NOLA Jazz & Heritage Foundation announces second annual ‘Class Got Brass’ band contest http://nola.tw/Id
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NOLA Jazz & Heritage Foundation announces second annual ‘Class Got Brass’ band contest http://nola.tw/Id
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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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1965 - Harrison Verrett, traditional jazz banjoist and guitarist from New Orleans, Louisiana passed away on this day at the age of 58. Harrison was born in 1907, and was a student of Dave Perkins. He made his musical debut with Johnny Brown's band in 1924, and in the late twenties he worked in dance bands. In the thirties he led his own group at the Fern Café. During the forties and fifties he worked with Papa Celestin and Fats Domino. In his later years, he played in the Noone Johnson bazooka trio. |