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Jazz Great Louis #Satchmo Armstrong Honored In Apollo Walk of Fame @ApolloTheater http://nola.tw/SJ
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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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| 1935 - Edward (Kidd) Jordan was born on this day. A saxophonist and educator and a native of Crowley, Louisiana. He has performed and recorded Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, William Parker, Alvin Fielder, Archie Shepp, Fred Anderson, Ornette Coleman, Ellis Marsalis, Cannonball Adderley, Ed Blackwell, and Cecil Taylor. He taught at Southern University at New Orleans from 1974 to 2006. As an instructor of jazz studies at Southern University at New Orleans, Jordan encouraged his students to pursue new approaches to traditional musical forms. One of Jordan's students was trombonist Charles Joseph, a young trombonist, who would go on to co-found the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. |