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

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1987 - David Lastie, a tenor saxophonist and a New Orleans, Louisiana native passed away on this day at 53. He came from a musical family that included his brother Melvin, his uncle Louis Nelson and cousins Walter "Papoose" Nelson and Lawrence "Prince La La" Nelson. He was trained in the bebop jazz tradition and recorded with Snooks Eaglin, James Booker and others before forming his own band.