New Orleans musician Jon Cleary is set to perform live at Chickie Wah Wah on Wednesday, May 17, at 8 p.m. The tickets for the show are priced at $20 in advance and $27 on the day of the show. Cleary’s ...

When Jon Cleary was 18 years old, he made his first trip to the city from which his favorite music came. Traveling from the small town of Cranbrook in Kent, England, Cleary suddenly found himself ...

New Orleans-based pianist extraordinaire, the Grammy-winning Jon Cleary, will devote the earnings from his May 5 “Quarantini Happy Hour” virtual gig to OffBeat. “The New Orleans music world is ...

Imagine the joy of discovering a new album from Jon Cleary recorded in 2020, featuring Johnny Vidacovich and James Singleton together and occasionally accompanied by James Rivers on sax. Part of the ...

Beyond Cleary’s considerable skills as a tunesmith he is equally renowned around the globe as an accomplished keyboardist and guitarist, and a deeply soulful vocalist. Cleary’s thirty-five years of ...

Jon Cleary has spent his life delving into New Orleans music and he returns to Houston on Friday, May 26 to perform at The Continental Club. Credit: Photo by Rune Lundø Anyone who has taken a trip ...

When piano wizard Jon Cleary debuted his band, the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, for a pair of performances during the 1994 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival season, the two gigs were like day and ...

New Orleans is the place where Jon Cleary thinks he should have come from. “I came hardwired for New Orleans funk because that was the music I really dug,” the British-born singer, songwriter, pianist ...

New Orleans pianist/singer Jon Cleary takes big chances with his music and life. Consider the English-born musician flew to New Orleans at 17 with $100 and a matchbook cover in his pocket. He had no ...

Pianist and bandleader John Cleary joins Air Time to discuss his journey into New Orleans R&B, his collaborations with legends like Dr. John and Allen Toussaint, and the live-in-studio spirit of The ...

Jon Cleary remembers learning to play "Tipitina" on an old upright piano in his grandmother's home in the village of Cranbrook in Kent, England. He was 11. The song's three chords are filled with ...