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Leroy Jones (born February 20, 1958) is a jazz trumpeter. [1] Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, [1] Jones began playing trumpet at the age of ten, and by the time he was 12 was leading the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, a group of young musicians organized by jazz guitarist and banjo player Danny Barker.
Trumpet. Born in 1958, trumpeter Leroy Jones was raised in New Orleans’s Seventh Ward. He started playing cornet at St. Leo the Great Elementary School and soon got a trumpet. When he was twelve, his neighbor Danny Barker heard him practicing and recruited him for the Fairview Baptist Church Band, which Jones later led.
107. 4.8K views 2 years ago. Follow the fascinating life story of trumpeter Leroy Jones. From the projects of New Orleans, Jones goes on to lead the brass band revival, and eventually catches...
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Oct 7, 2008 · 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.
Community. Official Trailer - A Man And His Trumpet: The Leroy Jones Story. 886 views 3 years ago. Trailer for the documentary feature film A Man And His Trumpet: The Leroy Jones Story....
May 6, 2020 · Up next for our virtual International Jazz Day 2020 at the Jazz Museum celebration is trumpeter Leroy Jones, presented by the New Orleans Jazz National Histo...
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Vocal. Trumpeter Leroy Jones has embodied the spirit of New Orleans traditional jazz for over fifty years. His musicianship and dedication to forwarding the traditional jazz genre has won him an enthusiastic following around the world and induction into the New Orleans Jazz Hall of Fame at home.
