Russell Procope discusses the 'New Orleans sound'.

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Russell Procope discusses his early musical influences.

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Russell Procope on Jelly Roll Morton.

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Q: “You started playing very young, didn’t you? You were of a musical family – your parents were musicians…”

A: “My daddy gave me a violin. He gave my brother and I a violin when I was six years old. I started playing the violin at the same time I started first grade in school. So I took violin lessons for a long time, from the time I was six until I was about fourteen, fifteen years old.”