Tagged: Jon Batiste

10/05/2013

@JonBatiste talks w/Pollstar about his band Stay Human, his new album and what it’s like to be part of #NOLA musical royaltyhttp://nola.tw/O0

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1998 - Louise (Blu Lu) Barker, a traditional jazz and blues vocalist from the Treme and Gentilly areas of New Orleans passed away on this day at the age of 84. She began performing for parties in private homes at the age of 7, and married her childhood sweetheart, Danny Barker, the famous jazz musician and historian. She recorded for a number of famous record labels, and inspired the likes of Billie Holiday and Eartha Kit for her singing approach. She was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame in 1997.

fact

1998 - Louise (Blu Lu) Barker, a traditional jazz and blues vocalist from the Treme and Gentilly areas of New Orleans passed away on this day at the age of 84. She began performing for parties in private homes at the age of 7, and married her childhood sweetheart, Danny Barker, the famous jazz musician and historian. She recorded for a number of famous record labels, and inspired the likes of Billie Holiday and Eartha Kit for her singing approach. She was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame in 1997.

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