* Sep 9, 1900 New Orleans La.
† Nov 19, 1954 Ann Arbor Mi.

As a brass band musician he played with: Henry Allen Brassband

Allen Hunter Gardette was mentioned as one of Henry Allen trumpet players before de Depression.

He was the brother in law of Wilbert Tillman, who played clarinet and saxophone  and later on played the trumpet, because trumpet players got more work.
Allen Hunter Gardette was a pupil of Louis Dumaine, a well known trumpet player who had his own brass band in the ‘40^th and led his own band Dumaine’s Rag Time Band. Gardette’s son Ernest, who was a drummer, also was a pupil of Dumaine. Allen Hunter Gardette went on to be an arranger and teacher himself, taught the trumpeter Andy Anderson, a long time member of the Young Tuxedo Brass Band. This information was given by John Joseph, interviewed on Nov 26, 1958

Wilbert Tillman, who was discharged from the navy in 1920 said that, when he came back to New Orleans he took clarinet lessons and the first band he played with, in 1992 or 1923, was the Peerless, a family band led by Allen Hunter Gardette. In this band also Wilbert’s brother Edward was on trombone, Allen’s son Ernest, drums and a cousin Joe Batiste played banjo. The only outsider was Nice Ross on bass.
Wilbert Tillman was interviewed on Aug 15, 1961 and Jan 20, 1966

Hello Hugo,
 
Thanks for the information about Allen Hunter Gardette (b. Sep 9, 1900 in New Orleans, Louisiana; d. Nov 19, 1954 in Ann Arbor, Michigan; buried Nov 26, 1954 in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana).  I've attached a photograph of him, probably taken in the 1940s. Thanks again for the information you posted to your web site. Email Dec 21 2008 V. Norwood


Sources (internet):
i1 http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/orleans/obits/times/tpi1954.txt

Sources (brassband history):
2 Fallen Heroes by Richard H. Knowles