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12/29/2013

Northside High @LafParishSchool students ‘kickin’ it’ with radio venture #Louisiana http://nola.tw/PM

12/28/2013

Louis Prima Jr. @louisprimajr resurrects the music of his jazz great father: Jump, jive an’ wail at Seminole Casino today http://nola.tw/PL

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12/25/2013

Dew Drop #Jazz and Social Hall #Christmas concert packs the hall http://nola.tw/PK

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12/22/2013

Fats Domino named honorary grand marshal of Orpheus @KreweofOrpheus parade club for 2014 Mardi Gras ‪#‎MardiGras‬ http://nola.tw/PI

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12/20/2013

Proposed noise ordinance makes New Orleans City Council debut #NOLA http://nola.tw/PH

Louisiana Today

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2001 - Frank Parker, a drummer and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away on this day at the age of 81. He marched and tap-danced with a Carnival group called the Gin Bandits as a child. During his long career, he played R&B and Traditional Jazz and toured with Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Lou Rawls, and the Preservation Hall Band. In 1979, Parker toured with "One Mo' Time," the stage hit about black vaudeville. The Louisiana Jazz Federation presented him a lifetime achievement award.

fact

2001 - Frank Parker, a drummer and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away on this day at the age of 81. He marched and tap-danced with a Carnival group called the Gin Bandits as a child. During his long career, he played R&B and Traditional Jazz and toured with Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Lou Rawls, and the Preservation Hall Band. In 1979, Parker toured with "One Mo' Time," the stage hit about black vaudeville. The Louisiana Jazz Federation presented him a lifetime achievement award.

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