James Poole III Interview

Read our interview with James Poole III JAF: Thanks for taking time to share with us. Are you a native of New Orleans? James: Yes, I was born in New Orleans. I am the eldest son of four children born to James Millard Poole Jr. and Victoria Helen Poole. My father was a freelance musician and trumpeter who played the “Chitlin Circuit” in the late 50s and throughout the 1960s. He performed with American pop and R&B singer Lee Dorsey, blues and soul singer Clarence Carter, and with most if not all of the local New Orleans bands and musicians. […]

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