Gladney, 2024 Foundation for Louisiana World Maker and sixth-generation New Orleans native, hails from the city’s iconic Lower 9th Ward. With a career spanning 20-year of high-profile performances, music videos, and live TV appearances, Gladney has been on The Kelly & Ryan Show, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and BBC’s The Graham Norton Show. His international collaborators include Jonathan Batiste, Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters, Ellis Marsalis, George Duke, Bret McKenzie, Solange, and Joe Dyson. A two-time GRAMMY nominee, Gladney contributed to Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah’s 2018 album, The Emancipation Procrastination with the feature track “Cages” and played a key role in the creation of The Rumble’s Stories From the Battlefield. Gladney leads a self-titled band, with the debut single “Selenite,” released in 2021, marking the beginning of their recording journey. He serves as the woodwind instructor at his alma mater, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.
