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Joe “Kid” Avery Sr. was a jazz trombone player and bandleader born in Waggaman in 1892. According to Gene Tomko’s Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians, Avery performed with the Tulane Orchestra near ...

There was a nice moment, New Orleans trumpeter Leroy Jones says, a number of years ago when drummer Shannon Powell, bassist Mitchell Player and trumpeter Kermit Ruffins all lived within a block of ...