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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1988 - Norwood (Pony) Poindexter, a jazz saxophonist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away at the age of 62. He studied under Sidney Desvigne, and following this attended Candell Conservatory. From 1951 to 1952 he was with Lionel Hampton and in 1952 he played with Stan Kenton. Through the end of the 1950s Poindexter played extensively both as a leader and as a sideman, recording with Charlie Parker, Nat King Cole, T-Bone Walker and Jimmy Witherspoon. From 1961 to 1964, he played backup for Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, who together also recorded a vocal version of "Little Pony". He published an autobiography, Pony Express, in 1985.

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1988 - Norwood (Pony) Poindexter, a jazz saxophonist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away at the age of 62. He studied under Sidney Desvigne, and following this attended Candell Conservatory. From 1951 to 1952 he was with Lionel Hampton and in 1952 he played with Stan Kenton. Through the end of the 1950s Poindexter played extensively both as a leader and as a sideman, recording with Charlie Parker, Nat King Cole, T-Bone Walker and Jimmy Witherspoon. From 1961 to 1964, he played backup for Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, who together also recorded a vocal version of "Little Pony". He published an autobiography, Pony Express, in 1985.

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