| 1887 | Honore' Dutrey, A traditional jazz trombonist from New Orleans, Louisiana. the history books all disagree on his birth dates. It could also be 1890 or 1894. He was a member of a New Orleans musical family that included his brother, Sam, a clarinetist. He began with the 'Melrose Brass Band' and played with Sam in the 'Silver Leaf Orchestra'. He toured with King Oliver's Creole Jazz band in the early 1920's. In the late 1920's he worked with Carroll Dickerson, Johnny Dodds and Louis Armstrong in Chicago. He died in Chicago.
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| 1906 | Joe Darensbourg, Clarinetist and tenor saxophonist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He began his career with the Martel's family band from Opelousas, then played for a traveling medicine man. In the late 1920's played the riverboats with Fate Marable. In the fifties he was associated with Edward 'Kid' Ory in California. He recorded 'Yellow Dog Blues' under his own name and it became a pop hit . He died in 1985.
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| 1920 | Duke Burrell, A pianist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. During his career, besides recording his own music, at one time leading the Louisiana Shakers, he played with Louis Jordan, Roy Brown and others. Duke passed away in California in 1993 at the age of 72. (105) |
| 1927 | Ed Ames, Singer in the group 'The Ames Brothers' - "You You You". The youngest of four brothers, he began to sing with Joe, Gene, and Vic in the late '40s. The Ames Brothers hit the Top Ten three times between 1954 and 1957, and starred in their own series in 1955.
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| 1929 | Lee Hazlewood, Country and pop songwriter, he has been one of the music world's geniuses during a long, fruitful career. He was a production heavyweight who authored success stories for Duane Eddy and Nancy Sinatra.
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| 1929 | Jesse McReynolds, Mandolin player and bandleader - "Cotton Mill Man". With his brother Jim, they formed and performed under the group name "Jim & Jesse".
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| 1935 | Frank Wright, Saxophonist who never made much of a name for himself outside the innermost circle of free jazz musicians and fans, yet he was influential in his own way. He died in 1990.
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| 1972 | Stanton Moore, A drummer and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, but raised in Metairie. He is most widely known as a founding member of the group Galactic. He also has a solo recording career (beginning with his 1998 debut All Kooked Out!). Some of his recent projects include the Stanton Moore Trio, Garage A Trois, Midnite Disturbers, Dragon Smoke and MG5. He also introduced a signature model snare drum under his own brand, The Stanton Moore Drum Company. In the July 2001 issue of Modern Drummer Stanton Moore won the reader polls in both the Educational Book and Educational DVD categories for his Groove Alchemy educational series. (53) |
| 1979 | Andre Thierry, A cajun accordion player, who was born in Northern California to parents from Basile and Jennings, Louisiana. He began teaching himself to play by listening to Clifton Chenier’s music. By age twelve, Andre formed his own band, "Zydeco Magic.” Andre was regularly invited to play with numerous bands, such as the late John Delafose, his son, Geno Delafose, and many local Zydeco and Cajun bands, including the late Danny Poullard (California Cajun Orchestra), MotorDude Zydeco, and Zydeco Flames. He is known as an exceptional musician who is known for his ability to merge traditional Zydeco music with hip-hop, blues, jazz and rock. He and his band have released several CD's. (46) |
