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Octave Crosby
Octave Crosby's Original Dixieland Jazz Band was, for a time, the house band at the legendary Paddock Lounge on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
Holly Hobbs
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Oscar Chicken Henry
Oscar “Chicken” Henry played both jazz piano and trombone in New Orleans in the mid-twentieth century.
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Papa John Joseph
Papa John Joseph was a popular string bass player at Preservation Hall in New Orleans throughout the twentieth century.
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Percy Humphrey
New Orleans traditional jazz trumpeter Percy Humphrey led the Eureka Brass Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, continuing to play until the age of ninety.
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Peter Bocage
Peter Bocage was a jazz musician active in brass bands and second line parades in the early twentieth century.
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Polo Barnes
New Orleans jazz clarinetist Paul “Polo” Barnes performed frequently at Preservation Hall in the 1960s.
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Punch Miller
“Punch” Miller, also known as “Kid Punch,” was a New Orleans traditional jazz, blues, and brass band trumpeter and vocalist.
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Sammy Penn
Traditional jazz drummer and vocalist Sammy Penn played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on tour and in New Orleans.
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Sing Miller
Sing Miller was a traditional jazz and blues singer and piano player from New Orleans.
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Sweet Emma Barrett
Self-taught jazz pianist Sweet Emma Barrett was able to follow any piece of music after hearing it only once.
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Terence Blanchard
New Orleans–native Terence Blanchard is a multi-Grammy-winning, twice Oscar-nominated jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator.
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Thomas Valentine
New Orleans traditional jazz musician Kid Thomas Valentine was one of the founders of Preservation Hall.
