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James Black
James Black
American R&B and jazz musician
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Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
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Nat Towles
Nat Towles
jazz musician
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Frank Fields
Frank Fields
American musician
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Jerry Jumonville
Jerry Jumonville
American saxophonist
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Alvin Tyler
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
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Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
American musician
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Lee Allen
Lee Allen
American saxophonist
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Fats Domino
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
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Anthony Ortega
Anthony Ortega
American musician and clarinetist
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Lee Young
Lee Young
American musician
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Kidd Jordan
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Little Sonny Jones
Little Sonny Jones
American New Orleans blues singer and songwriter
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Pony Poindexter
Pony Poindexter
American musician
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Trombone Shorty
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
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Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
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Kenny Graham
Kenny Graham
British musician
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Earl Palmer
Earl Palmer
American drummer
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Harry Klein
Harry Klein
Jazz saxophonist
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Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
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Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
American musician
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Nat Adderley Jr.
Nat Adderley Jr.
American musician and pianist
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Stan Getz
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Bumps Myers
Bumps Myers
American saxophonist
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Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Galactic
Galactic
band
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Harold Battiste
Harold Battiste
American music composer, arranger, performer, and teacher
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John Boudreaux Jr.
John Boudreaux Jr.
New Orleans jazz musician
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Miff Mole
Miff Mole
American jazz musician
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
American musical group; New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band
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Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
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Kid Thomas Valentine
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
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Joe Robichaux
Joe Robichaux
American musician
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Art Themen
Art Themen
English saxophonist
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Dizzy Reece
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
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George Lewis
George Lewis
American musician
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Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
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Paul Quinichette
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz 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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Idris Muhammad
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
Nathaniel "Nat" Perrilliat
New Orleans jazz musician

Nathaniel "Nat" Perrilliat

Intro
New Orleans jazz musician
Genres
Music
Member of, past and present
American Federation of Musicians. Local 496 (New Orleans, La.)

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

Nathaniel Leonard "Nat" Perrilliat (November 29, 1936, New Orleans - January 26, 1971, Sacramento) was an American jazz, blues, and R&B saxophonist.

Perilliat learned to play alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones in his youth, as well as piano, and worked as a house saxophonist for New Orleans's Caffin Theater. He played with Professor Longhair from 1952, as well as with Smiley Lewis and Shirley & Lee. He also began working in jazz idioms, with Ellis Marsalis, Alvin Batiste, James N. Black, Nat Adderley, and Ed Blackwell. In the later 1950s and 1960s he continued working as a session musician for New Orleans recordings, including for Allen Toussaint, Fats Domino, Barbara George, and Clarence "Frogman" Henry. He assembled a big band of New Orleans jazz musicians in 1962 and also toured with Domino, Junior Parker, and Joe Tex later in the decade. However, he did not make enough money to remain a full-time musician, and supported his family by working as a taxi driver. he died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 35.