- Vance Degeneres
Vance DeGeneres (born September 2, 1954, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a performer, producer, and writer of several television shows. The son of Elliot DeGeneres, a salesman, and Elizabeth (Betty) Jane Pfeffer. He is of French, English, German and Irish descent and is also the brother of actress and comedian Ellen DeGeneres. Vance DeGeneres was a correspondent on "The Daily Show" from 1999 to 2001. - Dr. John
Dr. John is the stage name of Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (born November 21, 1940), a colourful pianist, singer, and songwriter, whose music spans, and often combines, blues, boogie woogie, and rock and roll. - Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (4 August, 1901 - July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo and Pops, was an American jazz musician. Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative performer whose inspired improvised soloing was the main influence for a fundamental change in jazz, shifting its focus from collective melodic playing, often arranged in one way or another, to the solo player and improvised soloing. One of the most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century, … - Harry Connick Jr.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, actor, and humanitarian. The music encompasses jazz, some of it very much in the style of the crooners of the 1940s and early 1950s, funk and blues. - Papa Celestin
Oscar Phillip Celestin, better known as Papa Celestin (1 January 1884 - 15 December, 1954) was a New Orleans, Louisiana jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist and singer. Celestin was born in Napoleonville, Louisiana to a Creole family. In his youth worked on rural Louisiana plantations. Eager for a better life, he worked as a cook for the Texas & Pacific railroad, saved up money and brought used musical instruments. - Wynton Marsalis
Jazz musician, trumpeter, composer, bandleader, advocate for the arts, and educator, Wynton Marsalis has helped propel jazz to the forefront of American culture. His prominent position in American culture was solidified in April 1997, when he became the first jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music for his work Blood on the Fields , which was commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center. - Buddy Bolden
Charles "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877-November 4, 1931) was a cornetist and the first New Orleans jazz musician to come to prominence. - Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American soul and R&B singer. - Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew (born 24 December 1920, Edgard, Louisiana, United States of America) is a musician, band leader, composer, and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century. - George Lewis
George Lewis (13 July, 1900 - 31 December, 1968) was an American jazz clarinetist who achieved his greatest fame and influence in his later decades of life. (Some sources give 1969 as the year of his death, but see Lewis' obituary in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, cited on page 277 in Tom Bethell's George Lewis: A Jazzman From New Orleans, published in 1977 by University of California Press.) George Lewis' actual legal name was George Louis Francois Zenon. - Jelly Roll Morton
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (September 20, 1885 or October 20, 1890-July 10, 1941) was an American virtuoso pianist, bandleader and composer who some call the first true composer of jazz music. Morton was a colorful character who liked to generate publicity for himself by bragging. His business card referred to him as the Originator of Jazz, and he was and is valued as a source of rare information about early jazz, despite his penchant for hyperbole. - Romeo Romeo
Percy Romeo Miller, Jr. (born August 19, 1989 in New Orleans, Louisiana), better known by his stage name Romeo or formely Lil' Romeo, is an American rapper and actor. He is the son of rapper, producer and entertainment mogul Master P and nephew of C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker. He records southern rap hip-hop music on his father's Guttar Music label. He has so far released three studio albums and two compilation albums. - Fats Domino
Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928) is a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist. He was the best-selling African-American singer of the 1950s and early 1960s. Domino is also a pianist with an individualistic bluesy style, showing stride and boogie-woogie influences. His congenial personality and rich accent have added to his appeal. - Ellis Marsalis Jr.
Ellis Marsalis (born November 14, 1934, New Orleans, LA) is an American musician. He is considered one of the premier pianists in modern jazz. He can usually be seen performing on Fridays at Snug Harbor jazz bistro in New Orleans. Ellis Marsalis is the son of the late Ellis Marsalis, Sr., a businessman and social activist, and Florence Robertson Ellis and wife Delores Ferdinand have 6 sons: Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis III (1964), Delfeayo Marsalis, … - Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 - January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer, widely regarded as the best in the history of the genre. - Baby Dodds
Warren "Baby" Dodds (December 24, 1894-February 14, 1959) was a jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana. "Baby" Dodds was the younger brother of clarinetist Johnny Dodds. He is regarded as one of the very best jazz drummers of the pre-big band era, and one of the most important early jazz drummers. Dodds was among the first drummers who improvised while performing to be recorded. He varied his drum patterns with accents and flourishes. - Paul Barbarin
Adolphe Paul Barbarin (May 5, 1899 – Feb 17, 1969) was a New Orleans jazz drummer, usually regarded (along with Baby Dodds) as one of the very best of the pre-Big Band era jazz drummers. Paul Barbarin's year of birth is often given as 1901, but his brother Louis Barbarin (born 1902) said he was quite sure that Paul was several years older than him, and Paul Barbarin simply refused to answer the year of his birth in an interview at Tulane's Jazz Archives. - Papa French
Albert "Papa" French was a New Orleans Jazz musician, banjo player, and band leader. He died in 1977. He was a banjo player in the Original Tuxedo Brass Band of New Orleans. This band was founded in 1910 and led for 44 years by Papa Celestin. After the death of Papa Celestin in 1954, leadership was briefly taken over by trombonest Eddie Pierson until his death in 1958. The leadership of the band fell to Banjo player Albert French, … - Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard (sometimes rendered as Freddy Keppard) (February 27, 1890 - July 15, 1933) was an early jazz cornetist. Keppard was born in the Creole of Color community of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. His older brother Louis Keppard was also a professional musician. Freddie played violin, mandolin, and accordion before switching to cornet. After playing with the Olympia Orchestra he joined Frankie Dusen's Eagle Band, … - Soulja Slim
Soulja Slim was an American rapper who achieved modest success on Master P's No Limit record label. - Michael White
Michael White (born 29 November, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a jazz clarinetist, bandleader, composer, jazz historian and musical educator. Scott Yanow, a jazz critic, said in a review that Michael "displays the feel and spirit of the best New Orleans clarinetists." - Frankie Ford
Frankie Ford (born August 4 1939) is an American rock & roll and rhythm & blues singer. He is the adopted son of Vincent & Anna Guzzo. He was born in Gretna, Louisiana, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, where he still currently lives. Ford had a Top 20 hit in 1959 with "Sea Cruise", sung to a previously recorded Huey "Piano" Smith backing track on Ace Records. - Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis (August 26, 1960, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana) is an American jazz and classical saxophonist. He was born the oldest of six sons to Delores Ferdinand Marsalis and famed pianist Ellis Marsalis, Jr.. He is the oldest of the six Marsalis brothers: Wynton Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis III, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mboya Kinyatta, and Jason Marsalis. Wynton, Delfeayo, and Jason are also jazz musicians. Ellis is a poet, photographer, & network engineer based in Baltimore. - Randy Newman
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an Academy Award- winning American songwriter, arranger, singer and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores. Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a "character" far removed from Newman's own biography, often utilizing the literary device of an unreliable narrator. - Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair (born Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Roy "Bald Head" Byrd and as Fess) (December 19, 1918 - January 30, 1980) was a legendary New Orleans blues musician. He was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He was noted for his unique piano style, which he described as "a combination of rumba, mambo, and Calypso", and his unusual, expressive voice, described once as "freak unique". - Kevin Griffin
Kevin Griffin is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Griffin formed the band Better Than Ezra in 1987, within a year after moving from Monroe, Louisiana to attend Louisiana State University (ΚΣ) in September 1986. The band had its greatest success in the 1990's with hits such as "Good", "In the Blood", "A Lifetime" and "Desperately Wanting", but has enjoyed significant touring success well into the 2000's despite label woes, … - Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint (born January 14, 1938) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer and one of the most influential figures in New Orleans R&B. Many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through their numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Brickyard Blues", "Get Out My Life Woman", and "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky". - Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds (April 12 1892-August 8 1940) was a New Orleans based jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist, best known for his recordings under his own name and with bands such as those of Joe "King" Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Lovie Austin and Louis Armstrong. Born in Waveland, Mississippi, he moved to New Orleans in his youth, and studied clarinet with Lorenzo Tio. He played with the bands of Frankie Duson, Kid Ory, and Joe "King" Oliver. - Henry Butler
Henry Butler (born September 21, 1949) is an American jazz pianist. Butler was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is still based there. He is known for his prodigious technique and his ability to play in many styles of music. Referred to by Dr. John as "the pride of New Orleans", Henry Butler is his generation's representative in the Crescent City's unique lineage of piano legends such as Professor Longhair, James Booker, Tuts Washington, Jelly Roll Morton, etc. - Willie Hall
Willie Hall, best known by his colorful nickname Drive'em Down was a New Orleans blues and boogie woogie piano player. He never recorded, but has had a great influence on blues and rock and roll. His earthy song, "Junker's Blues", with its stories about needles and reefer and the Angola prison farm was recorded in 1940 by Champion Jack Dupree, who called Drive'em Down his "father". In 1949 Fats Domino reworked the song as "The Fat Man", … - Jason Marsalis
Jason Marsalis (March 4, 1977, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American jazz drummer and member of the famous New Orleans Marsalis jazz musical family. He is the youngest son of Delores Ferdinand Marsalis and Ellis Marsalis, Jr.. His brothers are Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis III (1964), Delfeayo Marsalis, and Mboya Kinyatta (1971). Branford, Wynton, and Delfeayo are also jazz musicians. - Lee Dorsey
Lee Dorsey (born Irving Lee Dorsey, December 24 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana - died December 1 1986 in New Orleans) was an Afro-American pop/R&B singer during the 1960s. Much of his best work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by The Meters. Born in New Orleans, Dorsey moved to Portland, Oregon when he was ten years old. He served in the United States Navy and began a career in prizefighting. - Sonia Tetlow
Sonia Tetlow is an American musician. Formerly the singer/ guitarist for Atlanta punk rock trio, STB "(Sonia Tetlow Band)", which released two critically acclaimed independent albums, "Spit" and "Swerve." Tetlow played bass guitar in the cowpunk rock band Cowboy Mouth from mid 2004 through May 12, 2007. - King Watzke
Alex "King" Watzke (ca. 1880-1918) was a violinist and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana. His band enjoyed fair popularity ca. 1900-1910. The band played ragtime, popular music, and possibly an early or ancestral version of what later became known as jazz. By 1904 Watzke's band's repertory included an early version of what later became known as "Tiger Rag" or a similar melody. Watzke decided to bill himself as "King" after the example of Buddy Bolden; see: Jazz royalty. - Tuts Washington
Isidore "Tuts" Washington (born January 24, 1907, New Orleans, Louisiana; died August 5, 1984, New Orleans) was an American pianist who exemplified the New Orleans rhythm and blues style, also made famous by musicians such as Professor Longhair. Washington taught himself piano at age 10, and studied with New Orleans jazz pianist Joseph Louis "Red" Cayou. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was a leading player for New Orleans dance and Dixieland bands. - Willie Humphrey
Willie James Humphrey was a New Orleans jazz clarinetist. Willie Humphrey was born in a musical family, the son of prominent local clarinetist and music teacher Willie Eli Humphrey; his brothers Earl Humphrey and Percy Humphrey also became well known professional musicians. After establishing himself with such New Orleans bands as the Excelsior and George McCullum's band, Humphrey traveled up north, playing with such other New Orleans musicians as Lawrence Duhé, … - Jason Hayes
Jason Hayes is a video game music composer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is known for his music in the popular games "StarCraft", "Diablo 2", "Warcraft 3", and "World of Warcraft". - Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (May 8, 1829 - December 18, 1869) was an American composer and pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano pieces. Although he is regarded as an American composer and musician, he spent most of his working career outside of the United States. - Silkk The Shocker
Silkk the Shocker (born Vyshonn King Miller on June 18, 1975) is a rapper originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, and is the brother of Hip Hop Mogul Master P and rapper C-Murder. He is also the uncle of Lil Romeo. Silkk rose to fame in the mid-to-late 1990s, releasing records through Master P's label, No Limit Records. His self-titled debut, The Shocker, was released in 1996. Silkk was featured on Master P's 1998 hit, … - Earl King
Earl King was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, most active in blues music. Being a composer of well known standards such as "Come On" (covered by Jimi Hendrix), and Professor Longhair's "Big Chief", he is considered to be one of the most important figures in New Orleans R&B music and beyond.
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