Celebrating Professor Longhair and James Booker

Joe Ashlar is here to continue three hours of live piano at WWOZ as we remember and pay tribute to two of New Orleans' greatest pianists of all time: James Booker and Professor Longhair, both of whom were born in December! Booker was born December 17, 1939 and Fess on December 19, 1918. Tune in to hear the full show on WWOZ at wwoz.org/listen/player! Performance schedule (subject to change): 11:05-11:25am Joe Krown 11:25-11:45am Tom McDermott 11:45am-12:05pm Keiko Komaki 12:05-12:25pm Josh Paxton 12:25-12:45pm John "Papa" Gros 12:45-1:05pm Joe Ashlar 1:05-1:25pm Tom Worrell 1:25-1:45pm BC Coogan