Music
Joe James
From 1925 until his death in 1964, Joe James was the regular pianist in Kid Thomas’s band.
From 1925 until his death in 1964, Joe James was the regular pianist in Kid Thomas’s band.
John Bel Edwards served as a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024.
John Wesley Jarvis was as well-known for his eccentric personality and dress as he was for his talent as a portrait and landscape painter.
Arguably the most famous Cajun song of all time, "Jolie Blonde" began as a folk melody in French Louisiana.
Juan San Maló (Jean St. Malo) was the leader of a group of self-liberated formerly enslaved people who founded their own maroon resistance community in the bayous and wetlands southeast of New Orleans, in present-day St. Bernard Parish.
Jewish people have greatly contributed to Louisiana’s culture and economy as philanthropists, civic and educational leaders, business owners, and art patrons.
Julien de Lalande Poydras was a Point Coupée Parish plantation owner, banker, political leader, and philanthropist who was a pivotal figure in the early history of Louisiana.
New Orleans artist Krista Jurisich is best known for her photocollage art quilts produced in the aftermath of the levee failures of 2005.
Methodist pastor Lea Joyner, the only ordained woman in the Methodist Church in mid-twentieth century Louisiana, was one of the most popular pastors in the state.
Louisiana blues harmonica musician Little Walter Jacobs had his biggest hit with "Juke" in 1952.
New Orleans native Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson was a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter whose professional career spanned six decades.
Louis James was a New Orleans traditional jazz string bass player, clarinetist, and multi-instrumentalist.
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