Jones, Leroy

LC control no.	n 82163528
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Jones, Leroy *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1958-02-20
Place of birth	New Orleans (La.)
Affiliation	Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band Preservation Hall Jazz Band Radioens Big Band Hurricane Brass Band Hot Corp., Inc. Camelia Jazz Band
Profession or occupation	Jazz musicians Trumpeters
Found in	His Papers, 1936-54, 1954?: t.p. (Leroy Jones) African American National Biography, accessed June 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Jones, Leroy; jazz musician, trumpeter; born 20 February 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; performed with the band at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and at the National Football League's Super Bowl VI (1972); formed and led the Hurricane Brass Band (1974); experience working with Leroy Bates and Hot Corp., Inc. (1976-1977) and Hollie Carmouche (1978-1980); appeared in the show One Mo' Time and led a quintet called New Orleans' Finest from (1980-1983); performed in the Netherlands with New Orleans' Finest (1982); toured Asia a few years later, and spent much of 1985 and 1986 in Singapore, playing with the Camelia Jazz Band (1985, 1986); featured with Harry Connick Jr.'s big band (1990-1994); appeared on records with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Dr. John, Lillian Boutte, John Boutte, the Spirit of New Orleans, and the Danish Radio Big Band, among many; member of the New Orleans Jazz Hall of Fame)