Music
Harvey Hysell
Harvey Hysell was a ballet dancer, choreographer, and instructor whose expertise in technique, lyricism, and design elevated the state of ballet in New Orleans for over forty years.
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Henry Butler
Blind since his birth in New Orleans, Henry Butler transcended life in the public housing projects to earn advanced music degrees and become a respected pianist and vocalist.
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Henry Gray
Henry Gray was a pioneer of the Chicago blues style of piano.
Music
Hubert Rolling
Hubert Rolling was a nineteenth century New Orleans pianist and composer.
Music
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter is one of the most important grassroots musicians of the twentieth century.
Music
Ida Guillory
"Queen Ida" Guillory and her Bon Temps Zydeco Band have toured nationally and internationally. Guillory has also published a popular cookbook, "Cookin' with Queen Ida."
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Inez Catalon
Inez Catalon was a Louisiana folk singer who specialized in cantiques, a type of French folk song.
Music
Irma Thomas
R&B singer Irma Thomas, hailed as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans" has been performing and recording since the 1950s.
Art
Irván J. Pérez
Musician and woodcarver Irván Pérez spent much of his life advocating the preservation of the cultural traditions of Louisiana's Isleño community.
Music
Iry LeJeune
At a time when popular Cajun music leaned heavily toward western swing bands featuring the fiddle, Iry LeJeune is credited with reintroducing the traditional Cajun accordion.
Music
Isleño Décimas
The traditional songs of the Spanish-speaking Isleños of St. Bernard Parish are known as décimas, traditionally a ten-verse satiric composition set to music.
Music
Israel Gorman
Israel Gorman was an early traditional jazz and brass band clarinetist from New Orleans who played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, among others.
