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Some Louisiana Musicians This list of Louisiana musicians who perform music traditional to Louisiana or rooted in its traditions provides additional suggestions for student research in Louisiana Voices Unit VI Lesson 6 Louisiana's Musical Legends and is not meant to be exhaustive. The names in bold link to biographies in Louisiana's Legendary Musicians: A Select List. This list also includes musicians who are National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows, have been recognized by Louisiana Division of the Arts programs, or are featured in Louisiana Folklife Articles - Music Traditions. Some of these musicians are well documented with recordings easily found online, while others will require more research skills. For an introduction to Louisiana traditional music, see The Treasured Traditions of Louisiana Music, by Ben Sandmel. For photographs of musicians, typical ensembles, instruments, venues, and dances, go to the Louisiana Folklife Photo Gallery and select "Music and Dance." * denotes deceased New OrleansJAZZ Sidney Bechet - traditional jazz clarinetist soprano saxophonist* Pete Fountain - present-day traditional jazz and swing clarinetist Louis Armstrong - cornetist and trumpeter, traditional jazz/swing/popular music* Jelly Roll Morton - traditional jazz pianist, composer and arranger* Marsalis Family - present-day progressive jazz performers, composers and educators Bille and DeDe Pierce - pianist and trumpeter/vocalist, traditional jazz and blues* Al Hirt - traditional jazz and swing trumpeter* Joe "King" Oliver - traditional jazz cornetist and composer* Buddy Bolden - late 19th century jazz cornetist* Nick LaRocca - early 20th century jazz cornetist* Louis Prima - trumpeter/vocalist/composer who combined Italian music, jazz, blues, swing, and popular music* Sweet Emma Barrett - traditional jazz and blues pianist/vocalist* Doreen Ketchens - present-day clarinetist, traditional jazz/swing Dr. Michael White - present-day clarinetist, traditional jazz; also a noted jazz historian Dirty Dozen - first-generation brass band renaissance Soul Rebels - second-generation brass band renaissance Danny and Blue Lu Barker - traditional jazz/blues/swing; guitarist/banjoist/vocalist and vocalist, respectively* Anthony "Tuba Fat" Lacen - present-day traditional/brass band jazz Doc Cheatham - traditional/swing jazz trumpeter* Harold Dejan / Olympia Brass Band - traditional jazz saxophonist* Milton Batiste / Olympia Brass Band - traditional jazz/blues/R&B trumpeter* Bunk Johnson - traditional jazz trombonist* Kid Ory - traditional jazz trombonist* Johnny St. Cyr - traditional jazz banjoist* Harold Batiste - jazz, R&B, and pop saxophonist, producer, arranger MARDI GRAS INDIANS Bo Dollis - Mardi Gras Indian Monk Boudreaux - Mardi Gras Indian Nathaniel Williams - Mardi Gras Indian Gerald "Jake" Millon - Mardi Gras Indian Allison "Tootie" Montana - Mardi Gras Indian Larry Bannock - Mardi Gras Indian Charles Taylor - Mardi Gras Indian RHYTHM & BLUES Ernie K-Doe - rhythm & blues singer* Irma Thomas - rhythm & blues singer Fats Domino - rhythm & blues singer/pianist Professor Longhair - rhythm & blues singer/pianist Neville Brothers - rhythm & blues group, singers/instrumentalists Clarence "Frogman" Henry - rhythm & blues singer Frankie Ford - rhythm & blues singer/pianist Smiley Lewis - rhythm & blues singer* Dr. John - rhythm & blues singer/pianist/producer/songwriter Tami Lynn - rhythm & blues singer Allen Toussaint - rhythm & blues pianist/songwriter/producer/arranger/singer GOSPEL Mahalia Jackson - gospel singer* Paulette Wright-Davis - gospel Arsi and Vision - African-American gospel The Friendly Travelers - African-American gospel ensemble Soulful Heavenly Stars - African-American old-time gospel BLUES Boogie Bill Webb - blues guitarist/singer* Walter Wolfman Washington - contemporary blues guitarist/singer Snooks Eaglin - blues/R&B guitarist/singer South Louisiana ISLEÑO Irvan Perez - Isleño décima singing CAJUN Iry LeJeune - Cajun accordionist/singer/songwriter* Marc Savoy - Cajun accordionist/accordion builder Dewey Balfa - Cajun fiddler/singer/songwriter* D. L. Menard - Cajun guitarist/singer/songwriter BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (fiddle/vocal) - Cajun renaissance eclectic band Steve Riley - Cajun accordionist/singer Joe Falcon - Cajun accordionist/singer* Amédée Breaux - Cajun accordionist/singer* Nathan Abshire - Cajun accordionist/singer* Harry Choates - Cajun/western swing fiddler/singer* The Hackberry Ramblers - Cajun and western swing band in existence since 1933 Dennis McGee and Sady Courville - Cajun fiddlers/singers* Wayne Toups - Cajun accordionist/singer Octa Clark*, Hector Duhon* and the Dixie Ramblers - Cajun band founded in the 1920s Harry Lee Lefleur - Cajun fiddler Tony Thibodaux - Cajun fiddler Lionel Leleux - Cajun fiddler/fiddle maker* Hadley Castille - Cajun fiddler Wade Fruge - Cajun fiddler Doc Guidry - Cajun fiddler* Nonc Allie Young - Cajun accordionist Balfa Toujours - Cajun band Fred Charlie and the Acadiana Cajuns - Cajun Ken Smith - Cajun fiddler Belton Richard - Cajun, swamp pop accordionist/singer Horace Trahan - Cajun/zydeco accordionist/singer David Greely - Cajun/zydeco/country fiddler, saxophonist, singer CREOLE AND ZYDECO Amédé Ardoin - accordionist/singer*, la musique Creole Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin - accordionist/singer, la musique Creole Canray Fontenot - la musique Creole* Clifton Chenier - zydeco accordionist/harmonicist/singer* Boozoo Chavis - zydeco accordionist/singer* Bébé Carriere* (fiddler), Eraste Carriere* (accordionist), and Calvin Carriere (fiddler) - la-la / la musique Creole/zydeco Inez Catalon - Creole ballad singer Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural - zydeco accordionist/keyboardist/singer Geno Delafose - zydeco accordionist/singer Hiram Sampy -zydeco accordionist* Warren Ceasar - zydeco trumpeter/singer* Lynn August - zydeco accordionist/keyboardist/singer Ann Goodly - zydeco accordionist Delton Brossard - zydeco accordionist/singer* Beau Jocque - zydeco accordionist/singer* Jeffery Broussard, Zydeco Force - zydeco accordionist/singer L'il Brian Terry - zydeco accordionist/singer Preston Frank - zydeco fiddler Keith Frank - zydeco accordionist/singer Rosie Ledet - zydeco accordionist/singer John Delafose - zydeco accordionist/singer* Nathan Williams and the Zydeco Cha Chas - zydeco accordionist/singer Sean Ardoin - contemporary zydeco accordionist/singer Roy "Chubby" Carrier, Jr. - zydeco accordionist/singer Willis Prudhomme - zydeco accordionist/singer Terrance Simien- contemporary zydeco accordionist/singer SWAMP POP Cookie and the Cupcakes - swamp pop group* Phil Phillips - swamp pop singer Guitar Gable - swamp pop guitarist/singer Rod Bernard - swamp pop singer Rockin' Sidney - zydeco/swamp pop/blues singer/accordionist/guitarist Little Alfred - swamp pop singer Katie Webster - swamp pop/blues/soul pianist/singer* Barbara Lynn - swamp pop/blues guitarist/singer Sonny Bourg - swamp pop drummer/singer BLUES / R&B R. David Egan - R&B singer/songwriter/pianist GOSPEL JAZZ Bunk Johnson* - traditional jazz trumpeter/cornetist CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY Lucinda Williams - contemporary country singer/guitarist/songwriter North Louisiana and the Florida Parishes BLUES / WORK SONGS Leadbelly* - pre-WWII blues guitarist/singer Slim Harpo* - 1960s blues harmonicist/singer Tabby Thomas - traditional Baton Rouge blues guitarist/singer/songwriter Silas Hogan* and Arthur "Guitar" Kelley* - blues guitar duo Robert Pete Williams* - traditional blues guitarist/singer Raful Neal - traditional Baton Rouge blues harmonicist/singer Henry Gray - blues pianist/singer Carol Fran - post-WWII blues, swamp pop pianist/singer Larry Garner - contemporary Baton Rouge blues guitarist/singer "Po' Henry" Dorsey and Wayne "Tookie" Collum - Delta blues duo of guitar/harmonica Pee Wee Whitaker - traditional blues trombonist* Raymond Blakes - traditional blues guitarist/singer* Clifford Blake - African-American work songs* Boogie Bill Webb - traditional blues guitarist/singer* Robert "Smokey Babe" Brown - blues guitarist/singer* Clarence Edwards - blues guitarist/singer* Jesse Thomas - blues guitarist/singer* T-Bone Shingleton - blues Kenny Acosta - blues guitarist/singer COUNTRY / BLUEGRASS T. 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"Brownie" Ford - cowboy/country singer/guitarist* Webb Pierce - country/honky-tonk singer/guitarist* Governor Jimmie Davis - country/gospel singer/guitarist* Cox Family - old-time country/bluegrass group Mickey Gilley - country/rockabilly singer/pianist Whitstein Brothers - country guitarist and mandolinist, close-harmony vocal duets Troy DeRamus - old-time country guitarist/singer Don Mayo - old-time country mandolinist Ray Bebee - old-time country fiddler* Herman White - old-time country bassist Bill Kirkpatrick - old-time country fiddler Fred Beavers - old-time country fiddler/fiddle maker Fred Carter - country guitarist Tony Joe White - country/blues guitarist/singer/songwriter Laymon Godwin - old-time country Harold Cavallero - old-time country/Dobro player Robert Lambert - old-time country Louisiana Honky-Tonk Band - old-time country Luke Thompson - country/bluegrass mandolinist/mandolin builder Amanda Dark - bluegrass fiddler 12th of April - bluegrass ROCKABILLY Jerry Lee Lewis - rockabilly pianist/singer Dale Hawkins - rockabilly singer/songwriter James Burton - rockabilly/country/blues/rock/pop guitarist, session musician Maggie Lewis Warwick - rockabilly singer/songwriter Myra Smith - rockabilly record-company founder* Kenny Bill Stinson - rockabilly/blues/rock/country pianist/guitarist/singer Johnny Horton - country singer/songwriter* Faron Young - country singer/songwriter* Joe Stampley - country, swamp pop singer songwriter GOSPEL The Morace Family - British-American contemporary and traditional gospel Zion Travelers - African-American a capella gospel quartet Ever Ready Gospel Singers - African-American gospel quartet Penola Caesar - African-American gospel/ Dr. Watt's hymns Otheneil Bridges, Sr. - traditional African-American gospel guitarist/singer Jimmy Swaggart - British-American gospel pianist/singer Winnsboro Easter Rock Ensemble - African-American gospel/chant Brothers in Christ (Singing Cops) - contemporary British-American gospel |
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