A bipartite musician who lives in Austin and has claimed New Orleans as home, Ball grew up learning piano in a family atmosphere with a grandmother who could play her ass off. A literature major at Louisiana State University, Ball became seduced by nightclub and honky-tonk music, started singing with a roommate, and began to channel her piano skills into country and blues gigs. Before long, Ball, whose wonderful voice and spogelike ability to distill the influences of 6/8 Gulf Coastisms and Professor Longhair, coalesced her favourite sounds into a distinctive style. (Rick Koster, Louisiana Music p. 94) Significant. File under: New Orleans Piano
Discography: Albums 1972-98 2001-Present
In the music library: City Of Dreams: Big Easy Blues: Sing It (with Tracy Nelson, Irma Thomas); Big Shot
Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box Of New Orleans: That’s Enough Of That Stuff
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