Wardell Quezergue News and Photos

Tracking the Big Q Factor, Part 4a: More Multi-Label Malaco Sessions

Mon, April 02 2012 6:03am - Source: Home of the Groove

I'm not sure how significant it is that I'm posting this on April Fool's Day. Guess you can be the judge o' dat!

TRACKING THE BIG Q FACTOR , PT 2: The Unemployed & the Barons

Fri, December 02 2011 3:56am - Source: Home of the Groove

After innumerable sidetracks crisscrossing by best intentions, I'm back with the next installment in this series of posts on one of the most significant producers and arrangers on the New Orleans popular music recording scene, Wardell Quezergue , who passed away on September 6th.

TRACKING THE BIG Q FACTOR, PT 1

Sun, October 16 2011 6:10am - Source: Home of the Groove

Wardell Quezergue began working with the Barons, a New Orleans-based soul vocal group, when they recorded a 45 for Senator Jones in the late 1960s.

Wardell Quezergue, New Orleans Composer Known as 'Creole Beethoven,' Dead at 81

Thu, September 08 2011 4:09pm - Source: Spinner

Wardell Quezergue , once considered the "Creole Beethoven" by New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint , died of congestive heart failure on Tuesday, Sept. 6, the Associated Press reports.