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Kyle Roussel

Kyle Roussel is a dynamic example of a modern New Orleans musician forging his own path while collaborating with a variety of musical masters.

A graduate of the famed New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and the University of New Orleans began playing the piano at age nine; studying classical music before moving on to perform in church and explore jazz in his teenage years. 

These days, Kyle is equally adept in the worlds of jazz, classical, funk, gospel, rhythm and blues, and rock- his diverse influences shaping his personal musical identity and providing inspiration at every turn.  Kyle currently performs all around the US, with other engagements taking him all over Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and Africa with stalwarts such as Irma Thomas, Jon Batiste, Tyler Perry,  Christian Scott, The Headhunters, Terence Blanchard, Lauren Daigle, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, John Boutte, Kermit Ruffins, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band,  Donald Harrison Jr., Herlin Riley,  Delfeayo Marsalis, Victor Goines, Tank and the Bangas, Shannon Powell, James Rivers, Bonerama, Glen David Andrews, Jeff Tain Watts, Borders, Topsy Chapman, Roland Guerin, Khris Royal and Windell Brunious.

One thing is clear to anyone who is paying attention: Kyle Roussel has only just begun to leave his mark on the world of music. Stay tuned.


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Clint Maedgen: Roussel Maajon

Read "Roussel Maajon" reviewed by Thomas Cole


"Roussel Maajon" is the thinly veiled pseudonym of Preservation Hall stalwart, saxophonist/vocalist Clint Maedgen, who is easily identified after a few bars if one is at all familiar with his distinctive voice and energetic music style. And every jazz fan, at least in New Orleans, knows who Roussel is--Kyle Roussel, keyboardist with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Easy enough to dial up on Spotify, Huey “Piano" Smith and the Clowns concludes on an adjacent iTunes playlist as “Sookie, ...

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Irma Thomas: The New Orleans Collection: Love Is The Foundation

Read "The New Orleans Collection: Love Is The Foundation" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Newvelle Records, which was established in 2015, believes that in this digital age there is an opportunity to build a new model for creating and distributing music. Each year, Newvelle releases a series of six albums, exclusively on vinyl, that pairs musicians wth celebrated artists, writers and poets. The New Orleans Collection contains four single sleeve 180-gram clear vinyl albums, each of which was recorded in New Orleans between January and March 2020 at Esplanade Studios, a former church built ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Roussel Maajon

Self Produced
2023

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The New Orleans...

Newvelle Records
2021

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A New Earth

Polyamorous Music
2016

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