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Location of Orleans Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, which is consolidated with the city of New Orleans.
Billie Holiday(born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazzand swing musicsinger. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and popsinging. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of ...
Machito, jazz singer and bandleader; Fats Navarro (1923–1950), American jazz trumpet player; a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s; of Cuban-Black-Chinese descent [90] Chico O'Farrill, jazz trumpeter; composer, arranger; Arturo Sandoval, jazz trumpeter and pianist; composer; Mongo Santamaría, Latin jazz musician ...
After a day of exploring, evenings aboard the AmaKristina were filled with exquisite dinners and live entertainment, featuring local French artists performing jazz and covers of popular Black artists.
The buildings would house 1,513 residences, from studios to three bedrooms, and include a 287-room hotel, 1,300-seat movie theater, nearly 150,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, and more ...
Unconventional young woman, often from a middle-class background, typically in her late teens or early twenties, defied her parents' wishes by embracing a bold, unconventional lifestyle with short bobbed hair, revealing outfits, lipstick, and a free-spirited attitude; Flappers are associated with the Jazz Age of the 1920s [171]
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of September 23, 2024, the 118th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Main menu. Main menu. move ... member of the Baltimore City Council (1991–2004) and Maryland House of Delegates (2007 ... Kim Richmond, 84, American jazz ...