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* July 27 1884 or 188516, New Orleans La.
† Nov 4 1920, New Orleans La.
As a brass band musician he played with:
Excelsior,
Indiana Brass Band
and George McCullum
marching band
George Alfred McCullum sr. was a popular
player and bandleader until his death in 1920. He straddled the barrier
between "hot" and "sweet", between jazzy players who improvised in
honky-tonks and more polite society orchestras who read from arrangements. McCullum’s own bands read from arrangements, his own in fact, but he was a
sufficiently "hot" player himself that "sweet" orchestras would hire him
to add some spice to their sound. The cornet is visually interesting, with
a very old-fashioned 19th-century look to it.i1
Lionel Ferbos about memories playing in the WPA band:
In that band, I had a fine
trumpet player next to me named George McCullum, and I always wondered why
I couldn't play marches like he did. So I started taking lessons with
Angelo Castigliola, who taught me double-tongue and triple-tongue
[technique]. Then I realized why George could play so well. I've had very
good teachers."i2
George McCullum started to give Alvin Alcorn lessons.i3
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