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A Fascinating Background: Catherine Russell will have a good time at Jazz Fest

April 24, 2023 by: Cree McCree

Catherine Russell, Saturday April 29 at 4:20 p.m., Economy Hall Stage

Catherine Russell may be making her Jazz Fest debut in 2023, but her New Orleans roots run deep. Her dad, Luis Russell, recorded with Louis Armstrong in 1929 and 1930 and served as Armstrong’s musical director from 1935 to 1940. She also contributed to Wynton Marsalis’s soundtrack for the 2019 docudrama “Bolden,” which explored the near-mythic life of

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