KIRBYVILLE — Lee James Booker, 85, of Kirbyville, Texas, passed away on March 3, 2025. He was born August 7, 1939, in Kirbyville, Texas to Odis and LOD Booker of the Mount Union Community in Jasper ...

As a pianist from New Orleans, he has no peers,though there is legion of those who have tried to imitate, duplicate and emulate his phenomenal approach on the keys. James Carroll Booker III was born ...

reviewed together with James Booker’s The Piano Prince of New Orleans. There are around 15 James Booker albums on the market, but in fact the Piano Prince released only five LPs of music during his ...

In recent years, more of James Booker’s recordings have made it to CD, and this is a great thing. The latest is this concert from Manchester England in 1977 during his European tour. Although the ...