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James Maxwell (born August 30, 1953 - February 29, 2024) [1] often referred to as Jimmy, was a musician and band leader who has performed and conducted from coast to coast in the United States. Jimmy has been the band for top social functions in New Orleans since 1981. From 1985 to 1989, Jimmy was partners with Peter Duchin, the famed society ...
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The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, are an American swamp rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The band's musical style, which draws from blues, rock, rhythm and blues, funk and soul music, has attracted a dedicated fanbase who the band calls "fish heads". [ 1] Described by OffBeat magazine as "New Orleans ...
Jon Batiste was born in Metairie, Louisiana, to a Catholic family. [1] [10] He grew up in Kenner, Louisiana. [2]Batiste is a member of a New Orleans musical dynasty, the Batiste family, that includes Lionel Batiste of the Treme Brass Band, Milton Batiste of the Olympia Brass Band, and Russell Batiste Jr. [11] [12] At the age of eight, he played percussion and drums with his family's band, the ...
Papa Jack Laine. George Vital " Papa Jack " Laine (September 21, 1873 – June 1, 1966) [1] was an American musician and a pioneering band leader in New Orleans in the years from the Spanish–American War to World War I. [2] He was often credited for training many musicians who would later become successful in jazz music . Laine's Reliance ...
In the terminology of early 20th century New Orleans musicians, a "musicianer" was someone with good technical ability on their instrument adept at sight-reading written music. Manuel Perez was an innovator, with a supreme sound. His legacy might be best understood, in looking at the musicians that praised him, and the styles he influenced.
The son of bassist and sousaphonist Walter Payton, he began playing the trumpet at the age of four and by age nine was sitting in with the Young Tuxedo Brass Band alongside his father. He began his professional career at ten years old as a member of James Andrews' All-Star Brass and was given his first steady gig by guitarist Danny Barker at ...
Mark Braud (born June 21, 1973) is an American jazz trumpeter and band leader, who is a current leader of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band 's New Orleans band, and Mark Braud's Jazz Giants. He has been a sideman for dozens of groups including Harry Connick, Jr., Dr. Michael White 's Original Liberty Jazz Band, Henry Butler, and R&B singer Eddie Bo .