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Young Tuxedo Brass Band
Young Tuxedo Brass Band
American brass band
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
American musical group; New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Nicholas Payton
Nicholas Payton
American musician
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Leroy Jones
Leroy Jones
American musician
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Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Brass Band
American brass band
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Kid Howard
Kid Howard
American musician
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Isidore Barbarin
Isidore Barbarin
American jazz cornet
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Walter Payton
Walter Payton
American musician
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Wallace Davenport
Wallace Davenport
American musician
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Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins
American musician
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Louis Madison
Louis Madison
American jazz musician
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Roy Palmer
Roy Palmer
American musician
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Fred Lonzo
Fred Lonzo
American musician
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Ken Colyer
Ken Colyer
British musician
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Lee Collins
Lee Collins
American musician
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Placide Adams
Placide Adams
American jazz musician
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To Be Continued Brass Band
To Be Continued Brass Band
American brass band from Louisiana
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Trombone Shorty
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
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Ward Pinkett
Ward Pinkett
American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist
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Big Al Carson
Big Al Carson
American singer
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Chris Tyle
Chris Tyle
American musician
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Pud Brown
Pud Brown
American musician
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Pops Foster
Pops Foster
American musician
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Buddy Bolden
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
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Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin
American musician
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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Steve Masakowski
Steve Masakowski
musical artist
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Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
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Josiah "Cie" Frazier
Josiah "Cie" Frazier
New Orleans jazz musician
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Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
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George "Sheik" Colar
George "Sheik" Colar
New Orleans jazz musician
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Hot 8 Brass Band
Hot 8 Brass Band
New Orleans brass band formed in 1995
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Malachi Thompson
Malachi Thompson
American musician
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Willie Humphrey
Willie Humphrey
American musician
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Nat Towles
Nat Towles
jazz musician
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Tony Garnier
Tony Garnier
American musician
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Shelly Berg
Shelly Berg
American musician
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Sammy Rimington
Sammy Rimington
British musician
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Olympia Brass Band
Olympia Brass Band
musical group
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Dukes of Dixieland
Dukes of Dixieland
New Orleans dixieland revival band
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Lawrence Marrero
Lawrence Marrero
American jazz banjoist
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
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George Guesnon
George Guesnon
American musician
Gregg Stafford
American jazz musician and educator

Gregg Stafford

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American jazz musician and educator
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Music

Gregory Vaughan "Gregg" Stafford (born July 6, 1953, New Orleans) is an American jazz cornetist and trumpeter. He has been a jazz music educator in New Orleans since the 1980s and has led the Young Tuxedo Brass Band for more than thirty years.

Stafford was a member of an incarnation of the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, established by banjoist Danny Barker in 1971. He was awarded a bachelor's degree at Southern University in 1976 and played locally from the mid-1970s. Gregg teamed with Dr. Michael White playing in each other's bands to preserve the musical heritage of New Orleans. Dr. White formed his Original Liberty Jazz Band in 1981. Gregg became a music educator in New Orleans public schools in 1985, and took over leadership of the Young Tuxedo Brass Band in 1984. He also became the leader of the Heritage Hall Jazz Band in 1992 after Kid Sheik Cola's death; this group performed regularly at Preservation Hall in the 1990s. In 1994, he took over leadership of Danny Barker's Jazz Hounds, in which he had played from the early 1980s. Stafford has played with Wynton Marsalis, Brian Carrick, and Michael White. He co-founded the group Black Men of Labor, a civic organization fostering brass bands in New Orleans.