Les Getrex & Creole Cookin courtesy of Fontaine Palace Nola

The New Orleans Jazz Museum and Jazz Foundation of America present a performance featuring Les Getrex & Creole Cookin on Wednesday, June 8th at 2:00 pm CDT.

This program takes place inside our third floor Performance Center, listening room. Admission is free and open to the public, seating is limited and offered first come, first serve. Learn more about our program admission policy.

There is nothing more refreshing than listening to a singer who can really sing. Listening to Les Getrex sing is like having a long cool drink on a hot day. It soothes and refreshes the soul. For more than thirty years, Les has been entertaining people with his own soulful interpretation of the blues. His playful style and natural ability draw his audiences into every performance.

Les grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, the fourth of five children, in the musically rich neighborhood of the Sixth Ward. Music has always been an integral part of his life – from belting out soul wrenching spirituals in church to playing the trumpet in the school band.

When he was in his early twenties, Les heard Jimi Hendrix play, and that performance inspired him to learn how to play the guitar. Les is completely self taught on the guitar. His natural musical abilities drew the attention of a neighbor who asked Les to join his band, playing lead guitar. Les joined the band Burnt Toast and Coffee and his musical career was launched; a career that has now spanned decades and continents, and has provided the soundtrack for music lovers around the world.

Les has shared the stage with musical icons like Johnny Adams, Ernie K-Doe, Barbara George, Marva Wright, Lee Dorsey, and Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters. Les also played with Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame legend, Antoine "Fats" Domino throughout the United States and abroad from 1984 to 1992. He gave international audiences a taste of the bayou while playing with the late Zydeco King, Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters. They were featured in the 1983 film classic Delta Heat. Les has performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Chicago Blues Festival, Umbria Jazz Summer Festival, and headlined at Days of Blues Guitar. Each year Les plays at jazz and blues festivals throughout the U.S. and Europe.

You can follow Les on Facebook, as he continues to leave audiences around the world spellbound.

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