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French Quarter Jazz Concert
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Free. Free and open to the publicLocation: LAT/LONG: 29.954800, -90.064754
National Park Service French Quarter visitor center - 419 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130. (Near the statue of Bienville.)
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2:00 to 3:00 pm Central Time
Description
The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
and the
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve
present a
Jazz Concert
featuring the
Don VappieTrio
Saturday at 2:00 pm
At the National Park Service French Quarter Visitor Center
419 Decatur St, New Orleans
This program is free and open to the public.
Don Vappie is perhaps best known as a virtuosic banjo player, but he is also a gifted guitarist, bassist, singer, teacher, and composer. He is fluent in funk, contemporary jazz – indeed, most genres of the day – but his heart lies with the traditional New Orleans music he calls “Creole Jazz.” He is one of the world’s pre-eminent banjoists and a recent inductee into the Banjo Hall of Fame.
Vappie has performed extensively with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and with Otis Taylor. In 1995 Vappie formed the Creole Jazz Serenaders, focusing on classic jazz from the 1920’s through the 1940’s, and celebrating the music’s Creole French and Latin heritage.
Don Vappie has performed and recorded with Eric Clapton, Bela Fleck, Peggy Lee, Joel Gray, Carol Channing, Wynton Marsalis, Otis Taylor, Terence Blanchard, Johnny Adams, Cheick Hamala Diabate, Bassekou Kouyate (both of Mali), Demma DIa of Sengal, Bette Midler, Danny Barker, Doc Cheatham, Ellis Marsalis, Diana Krall and many more. He has headlined at festivals and venues worldwide.
As an educator, he has participated in programs at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Tulane University, the Smithsonian, the Historic New Orleans Collection, and many more. He is on faculty at Loyola University of New Orleans and at the and currently serves as jazz guitar instructor at Loyola University and at the Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music, sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation.
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