* Ca 1895 New Orleans, La.
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As a brass band musician he played with: Johnny Fischer's, Reliance Brass Band

He played with Norman Brownlee's orchestra, and other leading dixieland groups of the WW I era. He played also with Johnny Fischer's Brass Band.16

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Sources (brassband history):
16 New Orleans Jazz, family album by Al Rose and Edmond Souchon