JEFFERY BROUSSARD
Creole Zydeco Musician
Echoing the Creole Past, Charting Zydeco’s Future
AWARDS
2009Best Zydeco Album – offBEAT Magazine Best of the Beat Awards
2008-09Artist Fellowship in Folklife – State of Louisiana Lieutenant Governor’s Office
Department of Culture, Recreationand Tourism;Louisiana Division of the Arts
2007Zydeco Music & Creole Heritage Awards – Accordionist of the Year
2007-08Louisiana Division of the Arts – Artist Entrepreneur Grant
LifetimeAwarded a Key to the City of Opelousas, LA, “Zydeco Capital of the World”
EXPERIENCE
2008-09Zydeco Zare, with Elisa Monte Dance Company, NY, NY – Collaborative
Contemporary Dance Theater production with live Zydeco score
2004 – present Bandleader, Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
Opelousas-based Creole Zydeco Band
Lead Vocals, Accordions, Creole Fiddle
2004 – present Staff Instructor, Louisiana Folk Roots, Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week
Creole Accordion, Creole Fiddle, Band Lab, Scrubboard instruction
2004 – present Workshop Instructor, Louisiana Folk Roots, Creole Accordion, Juré demonstrations, jam host
2008Staff Instructor, Swannanoa Gathering, Fiddle Week, WarrenWilsonCollege, NC
Creole fiddle instruction
2007Staff Instructor, Centrum Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Port Townsend, WA
Creole fiddle, Band Lab instruction
2005Staff Instructor, AugustaHeritageCenter, Cajun/Creole Week, West Virginia
Creole Accordion instruction
1987 – 2005 Lead Accordion/Vocals, Zydeco Force
Opelousas-based Creole Zydeco Band, Innovators of the “Nouveau Zydeco” sound
1980sDrummer, Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience
1980sDrummer, Clinton Broussard & The Zydeco Machines
1970sDrummer,Delton Broussard & The Lawtell Playboys
Private Lessons, Instructor of Creole & Zydeco Accordion – has taught such musicians as: Step Rideau; Leon Chavis; J. Paul, Jr.; Lil’ Pookie; great-nephew Lil’ Guyland Leday; as well as countless relatives and hobbyists.
Selected Performances:
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – New Orleans, LA
- The World’s Fair
- Holland – International Cajun & Zydeco Festival
- France – Festival d’Ile de France
- The American Folk Festival – Bangor, ME
- The Great Lakes Folk Festival – East Lansing, MI
- The Lowell Folk Festival – East Lansing, MI
- Waterfront Blues Festival – Portland, OR
- Gator by the Bay Zydeco & Blues Festival – San Diego, CA
- Fox News, NY
- Festival International de Louisiane – Lafayette, LA
RECORDINGS/DISCOGRAPHY/MOVIES
2007 Best of the Bayou – Live from Austin, TXBlue Moon
2007 Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys Keeping the Tradition AliveMaison de Soul
2006 Creole Cowboys Where It Come FromIndependent
2005 Creole Cowboys Live! New YorkIndependent
2005 Zydeco Force Louisiana Chicken ShackMaison de Soul
2003 Zydeco Force Rock Awhile Z-Force StyleMaison de Soul
2001 Zydeco Force You Mean the World to MeMaison de Soul
2000 Zydeco Force We’re Back!Maison de Soul
1995 Zydeco Force It’s La-La TimeMaison de Soul
1994 Zydeco Force Zydeco PushMaison de Soul
1993 Zydeco Force Shaggy Dog Two-StepMaison de Soul
1987 Zydeco Force Zydeco ForceMaison de Soul
Schulze Gets the Blues, 2003, winner of 11 international film awards
Passion Fish, 1992, nominated for 2 Oscars and 2 Golden Globe Awards
Top Dog, 1995, with Chuck Norris
Guest Musician on recordings with the following bands and performers:
- Cedric Watson
- The Buddhahood
- Corey Young Teen Excitement
- Robert Leonard
- Roy Carrier
- Beau Jocque
- Louisiana Musicians’ Hurricane Relief Benefit DVD – with Marsha Ball, Jesse Lege
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
NARAS - National Academy of Recording ArtistsVoting Member
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BMI – Broadcast Music, Inc.
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