Issue Articles — Obituaries
Obituary: Earl Turbinton (1941-2007)
The eclectic New Orleans avant-garde jazz saxophonist Earl Turbinton, a.k.a. “The African Cowboy,” succumbed to lung cancer August 3 in Baton Rouge. He was 65. The brother of funk keyboardist […]
Obituary: George Brumat
George Brumat, a long-time owner of both Snug Harbor Jazz Club and the Port of Call Restaurant, died in his sleep in New Orleans on July 7. Brumat, a bearlike […]
Obituary: Keith “Deacon Johnson” Moore
Keith Moore a.k.a. Deacon Johnson (so named for his being the son of renowned New Orleans musician Deacon John Moore), the self-proclaimed “New Orleans King of Ambient Noise” was killed […]
Obituary: Dinerral Shavers (1981-2006)
As family and friends stepped down the stairs of the Fifth African Baptist Church after a three-hour service celebrating the life of Dinerral Shavers, they were met with a street […]
