* Ca. 1870 New Orleans, La.
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As a brass band musician he played with: Onward Brass Band

He marched occasionally with the Onward Brass Band in the pre-Spanish-American War period. Before 1900 he was playing with bands led by Oscar Duconge, along with Alphonse Picou and Edward Clem.16

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16 New Orleans Jazz, family album by Al Rose and Edmond Souchon