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10/19/2012

Historic Treme neighborhood, New Orleans #NOLA melting pot, celebrates 200 years of food and music http://nola.tw/I2

09/22/2012

Swinging Into Season 3: HBO Treme @HBOTreme http://nola.tw/Hd

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1889 - Amos White was born on this day. Traditional jazz cornetist from Kinstree, South Carolina. He came to New Orleans in 1919, after a tour with the military. He first played in the Cadillac Bar, then joined 'Celestin's Tuxedo Brass Band'. He worked on the riverboats with Fate Marable and recorded with the former in 1924 for Okeh. In that year he organized the 'New Orleans Creole Jazz Band', which was primarily a dance band performing at Tranchina's restaurant. He settled in California, and died in 1980.

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1889 - Amos White was born on this day. Traditional jazz cornetist from Kinstree, South Carolina. He came to New Orleans in 1919, after a tour with the military. He first played in the Cadillac Bar, then joined 'Celestin's Tuxedo Brass Band'. He worked on the riverboats with Fate Marable and recorded with the former in 1924 for Okeh. In that year he organized the 'New Orleans Creole Jazz Band', which was primarily a dance band performing at Tranchina's restaurant. He settled in California, and died in 1980.

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