Records
Take Fo’ Records is an independent record label from New…
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Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble
Curley Taylor was born and raised in Louisiana and has…
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Ms. Tee
In the early 90’s Trishell “Ms. Tee” Williams emerged on…
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Willie Tee
Willie Tee (February 6, 1944 – September 11, 2007) was…
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Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas (born 1941) stands tall among the major artists…
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Wilbert Tillman
Multi-instrumentalist Wilbert Tillman (1898-1967) was born in New Orleans and…
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Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint (born 1938) is a pianist, songwriter, producer, arranger,…
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Tre 8
Tre-8 (Walter McCallon) was an American rapper from New Orleans…
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Treme Brass Band
In existence for nearly 35 years, the Treme Brass Band…
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Earl Turbinton
Earl J. Turbinton (born September 23 1941 in New Orleans,…
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Turk
Tab Virgil, Jr., better known by his stage name Turk…
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Tuxedo Band
The Tuxedo Jazz Band, led by Papa Celestin, was named…
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Michael “Mystikal” Tyler
Emerging on the New Orleans rap and hip-hop scene in…
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Kid Thomas Valentine
Jazz and blues trumpet player Kid Thomas Valentine (1896-1987) was…
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Fernando del Valle
He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of…
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Papa Don Vappie
Don Vappie, born in New Orleans, descended from a long…
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Johnny Vidocavich
Johnny Vidacovich is a contemporary jazz drummer from New Orleans,…
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Albert “Fernandez” Walters
Cornetist and pianist Albert Vincent “Fernandez” Walters (1905-1980) was born…