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Guiding Spirits: Jazz Fest Tributes to Coco Robicheaux, Uncle Lionel, Bob French & Hadley Castille
Last year at French Quarter Fest, a number of his friends and bandmates joined for a tribute to the late voodoo bluesman Coco Robicheaux. And midway through the set, a […]
Obituary: Bob French (1938-2012)
Drummer Bob French was such a forceful personality that his reputation as a controversial WWOZ disc jockey actually overshadows his most important accomplishment, leading the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band. French […]
Didn’t He Ramble: Remembering Bob French
UPDATED: A viewing and service will be held on Saturday, November 17, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. in New Orleans. Drummer Bob French was such a forceful […]
Missing Bob French
I just finished being interviewed by OffBeat’s contributing editor, John Swenson, for our upcoming December issue, in which we celebrate 25 years of publishing OffBeat. It was a walk down […]
R.I.P. Bob French (1938-2012) | BackTalk with Bob French (April 2007)
When Bob French starts talking, who knows where he’ll go or what he’ll say. Over the course of an hour-and-a-half, the New Orleans drummer and WWOZ radio personality told two […]
Alvin Batiste/Bob French, Marsalis Music Honors (Marsalis Music)
Branford Marsalis pays tribute to Bob French and Alvin Batiste, two of New Orleans’ best-known jazz musicians, on the latest releases in his “Honors Series.” The resulting albums are very […]
Bob French with Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis, Cafe Brasil, January 8, 2007
The buzz got out that Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis, in town to bolster the Habitat for Humanity’s Musicians’ Village, might sit in at Bob French’s Monday night gig. […]
Bob French’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, Live at New Orleans Jazz Fest 2004 (Tuxedo Records)
I’ve been going to the New Orleans Jazz Fest since the very beginning, when I heard Bob French’s dad leading this band, and one of the things that always bothers […]
Bob French’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Band & Friends, The Legacy Lives On (Royal Tuxedo Records)
Last year’s critical success Livin the Legacy cemented what was already known to most in the Crescent City, that Bob French is the trad jazz king of New Orleans. This […]
