Bruce Raeburn worked at the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library from 1984 and was curator of Hogan Jazz Archive from 1989 until retiring in 2018. Raeburn received his Doctorate in United States Cultural History from Tulane University in 1991. Raeburn has written and taught in history and music at Tulane on Jazz and New Orleans music, consulted for numerous television and radio interviews, been a regular on WWNO Radio's monthly show, "Crescent City", and performed as a drummer with James Booker, Earl King, Clark Vreeland and The Pfister Sisters.