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Jimmy Noone Jr.

Born: April 21, 1938

The oldest of New Orleans clarinetist Jimmie Noone's three children, Jimmy Jr. was born in Chicago. When he was still a toddler, the family moved to Los Angeles after his father took a job on Orson Welles' radio program. After his father passed in 1944, his mother, Rita, married bandleader Troy Floyd - who moved the family south to San Diego, where he helped manage the Creole Palace, one of the largest dance clubs catering to black audiences.

Noone Jr. made his professional debut in 1964 - and played piano, organ and saxophone at first. He played organ in saxophonist Ted PIcou's jazz band, "Good News," in the early 1970s, and composed "Logan Avenue Blues" which was featured on the 1976 compilation KGB Home Grown IV.

Apex Blues tackles legacies of Jimmie Noone and Jimmy Noone Jr.

by Jim Trageser
October 5, 2025

Apex Blues Cecile J. Picou 232 Pages ISBN: 979-8891552524 Self Published 2024 Quietly published in 2024 with little to no fanfare, Cecile Picou's dual biography of New Orleans' Jimmie Noone and his son, San Diego's Jimmy Noone Jr., offers some wonderful insights to San Diego's jazz, blues and ...