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Pete Fountain
Jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain was one of the New Orleans's most recognizable and commercially successful artists.
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Music Index
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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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Preservation Hall
New Orleans's Preservation Hall is a traditional jazz music venue in the French Quarter and the historic center of a worldwide revival of traditional New Orleans jazz.
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Professor Longhair
Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Professor Longhair, was a New Orleans rhythm & blues pianist who came to personify the city's cultural renaissance of the 1970s.
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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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Randy Newman
Musician and composer Randy Newman was influenced by the time he lived in New Orleans as a child and many of his songs, including the poignant “Louisiana 1927,” reflect this.
History
Rap, Hip-Hop, and Bounce Music
Rap, hip-hop, and bounce are musical genres that developed in New Orleans beginning in the late 1980s.
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René Hall
René Hall was an arranger and studio musician who made invaluable contributions to scores of hit recordings from the 1950s through the 1970s.
History
Rhythm and Blues Music
The rhythm and blues (R&B) music heritage in Louisiana includes a wide variety of styles, beginning in the 1940s and continuing until today.
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Rock Music
Rock music in Louisiana grew out of several genres of roots music: blues, rhythm and blues, Cajun, and zydeco.
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Rockabilly
Rockabilly is a genre of music that derived from early rock 'n' roll, with a country-music flavor.
