Artist's albums
Props For Pops
1996 · album
City of Sounds
1996 · album
Mo' Cream From The Crop
1994 · album
Sweeter Than A Summer Breeze
2023 · single
New Orleans Brass Band Music, Vol. 2
2023 · album
Keep On Doing It
2022 · single
March of the Toddlers
2022 · album
Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola, Vol. II
2018 · album
I'm Talkin' Bout New Orleans
2016 · album
Carnival Is in the Air
2016 · single
We Shall Not Be Moved
2012 · single
Go to the Mardi Gras
2012 · single
I'm Talkin' Bout New Orleans
2012 · single
Lord Forgive Them
2011 · album
Soft Shoe
2010 · album
Sweeter Than A Summer Breeze
2009 · album
Bogalusa Strut
2002 · album
Back to My Roots
2002 · album
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Biography
Heavily influenced by the New Orleans jazz tradition, Leroy Jones has honored his rich heritage while seeking to expand his musical repertoire. He took up trumpet when he joined his elementary school's band. At 13, he joined guitarist Danny Barker's Fairview Baptist Brass Band, who also taught Jones privately. He spent four years in the city's popular St. Augustine High School Band. After graduating, he formed the Hurricane Brass Band, which along with the Fairview Band provided talent for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. He toured Canada with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and joined Della Reese, leading to international concert tours that eventually resulted in Jones performing in Southeast Asia for a three-year stretch. Recruited by Harry Connick, Jr. for his big band, Jones was Connick's opening act during his 1994 tour. He finally debuted to critical acclaim as a leader in 1995 with his CD Mo' Cream From the Crop. ~ Ken Dryden, Rovi