Leroy Jones
The legendary jazz trumpeter Leroy Jones is known to music lovers as the keeper of the flame for traditional New Orleans jazz and to critics as one of the top musicians ever produced by the Crescent City.
The mission of the Leroy Jones Quintet is to expose audiences everywhere to the authentic music of New Orleans, the music of Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bolden, Danny Barker and all the other greats who have helped create the rich gumbo that is the sound of New Orleans, he says, while putting our own more modern stamp on it.
Jones himself, a native of New Orleans, whose playing has been described as a blend of Louis Armstrong and bebop virtuoso Clifford Brown, has been a critical figure in the history of New Orleans music.
A member of the New Orleans Jazz Hall of Fame, he was leader at the tender age of 12, of the seminal Fairview Band, a brass band whose alumni have included some of the best known musicians in New Orleans. It was the Fairview Brass Band which is widely credited with restoring interest in the brass band tradition of New Orleans. Today, in fact, New Orleans has more brass bands performing than at any time in the city's history – an achievement that can be traced back directly to the Fairview Band and its successor the Leroy Jones Hurricane Brass Brand.
A regular at Preservation Hall in New Orleans and a featured performer in the Harry Connick Orchestra, where his playing and singing have made him a crowd favorite, Leroy has performed on every continent and in every major U.S. city at prestigious theaters, festivals and jazz clubs like the Village Vanguard in New York City. His television appearances include The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, Late Night with David Letterman, The Today Show, Arsenio Hall, Conan O'Brien and Oprah Winfrey. He is also a regular at the world famous New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, as well as French Quarter Fest and the Satchmo Summerfest.
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January 29, 2013
New Orleans Trumpeter Leroy Jones Performed At Super Bowl VI In 1972
June 30, 2012
Jazz Returns To Bourbon Street
March 31, 2009
Leroy Jones Reassembles the Fairview Brass Band for a Special Concert...
March 17, 2009
Leroy Jones on Abc26/Wgno's "Good Morning New Orleans"
March 16, 2009
Leroy Jones Nominated for 21st Big Easy Entertainment Awards
October 04, 2008
Trumpeter Leroy Jones Interviewed at AAJ
March 03, 2009
Leroy Jones' New Romantic Album "Sweeter Than a Summer Breeze"
To read the whole article go to link: http://www.louisianaweekly.com/news.php?viewStory=912
With a new romantic CD, Leroy Jones and his trumpet are in tune like never before. Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune - Lagniappe 4/13/2009
To read the whole article go to link: http://blog.nola.com/keithspera/2009/02/trumpeter_leroy_jones_adds_str.html
The gracefulness of the arrangements contributes in a profound way to the success of this homogeneous and balanced CD, rendering justice to a musician who has been able to give New Orleans music a flair of modernity. Jacques Aboucaya, Jazz Magazine (France) 3/2009
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