Uptown/Carrollton in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Riley Residence
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 23, 2024
1. Riley Residence Marker
Teddy Riley (1924-1992), trumpet player and bandleader, lived here at 914 Valence Street from 1962 to 1992. He played with Joe Avery's Band, Jeanette Kimball, The Music Masters, Don Raymond, The Herbert Leary Orch., The Dooky Chase Orch., Sidney Desvigne, Roy Brown and The Mighty Mighty Men, Earl Bostic, Fats Domino, Louis Cottrell, and The Kid Johnson Orch. He also played with Henry Allen's Brass Band, Harold Dejan's Olympia Brass Band, George Williams' Brass Band and his own Royal Brass Band. He was chosen to play taps on Louis Armstrong's "Waif's Home" cornet at the Louis Armstrong memorial service in New Orleans in 1971.
Erected by N.O. Jazz Commission Preservation Resource Center.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.
Location. 29° 55.253′ N, 90° 6.307′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in Uptown/Carrollton. It is on Valence Street 0.1 miles north of Magazine Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal
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Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, on the Gulf Coast, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Carrere Residence (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); St. Stephen Church (approx. Ό mile away); Saint Henry Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Salem United Church of Christ (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Salem United Church of Christ (approx. 0.4 miles away); McDonogh No. 7 Elementary School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Academy of the Sacred Heart (approx. 0.4 miles away); Halfway Station
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 23, 2024
2. Riley Residence Marker
Also see . . . N.O. Jazz Preservation site on Riley House. (Submitted on November 29, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)
Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 231 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 29, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
