"Danny Barker [who plays banjo on Wynton's latest release The Majesty Of The Blues], he's 81 years old. I played in his band when I was...

ORLEANS 2111 [This album] has a lot of historical value as well as being terrific music. It captures the legendary New Orleans couple...

Blue Lu (who passed on earlier this year) was 75 and legendary husband Danny was 80 when they Played JazzFest in 1989, so don't expect...

This is a relaxed, intimate recording, sounding much like it would sound like if one were to spend an afternoon at Danny Barker's house,...

(Orleans) OR 2111 I had been worrying that we'd hear no more from Carlo Ditta's truly important Orleans label, the one label that...

Banjoist/guitarist/vocalist/author/historian and New Orleans treasure Danny Barker has been nominated for the W.C. Handy award for Best...

Barker, whose credits include a stint with Cab Calloway and a position as curator of the New Orleans Jazz Museum, is firmly rooted in...

During the 1930s, New Orleans' Danny Barker played guitar and banjo behind some of the biggest names in jazz - Teddy Wilson, Lionel...

"We're gonna get down to the blues business," announces bandleader Danny Barker as he introduces his wife, vocalist Blue Lu, to the crowd...

View Original Post After more than 60 years together, Blue Lu Barker and her guitar-playing husband Danny took their final New Orleans...

View Original Post A marvelous album by the great New Orleans guitarist Danny Barker, playing and singing unaccompanied on eleven old...