We just added the Leo Nocentelli release “Say Ha Nay” in rotation on our “New Orleans Radio” station http://nola.tw/HR
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We just added the Leo Nocentelli release “Say Ha Nay” in rotation on our “New Orleans Radio” station http://nola.tw/HR
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by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/05/2012
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1889 - Richard M. Jones (Richard Marigny Jones) was born on this day. Traditional jazz pianist from Donaldsonville, Louisiana. At 13, he played alto horn in a local brass band. He then began working the higher class brothels in the Storyville district as a solo pianist. He also led his own bands in the district at Abadie's, the Poodle Dog and Fewclothes. He worked regularly in King Oliver's band and joined the Clarence Williams Publishing Company in the early twenties. He became a 'race' recording director in Chicago for Okeh in the mid-twenties, and worked for Decca in the thirties. In the 40's and later he was mainly a composer and arranger. His credits include 'Trouble In Mind' and 'Riverside Blues'. Richard died in Chicago on December 8, 1945. |