Acclaimed debut CD of Jazz Créole with David Horniblow, Dave Kelbie and Sebastien Girardot. Seventeen band arrangements of familiar and some less familiar numbers with a particular emphasis on Don’s Créole heritage.

2005
Vappie brings Crescent City traditions practically everything he touches
Chicago Tribune US

A sleek, unsentimental swing through Holiday fare… funk-tinged… ebullient second line rhythms
Chicago Tribune US

DON VAPPIE - Guitar, Banjo, Vocals
MIKE ESNEAULT - Piano
MARK BROOKS - Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass
CLARENCE JOHNSON III - Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Flute
TROY DAVIS - Drums, Percussion

2005
Four-string banjo jazz with one of the 21st century’s greatest practitioners, from the city where jazz was born! With many of his Creole Jazz Serenaders and more of New Orleans’ finest.
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DON VAPPIE – Banjo, Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Cornet, Percussion, Vocals
RICHARD MOTEN – Bass
MARK BROOKS – Bass
ALONZO BOWENS JR – Tenor Sax
TOM FISCHER – Soprano Sax, Clarinet
CHARLIE FARDELLA – Trumpet
GRANT HARRIS – Trumpet
MATT LEMMIER – Piano
LARRY SIEBERTH – Piano
HERMAN LEBEAUX – Drums
JOHNNY VIDOCAVICH – Drums

1998
The subject of a public radio international broadcast entitled “In Search Of King Oliver" - a celebration of Joe “King" Oliver's music

DON VAPPIE – 6-String Banjo
RICHARD MOTEN – Bass
STANLEY JOSEPH – Drums
LARRY SIEBERTH – Piano
JAMIL SHARIF – Cornet
CLYDE KERR JR. – Cornet
TOM FISCHER – Clarinet
JOHN TOUCHY – Trombone

1997
Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders

OFFBEAT MAGAZINE’S essential 100 CDs of the 20th century from Louisiana

DON VAPPIE – Tenor & 6-string banjo, gtr, bass, vocals, washboard

JAMIL SHARIF – trumpet
VICTOR GOINES – Alto Sax & Clarinet
TOM FISCHER – Tenor Sax
ORANGE KELLIN – Clarinet
LARRY SIEBERTH – Piano
STANLEY JOSEPH – Drums
ERNIE ELLY – Drums

2005
Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders
For Jazz disciples of any strip, this double dose of Vappie is essential listening
OFFBEAT MAGAZINE US

Vappie stages a dazzling clinic of virtuosity
OFFBEAT MAGAZINE US

DON VAPPIE – Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
MARK BROOKS – Bass
RICHARD MOTEN – Bass
HERMAN LEBEAUX – Drums
LARRY SIEBERTH – Piano
TOM FISCHER – Soprano Sax, Clarinet
ALONZO BOWENS JR – Tenor Sax
CHARLIE FARDELLA – Trumpet
GRANT HARRIS – Trumpet