Carl LeBlanc
Sun Ra, Fats Domino, Bo Didley, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Eddie Bo, are some of the musicians with whom he has recorded and toured worldwide.He also played banjo with Preservation Halll Jazz Band and With seven albums as leader, he's 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..Leblanc is an inspiration for the new generations.
Will Smith
After playing and recording with some of the most important brass bands in New Orleans like, Harold Dejan's Olympia Brass Band, Treme Brass Band, Doc Pauilin Brass Band or Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He's leading his own group now, Preservation Hall Legacy Band with Will Smith.he's well known for his distinctive voice and trumpet playing.
Louis Ford
Considered an integral part of the second New Orleans revival, Louis is a second-generation musician. His father, Clarence Ford, was a phenomenal musician whose career spans three decades and has performed with many great entertainers such as Fats Domino. Louis yields from an impressive legacy of musicans which can be tracked back to the Storyville days. Like his father, Louis is an accomplished clarinetist and saxophonist and is truly dedicated to the preservation of Jazz. Born and raised in New Orleans, Louis studied under professor Kidd Jordan at Southern University in Music Performance. Louis graduated from Loyola University with a degree in music education which he has built on to create a unique sound all his own.