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About Don Vappie

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Musician

Don Vappie, musician/composer/educator, is the 2021 Steve Martin Banjo Prize Winner and the Banjo Hall of Fame inductee, in September 2022. In addition, he has received awards for his contributions to the preservation of New Orleans Creole Culture through music and film. He has produced 7 of his own albums, co-produced and starred in a PBS documentary, performed as a featured artist with orchestras on movie and television soundtracks, and at concerts and festivals worldwide. Vappie's highly regarded unique and original tenor banjo style is equal only to his love of his Creole heritage and tradition.

Album

Creole Jazz

By Louis Armstrong

Label: Label Bleu
Released: 1998

Album

Creole Jazz

By Louis Armstrong and King Oliver

Label: Tradition
Released: 1998

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Article: Album Review

Louis Armstrong and King Oliver: Creole Jazz

by Joel Roberts
July 1, 1998

The story goes that when young Louis Armstrong arrived in Chicago from New Orleans to join King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, he was so intimidated after hearing the group rehearse for the first time that he tried to flee town for fear that he couldn't hold his own with them. Just a few months later, Armstrong ...

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Article: Album Review

Louis Armstrong and King Oliver: Creole Jazz

by Joel Roberts
June 1, 1998

The story goes that when young Louis Armstrong arrived in Chicago from New Orleans to join King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, he was so intimidated after hearing the group rehearse for the first time that he tried to flee town for fear that he would be unable to hold his own with them. Just a few ...