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The Father of Free Jazz: Ornette Coleman stayed true to his artistic vision. Didn’t know he lived in #NOLA http://nola.tw/Ti
Singer/songwriter Lenny McDaniel dies at 65 #NOLA http://nola.tw/To
For Delfeayo Marsalis, jazz is a legacy to be handed down #NOLA http://nola.tw/Tj
The Father of Free Jazz: Ornette Coleman stayed true to his artistic vision. Didn’t know he lived in #NOLA http://nola.tw/Ti
#NOLA #bounce music evokes a powerful, poignant sense of place http://nola.tw/Th
Colbert Announces New ‘Late Show’ Band Leader! #NOLA s own Jon Batiste http://nola.tw/Tg
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1922 - Joseph Denton (JD Jay) Miller was born on this day. A record producer, musician and songwriter and a native of Iota, Louisiana. He resided most of his life in Crowley, where in the late 1930s he played guitar with several Cajun bands, including Joseph Falcon and His Silver Bell Band, the Four Aces, the Rice City Ramblers, and the Daylight Creepers. He recorded swamp blues artists such as Lightnin' Slim, Lazy Lester, Lonesome Sundown and Slim Harpo. It was Miller who produced Harpo's "I'm a King Bee" and "Rainin' In My Heart,". Miller died in Crowley, on March 23, 1996, after complications following quadruple bypass surgery at the age of 73. |