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11/07/2013

Pandit Chitresh Das @ChitreshDas, #Indian #dancer, & #Emmy Award-winning Jason Samuels Smith @jsamsmith will showcase in “India Jazz Suites” http://nola.tw/Od

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11/13/2012

Brooklyn guitar star Joel Harrison @joelharrisongtr seeks ‘ecstasy’ with a New Orleans # band http://nola.tw/IN

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1895 - Fred 'Tubby' Hall was born on this day. Traditional jazz drummer from Sellers, Louisiana. He is the brother of another New Orleans drummer, Minor 'Ram' Hall. Prior to 1917 and the shut down of Storyville, 'Tubby' played with Jack Carey's Crescent Orchestra, the Eagle Band and the Silver Leaf Orchestra. He then joined other New Orleans musicians in Chicago and played with Lawrence Duhe' and Sugar Johnny Smith, King Oliver and Louis Armstrong in the early 1920's. In the mid-twenties he performed with Jimmie Noone, Carroll Dickerson and Boyd Atkins. He then spent the Depression years with 'Satchmo', Half-Pint Jaxon and Johnny Dodds. Tubby died in May, 1946 in Chicago.

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1895 - Fred 'Tubby' Hall was born on this day. Traditional jazz drummer from Sellers, Louisiana. He is the brother of another New Orleans drummer, Minor 'Ram' Hall. Prior to 1917 and the shut down of Storyville, 'Tubby' played with Jack Carey's Crescent Orchestra, the Eagle Band and the Silver Leaf Orchestra. He then joined other New Orleans musicians in Chicago and played with Lawrence Duhe' and Sugar Johnny Smith, King Oliver and Louis Armstrong in the early 1920's. In the mid-twenties he performed with Jimmie Noone, Carroll Dickerson and Boyd Atkins. He then spent the Depression years with 'Satchmo', Half-Pint Jaxon and Johnny Dodds. Tubby died in May, 1946 in Chicago.

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