Traditional Jazz

Duration:

7 minutes, 11 seconds

Don Vappie & the Creole Serenaders perform "Dippermouth Blues" at the New Orleans JAZZ National Historical Park French Quarter stage.

 

Duration:

5 minutes, 31 seconds

Don Vappie & the Creole Serenaders perform "High Society" at the New Orleans JAZZ National Historical Park.

 

Duration:

4 minutes, 21 seconds

Music of the Mardi Gras Indians: "Why Don't You Go Down to New Orleans", featuring a power trio that includes Richard "Piano" Scott on piano, Ted Long on bass, and Gerald French on drums. New Orleans rhythm and blues has strong Indian ties. Tribes named the Wild Magnolias, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Golden Eagles, Yellow Pocohontas and Ninth Ward Hunters may draw a blank for most citizens of the World, but they rule the streets of New Orleans during Carnival.

 

Duration:

4 minutes, 42 seconds

Continuing our Music Video series during Mardi Gras 2022 we are featuring a power trio that includes Richard "Piano" Scott on piano, Ted Long on bass, and Gerald French on drums. Most people would be surprised to learn that New Orleans rhythm and blues has strong Indian ties. Tribes named the Wild Magnolias, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Golden Eagles, Yellow Pocohontas and Ninth Ward Hunters may draw a blank for most citizens of the World, but they rule the streets of New Orleans during Carnival.

 

Duration:

6 minutes

Don Vappie & the Creole Serenaders perform "Deep Henderson" at the New Orleans JAZZ National Historical Park French Quarter stage.

 

Duration:

3 minutes, 47 seconds

Don Vappie & the Creole Serenaders perform "Snag It" at the New Orleans JAZZ National Historical Park French Quarter stage.

 

Duration:

5 minutes, 39 seconds

The Richard "Piano" Scott trio features Ted Long (bass) and Gerald French (drums) playing a perennial classic that has been immortalized in movies and television since its inception to present day. It turns out the song, originally titled “Jock-a-Mo,” was actually written in 1953 by James “Sugar Boy” Crawford. It tells of a parade collision between two “tribes” of Mardi Gras Indians where a “spy boy” or “spy dog” (a lookout for one band of Indians) encounters the “flag boy” for another band.

 

Duration:

5 minutes, 25 seconds

"Go to the Mardi Gras" or "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" is a New Orleans Mardi Gras themed song that was originally performed by Professor Longhair (Henry Roland Byrd) and recorded many times over since 1949. The professor co-wrote the song with Theresa Terry. The song was covered by Fats Domino and released as a single in 1953. It is now considered one of the iconic festive songs of the New Orleans Carnival season.

 

Duration:

4 minutes, 56 seconds

Don Vappie & the Creole Serenaders performing "Snake Rag" at the New Orleans JAZZ National Historical Park's French Quarter stage.

 

Duration:

6 minutes

Don Vappie & the Creole Serenaders play "Canal Street Blues" at the New Orleans JAZZ National Historical Park's French Quarter stage.

 

Duration:

6 minutes, 58 seconds

Don Vappie & the Creole Serenaders perform "Riverside Blues" at the New Orleans JAZZ National Historical Park's French Market stage.

 

Duration:

5 minutes, 44 seconds

Don Vappie & the Creole Serenaders perform "Nelson Stomp" at the New Orleans JAZZ National Historical Park's French Quarter stage.