Remembering Lazy Lester
Baton Rouge bluesman Lazy Lester died on August 22, after battling stomach cancer for the last few months. He was 85.
You can find out more about his life here.
To hear our 2001 interview with Lazy Lester, click here.
It’s New Orleans jazz clarinet in street parades and clubs. We’ll hear clarinet in the hands of past and present legends: George Lewis, Sidney Bechet, Dr. Michael White and Aurora Nealand, plus a conversation with a sometime New Orleans clarinet virtuoso, Evan Christopher. Then, a live cultural exchange between French Louisiana and West Africa with singer, percussionist and dancer Sidiki Conde from Guinea and zydeco accordionist, cultural historian and sometime alligator wrangler, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes.
Baton Rouge bluesman Lazy Lester died on August 22, after battling stomach cancer for the last few months. He was 85.
You can find out more about his life here.
To hear our 2001 interview with Lazy Lester, click here.