Birth name Carl LeBlanc, Jr. Name Carl LeBlanc Years active 1967-present | Occupation(s) Musician, educator Role Musician | |
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Born May 26, 1955 (age 68) ( 1955-05-26 ) Origin New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Associated acts Sun Ra, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Fats Domino, and Dirty Dozen Brass Band Music group Preservation Hall Jazz Band Genres Jazz, Avant-garde jazz, Bebop, Rhythm and blues Albums Sweet Emma and Her Pres, New Orleans Preservat, Marching Down Bourbon, Best of Preservation Hall Jazz, An Album to Benefit Preservat Similar People Kid Thomas Valentine, Louis Nelson, Willie Humphrey, George Lewis, Percy Humphrey | ||
Instruments Guitar, banjo, vocals | ||
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Carl LeBlanc (born May 26, 1955) is an American guitarist and banjo player. LeBlanc is most striking for his work in both avant garde jazz and traditional jazz—being the only musician to work with famed afrofuturist keyboardist/bandleader Sun Ra and Preservation Hall.
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- Biography
- As leader
- As sideman
- References
Blending the varying styles of traditional jazz, avant garde jazz, bebop, and New Orleans tradition, namely Mardi Gras Indian and Second line style, LeBlanc has recorded seven solo albums during his career. He has also served as banjo player at Preservation Hall, following in the footsteps of his predecessor Narvin Kimball, and directed the Preservation Hall Junior Jazz and Heritage Band.
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Biography
LeBlanc was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in the Seventh Ward. He heard the city's brass band parades in his neighborhood when he was a child; but it was the Beatles's famous Ed Sullivan appearance which inspired him to take up the guitar. At the early age of 12 he began performing with a high school-aged band The Sonics at The Wonderful Boys Club, a social and pleasure hall, and served as apprentice to many of the neighborhood's musicians.
Recruited by former Jesuit High School classmates, LeBlanc received a scholarship to Columbia University where he studied Music Education. He would later graduate from Southern University of New Orleans, studying under the tutelage of Kidd Jordan, and move to Philadelphia to play with renowned jazz musician Sun Ra.
During his career, LeBlanc has also performed with Fats Domino, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, the Dirty Dozen, Allen Toussaint, Bo Diddley, Ellis Marsalis Jr., James Rivers, Blind Boys of Alabama, and Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. LeBlanc continues preserving the legacy of New Orleans music tradition through education and performing.
As leader
As sideman
with Sun Ra:
with Preservation Hall Jazz Band:
with The Del McCoury Band and Preservation Hall Jazz Band:
with The Blind Boys of Alabama:
with Fats Domino:
with Treme Brass Band:
with Lucien Barbarin:
with Johnny Adams:
with Eddie Bo:
with Kermit Ruffins:
with Pretty Lights:
other works: