by Bman | Jan 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Allen Toussaint (/หtuหseษชnt/; born January 14, 1938) is an American musician, composer, record producer, and influential figure in New Orleans R&B. Many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through versions by other musicians, including "Working in the Coalmine",...
by Bman | Jan 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Percy Gaston Humphrey (January 13, 1905 โ July 22, 1995) was a jazz trumpet player and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition to his own jazz band, Percy Humphrey and His Crescent City Joymakers, for more than thirty years he was leader of the Eureka Brass...
by Bman | Jan 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
JABBO SMITH (t,v) & DANNY BARKER (g) Frog Joseph (tb) Orange Kellin (cl) Lars Edegran (p) Franck Field (b) John Robichaux (d,ann) Danny Barker (January 13, 1909 โ March 13, 1994), born Daniel Moses Barker, was a jazz banjoist, singer, guitarist, songwriter, ukelele...
by Bman | Jan 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Coleman Hawkins on saxophone, Rex Stewart on cornet, Jo Jones on drums, Milt Hinton on bass, Pee Wee Russell on clarinet, Danny Barkerand on banjo, Vic Dickenson on trombone. This is taken from the Sound of Jazz, a CBS special which appeared in the 50s. Henry James...
by Bman | Jan 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hayward "Chuck" Carbo (1926โ2008) was an American R&B singer, best known for his time as a vocalist in the New Orleans group The Spiders. Carbo sang with his brother, Leonard "Chick" Carbo, in The Spiders, who recorded for Imperial Records in the 1950s and scored a...
