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Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
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Alvin Tyler
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
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Fats Domino
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
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Earl Palmer
Earl Palmer
American drummer
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Frank Fields
Frank Fields
American musician
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The Blasters
The Blasters
American roots-rock band
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Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
American musician
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Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price
American singer, songwriter
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Jerry Jumonville
Jerry Jumonville
American saxophonist
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Nathaniel "Nat" Perrilliat
Nathaniel "Nat" Perrilliat
New Orleans jazz musician
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Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer
American writer, musician and blues producer
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Mel Collins
Mel Collins
British musician
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Huey "Piano" Smith
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
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Lee Dorsey
Lee Dorsey
American pop/R&B singer
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Galactic
Galactic
band
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Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Chris Kenner
Chris Kenner
American musician
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John Klemmer
John Klemmer
American musician
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Steve Berlin
Steve Berlin
American rock saxophonist and producer
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Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Kenny Graham
Kenny Graham
British musician
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Tim Ries
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
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Cosimo Matassa
Cosimo Matassa
American recording engineer and studio owner
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Roomful of Blues
Roomful of Blues
Musical band
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Jackie Brenston
Jackie Brenston
American R&B singer, saxophonist, songwriter
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Bobby Keys
Bobby Keys
American saxophonist
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Earl King
Earl King
American songwriter and guitarist
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Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer
English singer-songwriter and musician
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Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso
Ska musician
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Sam Butera
Sam Butera
American musician
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Terry Hanck
Terry Hanck
musical artist
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Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Kings of Rhythm
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Kidd Jordan
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
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Boots Randolph
Boots Randolph
American musician
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Larry Williams
Larry Williams
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist
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Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
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John Boudreaux Jr.
John Boudreaux Jr.
New Orleans jazz musician
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War
War
American funk band
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Ted Nash
Ted Nash
American musician
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Albert "June" Gardner
Albert "June" Gardner
New Orleans jazz musician
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Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Little Sonny Jones
Little Sonny Jones
American New Orleans blues singer and songwriter
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Ivan Neville
Ivan Neville
musician
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Joe Robichaux
Joe Robichaux
American musician
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Dr. John
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
Lee Allen
American saxophonist

Lee Allen

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American Federation of Musicians. Local 496 (New Orleans, La.)

American Federation of Musicians. Local 496 (New Orleans, La.)

Allen in 1980

Lee Francis Allen (July 2, 1927 – October 18, 1994) was an American tenor saxophone player. Phil Alvin, Allen's bandmate in The Blasters, called him one of the most important instrumentalists in rock'n'roll. Allen's distinctive tone has been hailed as "one of the defining sounds of rock'n'roll" and "one of the DNA strands of rock."

Allen was a key figure in New Orleans rock and roll of the 1950s and recorded with many leading performers of the early rock and roll era. He was semiretired from music by the late 1960s, but in the late 1970s returned to performing intermittently until the end of his life.

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