2020-09-24

Rickie Monie

Rickie Monie (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Preservation Hall pianist Rickie Monie was raised in New Orleans’s Ninth Ward. Monie’s parents played piano in church, and at home they would spin records by Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Teddy Wilson, and other pianists. Monie’s father began teaching him at the age of eight, and he eventually played piano and organ in church. In 1982, Rickie Monie began to perform at Preservation Hall, where he has remained since. In addition to piano, Monie is also an accomplished clarinetist and regularly plays the organ in churches around New Orleans. As an ambassador of music for New Orleans and the United States, Rickie continues to share his love of music with students of all ages.

Interviewed by Holly Hobbs, 09/24/2020.

Holly Hobbs

Music; United States; Covid-19 Pandemic

New Orleans, Louisiana

Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Society for Ethnomusicology