Program #331 (July 18 at 8:00pm)
The son of New Orleans banjo player Albert Papa French, drummer/vocalist Bob French is a journeyman New Orleans musician who has played with a variety of artists including New Orleans R&B legends Dave Bartholomew and James Sugarboy Crawford as well as rock & roll icon Fats Domino and many others.
After his father s passing in 1977, French took over the leadership of his father s ensemble, the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, the longest continually working New Orleans group founded in 1910 by trumpeter Oscar Papa Celestin.
Since that time, French has led the ensemble as well as hosted the WWOZ radio program French Cooking, showcasing the varied music of New Orleans. He released Marsalis Music Honors Bob French on Marsalis Music/Rounder Records in 2007.
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Jukebox: Remembering Tony Markellis, our boss of the beat | The Daily Gazette
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Tony Markellis at the Hurricane Ivan Relief fundraiser at Saratoga Springs Music Hall in November 2004. (Photo by Ed Burke)
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Nobody who loves music hereabouts wanted to believe that bassist and producer Tony Markellis has passed. Sadly, devastatingly true; among the most terrible news of a wretched time. How unfair that he moves on just as the world begins to recover.
Tony was my second favorite musician after my brother Jim. A player of subtle supportive listening on ballads or mighty muscular force in any groove, Tony made every song he played on better, every band he played in both more poetic and more powerful.