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
1922 - Illinois Jacquet (Battiste Illinois Jacquet) was born on this day. Tenor saxophonist, born in Broussard, Louisiana. Jacquet was a sideman to Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway and Count Basie in the 1940's. Later he toured with Jazz at the Philharmonic. He died in 2004.