J.D. Hill, a blues musician and fixture on the music scene in New Orleans since the early 1980s, died on August 8, 2021. He was 65.

Hill was a native of Lockport, New York, but found his muse among the musical community in the Uptown neighborhoods of New Orleans. Leading his band, J.D. Hill and the Jammers, he was a powerful presence on harmonica and vocals at t...