Tagged: Traditional Jazz

08/11/2013

@PresHall ‪#‎Jazz‬ ‪#‎Band‬ brings slice of New Orleans ‪#‎NOLA‬ to GV http://nola.tw/Mt

08/01/2013

#‎NOLA‬ New Orleans Traditional ‪#‎Jazz‬ camp (neworleanstradjazzcamp.com) for adults emphasizes traditional music http://nola.tw/Mj

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05/21/2013

Loyola @LoyolaNOLANews effort uses #JAZZ to teach social studies concepts to #NOLA school children http://nola.tw/LU

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08/26/2012

Johnson: Life’s impromptu riffs shape all of us: Joe ‘King’ Oliver http://nola.tw/H9

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1911 - Louis Prima was born on this day. Jazz trumpeter and vocalist from New Orleans. Came from a New Orleans musical family that included his brother, Leon, who was also a trumpeter. Prima led his own kids band in the late twenties that included a ten year old, Irving Fazola. He became very popular in the thirties as the leader of a Big Swing Band and made several films. He also was famous for his duets with wife, Keely Smith. He was the composer of 'Sing, Sing, Sing' and 'Jump, Jive An Wail'. Louis died in New Orleans on August 24, 1978.

fact

1911 - Louis Prima was born on this day. Jazz trumpeter and vocalist from New Orleans. Came from a New Orleans musical family that included his brother, Leon, who was also a trumpeter. Prima led his own kids band in the late twenties that included a ten year old, Irving Fazola. He became very popular in the thirties as the leader of a Big Swing Band and made several films. He also was famous for his duets with wife, Keely Smith. He was the composer of 'Sing, Sing, Sing' and 'Jump, Jive An Wail'. Louis died in New Orleans on August 24, 1978.

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