Dave Bartholomew celebrates his 100th birthday on Christmas Eve, just as New Orleans fetes its own 300th anniversary, a synchronicity that underscores Bartholomew’s indelible imprint on the music and culture of the Crescent City and the world beyond. Over a career that tracks the history of New Orleans music, Bartholomew studied trumpet with Peter Davis, the same teacher who taught his idol Louis Armstrong many years befor...
Dave Bartholomew. Photo by Elsa Hahne