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    (MyNetworkTV) WWOZ, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Station, broadcasts modern and traditional jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, brass band, gospel, cajun, zydeco...
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    Zaorski Zebra, band Aleister Crowley, Gnostic Bishop, poet, writer and occultist Antonio de Sedella, early Roman Catholic leader in New Orleans Henriette DeLille...
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  • Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its...
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    The Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans, New Orleans, United States, are a group of forty-two cemeteries that are historically and culturally significant...
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    jazz was music intended for dancing. This influenced the choice of material played by early jazz groups: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, New Orleans Rhythm...
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    returned on-campus at Yulman Stadium), and was the home venue of the New Orleans Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1975 until 1979....
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    Harry Connick Jr. (category 20th-century Jazz musicians from New Orleans)
    neighborhood of New Orleans. Harry Connick began learning to play keyboards at age three, playing publicly at age five, and recording with a local jazz band when...
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    The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member...
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  • Marie Laveau (redirect from Marie Laveau II)
    of Voodoo, herbalist and midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II (1827 – c. 1862), also practiced rootwork, conjure, Native...
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  • music), New Orleans, and north Louisiana. The region in and around Greater New Orleans has a unique musical heritage tied to Dixieland jazz, blues, and...
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  • Vernel Fournier Louis Barbarin (1902–1997) – New Orleans jazz drummer Paul Barbarin (1899–1969) – New Orleans jazz drummer, usually regarded (along with Baby...
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  • Ed Frank (category Jazz musicians from New Orleans)
    American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist who performed and recorded for more than forty years. Edward Frazier "Ed" Frank was born in New Orleans, Louisiana...
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    Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725–1785) "Louis the Fat," Duke of Orléans, Prince of France his son, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747–1793), father...
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  • speaking, a setting of the Catholic Mass but fuses traditions of New Orleans and big band jazz with worship in the Black Church, including Scripture, prayer...
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  • style. By 1924 his band was comparable to good American bands such as the Original Memphis Five. Borchard's band included New Orleans trombonist Emile Christian...
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  • from New Zealand in Christian contemporary music. Son by Four - Salsa band turned Catholic band featured on EWTN. Dave Brubeck - legendary jazz pianist...
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    Rhythm changes (category Jazz standards)
    section are: a 2-bar phrase, I−vi−ii−V (often modified to I–VI–ii–V), played twice, followed by a 4-bar phrase In a jazz band, these chord changes are usually...
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    Jimmy Durante (category Original New Orleans Jazz Band members)
    the first recognizable jazz bands in New York, the Original New Orleans Jazz Band. Durante was the only member not from New Orleans. His routine of breaking...
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    Al Hirt (category Jazz musicians from New Orleans)
    returned to New Orleans working with various Dixieland groups and leading his own bands. Despite Hirt's statement years later "I'm not a jazz trumpeter...
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    Original Savannah Band, a 1970s big band- and swing-influenced disco band, formed in the Bronx, New York The Dorsey Brothers, an American jazz group fronted...
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    Tuba (redirect from Jazz tuba)
    the New Orleans jazz scene. The tuba was used most frequently with the Louis Armstrong groups and prominent in the album Hot Five. In modern jazz, it...
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    musician, and jazz educator Mercury Rev, band Bobby Militello, jazz saxophonist and flautist The Modernaires, 1940s vocal harmony group Moe, band Nina Morgana...
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  • and updates on eligibility rules: Three new categories – Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording – were...
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    Hell", a song by American thrash metal band Exodus, from 1989 album Fabulous Disaster. "Queen Of New Orleans", a song by Jon Bon Jovi from the 1997 album...
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    d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, to help settle La Louisiane (the Louisiana Territory they claimed as a colony. Arriving in New Orleans on seven ships, the...
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    Essence Music Festival (category Tourist attractions in New Orleans)
    music event in the US. The annual music festival started in 1995 in New Orleans, Louisiana to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Essence magazine. The...
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  • Postmodern Jukebox (category Jazz ensembles from New York City)
    on the Billboard magazine jazz album chart. This was followed by her cover of Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop" in 2013. The band performed on Good Morning...
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  • Nichols, 84, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers) and coach (New Orleans Pelicans, Rochester Red Wings). Besar Nimani, 38, Kosovar-born German...
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    Sousaphone (category Marching band instruments)
    the New Orleans brass band tradition and is still used in groups such as the Dirty Dozen Brass Band by Kirk Joseph. Soul Rebels Brass Band from New Orleans...
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  • recipient. Victor Riley, 49, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, Houston Texans). Christiane Scrivener, 98, French politician...
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