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WEB EXTRA: Loren Pickford's First Day in New Orleans

Loren Pickford
Loren Pickford

Musician and artist Loren Pickford is a veteran of jazz scenes in Los Angeles, Boston, and Paris. Pickford lived in New Orleans from 1990 to 2005, and here shares the story of his first day in the Big Easy.

By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, MO – Pickford and his wife, Sheila, relocated from New Orleans to Kansas City, Missouri after Hurricane Katrina.

Pickford will be performing with the Micah Herman Quintet on Sunday, January 21, as part of the 1st Annual Crossroads Jazz Festival (just click on "jazz festival schedule").

Laura Spencer is staff writer/editor at the Kansas City Public Library and a former arts reporter at KCUR.
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