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  1. Wardell Joseph Quezergue ( / kəˈzɛər / kə-ZAIR; [1] [2] March 12, 1930 – September 6, 2011) was an American composer, arranger, record producer and bandleader, known among New Orleans musicians as the "Creole Beethoven". Steeped in jazz, he was an influential musician whose work shaped the sound of New Orleans rhythm and blues, funk and ...

  2. Sep 8, 2011 · Sept. 7, 2011. Wardell Quezergue, a prime mover in New Orleans rhythm and blues since the early 1950s as a producer, arranger and bandleader for a long list of artists including the Dixie Cups,...

  3. Sep 6, 2011 · Wardell Quezergue Sr., the bandleader, producer, composer, arranger and educator whose contributions to a plethora of New Orleans rhythm & blues classics earned him the moniker "the Creole...

  4. Sep 6, 2011 · Wardell Quezergue, the highly regarded New Orleans bandleader and arranger whose credits include “Mr. Big Stuff,” “Iko Iko,” “Barefootin'” and other Crescent City classics, died today after a...

  5. Sep 6, 2011 · New Orleans arranger, producer and bandleader Wardell Quezergue passed away this morning at East Jefferson Hospital in Metairie at age 81 from congestive heart failure. Mr. Mr. Quezergue had been in failing health for many years, but was continuing to work as an arranger up until last week.

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  7. Sep 7, 2011 · NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Wardell Quezergue (kuh-ZEHR), the composer and teacher known as the "Creole Beethoven," has died. He was 81. He died Tuesday. Songwriter and pianist Allen Toussaint (too-SAHN'

  8. Sep 9, 2011 · On Tuesday, Wardell Quezergue one of the greatest of them all, the muscle behind much of the now classic R&B that came out of New Orleans in the 1950’s and 60’s, died of congestive heart failure at East Jefferson Hospital in NOLA at the age of 81.

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