* Jun 3 1888 New Orleans, La.
† Mar 25, 1958 New Orleans, La.

Instrument: trombone

As a brass band musician he played with: Reliance Brass Band

Nickname: Red

Led first dixieland group to go north, 1915. This was the first band advertised as a "jass" band.16

He was a member of the famous Original Dixieland Jass Band.

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