Jazz Articles about Clint Maedgen

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Clint Maedgen: Life Before & With Preservation Hall

by Thomas Cole
April 20, 2024

My first memories of listening to music as a kid? I was probably listening to Fats Domino and rock 'n' roll on the radio. The power of AM radio at that time in the '70s was a huge foundational influence on me, as it has been for a lot of people in those days. And sittin' in the car with my father, as he played cassettes with Hank Williams and Bob Wills, among others, I remember filing all that away ...

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Clint Maedgen: Roussel Maajon

Read "Roussel Maajon" reviewed by Thomas Cole

by Thomas Cole
August 26, 2023

"Roussel Maajon" is the thinly veiled pseudonym of Preservation Hall stalwart, saxophonist/vocalist Clint Maedgen, who is easily identified after a few bars if one is at all familiar with his distinctive voice and energetic music style. And every jazz fan, at least in New Orleans, knows who Roussel is--Kyle Roussel, keyboardist with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Easy enough to dial up on Spotify, Huey Piano" Smith and the Clowns concludes on an adjacent iTunes playlist as “Sookie, ...