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Gregg Stafford is an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader. He is best known for his work with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which he has been a member of since the early 1980s. He has also performed with the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Dr. John. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Stafford began playing trumpet at the age of nine. He attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, where he studied with Ellis Marsalis and Alvin Batiste. After graduating, he joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in 1981. Since then, Stafford has toured the world with the band, performing at festivals and concerts. He has also released several solo albums, including "Gregg Stafford and the Jazz Hounds" (1995), "The Gregg Stafford Quartet" (1998), and "Gregg Stafford and the New Orleans All-Stars" (2001). In addition to his musical career, Stafford is also an accomplished visual artist. He has exhibited his work in galleries in New Orleans, New York, and Los Angeles. As of 2021, Gregg Stafford's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.

Popular As Gregory Vaughan Stafford
Occupation musician, composer, educator, band leader
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 6 July 1953
Birthday 6 July
Birthplace New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1971

Stafford was a member of an incarnation of the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, established by banjoist Danny Barker in 1971. He was awarded a bachelor's degree at Southern University in 1976 and played locally from the mid-1970s. Gregg teamed with Dr. Michael White playing in each other's bands to preserve the musical heritage of New Orleans. Dr. White formed his Original Liberty Jazz Band in 1981. Gregg became a music educator in New Orleans public schools in 1985, and took over leadership of the Young Tuxedo Brass Band in 1984. He also became the leader of the Heritage Hall Jazz Band in 1992 after Kid Sheik Cola's death; this group performed regularly at Preservation Hall in the 1990s. In 1994, he took over leadership of Danny Barker's Jazz Hounds, in which he had played from the early 1980s. Stafford has played with Wynton Marsalis, Brian Carrick, and Michael White. He co-founded the group Black Men of Labor, a civic organization fostering brass bands in New Orleans.

1953

Gregory Vaughan "Gregg" Stafford (born July 6, 1953, New Orleans) is an American jazz cornetist and trumpeter. He has been a jazz music educator in New Orleans since the 1980s and has led the Young Tuxedo Brass Band for more than thirty years.