Tag Archives: George Guesnon’s New Orleans Band

George Lewis never tried to be always a virtuoso soloist. He enjoyed to try out melodic ensembles where his distinct clarinet was absolve to improvise as merely as he preferred. When Lewis was motivated and in melody, he could keep his very own with some of his contemporaries in New …

Jim Robinson was an extremely reliable New Orleans trombonist who was simply a lot more consistent than a lot of the music artists he performed with, never seeming with an off day time. A jazz pioneer, Robinson performed guitar as a kid and began playing trombone in 1917, while stationed …

b. 23 Feb 1904, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Taught to try out drums by Louis Cottrell Snr., Frazier performed in a number of New Orleans rings in the first and middle-20s including those led by Papa Celestin and Sidney Desvigne. Employed in music just part time through the 30s as …