Tagged: New Orleans

09/29/2012

We just added the Hundred & One Runners release “Mardi Gras Indian Funk” in rotation on our “New Orleans Radio” station http://nola.tw/HQ

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09/29/2012

Aaron Neville @aaronneville & Branford Marsalis @bmarsalis Added to NOJO 10 Anniversary at Carnegie Hall http://nola.tw/Hk

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09/27/2012

New Orleans #NOLA Supergroup Royal Southern Brotherhood’s Mike Zito @zitorox: “Southern Rock Has Never Really Gone Away” http://nola.tw/Hh

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09/25/2012

Jamison Ross @Jamison_Ross Wins 2012 Thelonious Monk Competition For Drummers http://nola.tw/Hf

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09/23/2012

Jazz and R&B icon Allen Toussaint will star in a New Orleans Style Jazz Extravaganza in Greenwich #NOLA http://nola.tw/He

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1965 - Clarence Williams , tradional jazz pianist, born in Plaquemine, Louisiana died on this day in New York. Williams got his start like his piano counterparts of the time, in the brothels of Storyville in New Orleans. He also migrated to Chicago and made a name for himself as a composer and publisher in addition to his playing skills. In the early 1920's he made a series of recordings with 'Blue Five', which included performance stars Louis Armstrong, Siney Bechet and 'King' Oliver. He was also involved in the Blues, mostly as an accompanist to Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Eva Taylor and other vocalists.

fact

1965 - Clarence Williams , tradional jazz pianist, born in Plaquemine, Louisiana died on this day in New York. Williams got his start like his piano counterparts of the time, in the brothels of Storyville in New Orleans. He also migrated to Chicago and made a name for himself as a composer and publisher in addition to his playing skills. In the early 1920's he made a series of recordings with 'Blue Five', which included performance stars Louis Armstrong, Siney Bechet and 'King' Oliver. He was also involved in the Blues, mostly as an accompanist to Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Eva Taylor and other vocalists.

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