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Bill Evans
Bill Evans was a Louisiana-educated pianist and composer who made important contributions to the evolution of modern jazz.
Bill Evans was a Louisiana-educated pianist and composer who made important contributions to the evolution of modern jazz.
Bill Iles is an accomplished Louisiana painter whose subject matter ranges from almost totally abstract images to landscapes that reflect more his imagination than reality.
Bill Matthews was a New Orleans traditional jazz and brass band trombone player.
Born in Monroe, Bill Russell was the first African American coach in the NBA and a vocal member of the civil rights movement.
Dede and Billie Pierce were a New Orleans traditional jazz and blues duo who performed at Preservation Hall.
Landscape painter Billy Solitario prefers to capture the natural world by painting en plein air, or painting in nature, a style popular among the Impressionists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
African American Gospel music incorporates elements of both black vernacular and sacred music, including blues, hymnody, spirituals, the folk church, and even popular song.
At Boat Blessings, a Catholic priest blesses a community’s shrimp boats before the start of shrimp season
Established in 1968 by writers Tom Dent and Kalamu ya Salaam, BLKARTSOUTH was a community writing and acting workshop that provided a forum for emerging black poets and playwrights to develop and showcase their work.
Of the 119 musicians inducted into the national Blues Hall of Fame, roughly twenty percent are from Louisiana.
When Louisiana's Bob Pettit retired from the National Basketball Association in 1965, he was widely regarded as an all-time great and had earned two Most Valuable Player awards.
Tulane alumnus Bobby Brown played professional baseball with the New York Yankees and won four world championships.
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