page_title: Bob French (jazz musician)
hierarchical_section_title: Bob French (jazz musician)
caption_attribution_description: New Orleans: Drummer/bandleader Bob French at microphone at Snug Harbor, with Charmaine Neville band.
context_page_description: Robert "Bob" French was an American jazz drummer and radio show host at WWOZ, from New Orleans, Louisiana.
  French led The Tuxedo Jazz Band from 1977 until his death in 2012.
context_section_description: Robert "Bob" French (c. December 27, 1938 – November 12, 2012) was an American jazz drummer and radio show host at WWOZ, from New Orleans, Louisiana.
  French led The Tuxedo Jazz Band from 1977 until his death in 2012. (The Tuxedo Jazz Band was formerly led by Oscar "Papa" Celestin and later by French's father, Albert "Papa" French from 1958 to 1977).
caption: French at Snug Harbor, New Orleans, in March 2008
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