Professor Longhair’s home on Terpsichore Street has been fully restored. Overseen by Project Homecoming, the Tipitina’s Foundation, and the United Way of Southeast Louisiana, the restoration project ...

A previously unreleased Professor Longhair recording will finally see the light of day this year. The forthcoming album–Live at the University of Chicago Folk Festival – February 1, 1976--is slated ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE)—On the eve of Jazz Fest’s final day, a vibrant block party erupted to celebrate the renaming of Terpsichore Street to honor New Orleans music legend Professor Longhair. Known ...

There’s a new “Big Chief” in town. On Tuesday, Mardi Gras Records released "I'm Feeling Good! (Big Chief Remix)," a wholesale reinvention of Professor Longhair’s timeless 1965 Carnival classic “Big ...

The former home of a New Orleans musical great Professor Longhair was severely damaged by Katrina. It was recently restored by local nonprofits. New Orleans Piano Legend's Home Finally Restored After ...

Bruce Iglauer, the founder of roots-music label Alligator Records, never tires of Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair. Likewise, 33 years after the New Orleans piano master’s death on Jan. 30, ...

Tracks 1-5 produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. Tracks 6-16 produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Reissue produced by Bob Porter. Album research & compilation by Jerry Wexler & Ilhan ...