James Carroll Booker III, known as the Piano Prince, was an extremely talented jazz, New Orleans rhythm and blues and soul musician, was born on December 17, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
James Carroll Booker III, known as the Piano Prince, was an extremely talented jazz, New Orleans rhythm and blues and soul musician, was born on December 17, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana. While still an infant, James and his sister Betty Jean were sent to live with their aunt in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. It was noted at a very early age that J. C. (as his family knew him) had musical skills. By the age of six, he was already playing the piano, learning classical music, as well as the styles of pianists Archibald, Professor Longhair and family friend, Tuts Washington. He mastered the left hand piano technique and help to define the modern New Orleans Jazz, R & B, and Soul sound.