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* July 15, 1898 New Orleans, La.
† Dec 30, 1969 New Orleans, La.
Adolphe Tats Alexander jr. was a clarinet,
baritone horn and later saxophone player in Sidney
Desvigne's band on the SS. Capitol (ca.
1922 - 193316) according to a photograph from the Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane
University.
He played in the Abby Williams Happy
Pals and on the recording of the
Bunk Johnson Brass Band.
Started playing with the Tuxedo Brass Band, 1921. He played
with Papa Celestin from mid-40's to 1954 and in the Eureka Brass Band. He
retired music in 1955.16
He played with Kid Howard's Brass Band for Buddy
Petit's funeral in 1931
Most sources do not quote the actual day of death, merely
giving it as “January” but a piece in the New Orleans
States-Item mentions that George Lewis and Adolphe Alexander had jazz
funerals on the same day, January 3rd, and went on to say, “Alexander, 70,
died Monday of acute pulmonary edema and Lewis,68, died Tuesday, of
pneumonia and influenza.” Since Dec. 31 when George died was a Tuesday,
this would confirm Alexander’s death on the Monday, Dec.
30th.19
1969 Januari 4:
Anderson Minor (Grand Marshall)
Alan Jaffe (tuba), Paul Crawford (trb), (?) (trb),
Jerry Green (tuba), PaPa Glass (sndm), Andrew Jefferson (sndm), Harold
Dejan (as), Manuel Paul (ts), Booker T. Glass (bsdm), Milton Batiste (trp),
(?) (trp)
Alan Jaffe (tuba), Paul Crawford (trb), (?) (trb),
(?) (trb), Jerry Green (tuba). Harold dejan (as), PaPa Glass (sndm),
Booker T. Glass (bsdm), Chris Clifton (trp), Dody Doderson (trp)
(Pictures M. Grauman)
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