Viewer’s Choice Awards on Jan. 9 honors #NOLA musicians, community leaders http://nola.tw/JG
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Viewer’s Choice Awards on Jan. 9 honors #NOLA musicians, community leaders http://nola.tw/JG
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by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
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1924 - Teddy (Theodore) Riley was born on this day. He was a jazz trumpet player and bandleader and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. His father Amos Riley (c. 1879 - 1925) was also a New Orleans trumpeter and bandleader. He worked with Louis Cottrell, Jr., Fats Domino, Champion Jack Dupree, The Dookie Chase Orchestra, Roy Brown's Band, The Onward Brass Band, The Olympia Brass Band, The Williams Brass Band, and The Royal Brass Band. In 1971 Riley played on the cornet used by Louis Armstrong in his youth for the New Orleans ceremonies marking Armstrong's death. he died in November of 1992 at 68. |