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Big Chief Rody, R.I.P.
Jerod “Rody” Lewis of the Black Eagles Mardi Gras Indian tribe passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013. He was 49 years old. #NOLA http://nola.tw/P6
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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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| 1905 - Adolphus Anthony (Doc) Cheatham was born on this day. A trumpeter, singer and bandleader and a native of Nashville, Tennesee. As a young musician, he moved to Chicago, where he was influenced by two of the greatest early jazz New Orleans natives in Joe King Oliver and Louis Armstrong. During his long career he played with Albert Wynn, Ma Rainey, Bobby Lee, Wilber de Paris, Chick Webb, Sam Wooding, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Cab Calloway, Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson, Fletcher Henderson, and Claude Hopkins all before 1950. He also toured with Benny Goodman in the 1960's. During one of his many trips to New Orleans, He befriended and recorded with Nicholas Payton, Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton, which won them a Grammy Award. He was without question the greatest 90-year old trumpeter of all time; in fact, no brass player over the age of 80 had ever played with his power, range, confidence, and melodic creativity. Most trumpeters fade while in their 60s due to the physical difficulty of their instrument, but Cheatham did not truly find himself as a soloist until he was nearly 70. Doc passed away at the age of 92, in 1997. |