Allison Miner
Elizabeth Allison Miner (* as Elizabeth Allison Crowther, November 23, 1949 in Baltimore ; † December 23, 1995 in New Orleans ) was an American music manager, best known as one of the founders and directors of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival .
Miner grew up in Daytona Beach and went to school with the Allman Brothers and was friends with them. She sang with their band as A. Milner and the Allman Joys . In 1966 she moved to New Orleans, where she worked with Dick Allen in the Tulane University Jazz Archives. When George Wein organized the first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 1970, Dick Allen recommended her and Quint Davis Wein for local support. She helped organize the festival during the first five difficult years and set up its archive.
From the mid-1970s she was the manager of Professor Longhair , whose band was led by her then-husband Andrew Kaslow. She had two sons with Kaslow. In the mid-1980s she moved to Cleveland , where she had a radio show with music from New Orleans ( Cajun music , Zydeco ) on Case Western University. She also managed the music school development in Cleveland and directed the National Folk Festival in Cuyahoga Valley National Park . In 1988 she returned to New Orleans and was again involved in the Jazz Fest. On one of the stages she presented music history from New Orleans in public discussions with the musicians (Music Heritage Stage) - it was later named after her (the only one of the twelve main stages named after a person). She was involved in the founding of the radio station WWOZ and worked to ensure that the festival remained a non-profit organization and that the musicians were paid appropriately.
In 1995 she developed multiple myeloma .
In addition to Professor Longhair, she also managed other musicians such as the Rebirth Brass Band and the Wild Magnolias.
In 1997 her book Jazz Fest Memories was published posthumously by Pelican.
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| SURNAME | Miner, Allison |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American music manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1995 |
| Place of death | New Orleans |