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Oliver Morgan

New Orleans R&B singer Oliver Morgan remains to be best remembered for his 1963 strike “Who Shot the La La,” a tribute to fellow Crescent Town legend Prince La La. Created and elevated in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward alongside fledgling greats Body fat Domino, Jessie Hill, and Smiley Lewis, Morgan …

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Baby Face Willette

Highly underrated like a soul-jazz organist as a consequence in large part to some scanty discography, Baby Face Willette remains a relatively mysterious figure, a quiet, reserved man who disappeared from your jazz scene following the first about half of the ’60s. Given birth to Roosevelt Willette on Sept 11, …

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