Tagged: New Orleans. Music

Givers

12/04/2015

#NOLA based group, Givers find a ‘New Kingdom’ http://nola.tw/UK

Allen Toussaint

11/21/2015

New Orleans #NOLA says goodbye to music legend Allen Toussaint http://nola.tw/UJ

08/24/2015

Remembering Hurricane #Katrina Through New Orleans #NOLA Music http://nola.tw/U4

French Quarter Fest

03/26/2015

French Quarter Fest @FQFestNOLA to feature more music, adult snowballs‪#‎FQF‬ ‪#‎NOLA‬ http://nola.tw/TN

08/25/2014

Dr. John @akadrjohn: Dreaming of Louis #Satchmo Armstrong @ArmstrongHouse http://nola.tw/Rb

Louisiana Today

fact

1957 - George Girard, jazz trumpeter from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana died on this day. He was a student of bandleader Johnny Wiggs. At the young age of sixteen, he toured with the Jimmy Archer Orchestra. He shared the stage with Pete Fountain in the Basin Street Six and organized his own band for the Famous Door. His New Orleans Five rivaled the Dukes of Dixieland. He also recorded with Phil Zito. George died in New Orleans.