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Sidney Desvigne
Sidney Desvigne
American musician
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Pete Fountain
Pete Fountain
American clarinetist (1930-2016)
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
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Al Hirt
Al Hirt
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Willie Tee
Willie Tee
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Kix Brooks
Kix Brooks
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Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
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Louis Prima
Louis Prima
American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter (1910-1978)
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Better Than Ezra
Better Than Ezra
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Huey "Piano" Smith
Huey "Piano" Smith
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Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
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Buddy Bolden
Buddy Bolden
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Trombone Shorty
Trombone Shorty
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
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Cowboy Mouth
Cowboy Mouth
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C. J. Chenier
C. J. Chenier
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Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
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Exhorder
Exhorder
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Jim Robinson
Jim Robinson
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
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Sharkey Bonano
Sharkey Bonano
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Willy DeVille
Willy DeVille
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Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton
American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, songwriter
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Bobby Kimball
Bobby Kimball
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Walter "Wolfman" Washington
Walter "Wolfman" Washington
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George Porter
George Porter
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Eddie Bo
Eddie Bo
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Kid Howard
Kid Howard
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
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Esquerita
Esquerita
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Snooks Eaglin
Snooks Eaglin
American musician
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Kid Thomas Valentine
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
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Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
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Acid Bath
Acid Bath
sludge metal band from Louisiana
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Vance DeGeneres
Vance DeGeneres
American actor, musician, film producer and screenwriter
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Wardell Quezergue
Wardell Quezergue
American music producer
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The Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers
band
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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Dr. John
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
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Fats Domino
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Kid Rena
Kid Rena
American musician
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Lee Young
Lee Young
American musician
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Monk Hazel
Monk Hazel
American musician
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Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
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Joe Falcon
Joe Falcon
American accordionist
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Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
Al Belletto
American musician

Al Belletto

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American musician
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Music

Al Belletto (January 3, 1928 – December 26, 2014) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.

Belletto was raised in New Orleans, where he led his own bands as a college student; he eventually obtained a master's degree from Louisiana State University. He played with Sharkey Bonano, Louis Prima, Wingy Manone and the Dukes of Dixieland in the 1940s and 1950s, then led his own band for several albums on Capitol Records from 1952. He and his ensemble became part of Woody Herman's band for State Department tours of South America in 1958-59.

In the 1960s, Belletto worked at the New Orleans Playboy Club fronting the house band and serving as Musical/Entertainment Director, booking nationally known acts into the venue.