But Herbert was out when I phoned just now, so I checked through other sources.  Before coming to work here at the museum, I helped my friend Alden Ashforth put together an exhibit at the Tulane Archive of photos of brass bands he had taken in the early 1950s.  I checked the records of that exhibit, and my memory was correct.  One of the pictures showed Herbert Permillion playing with Henry Allen's band in a parade in the summer of 1951.  That's not to say he was "the" trumpet player in the band, or even that he was a "member."  There really was no such thing, as there was no fixed or even fairly regular membership of that band.  When Old Man Allen, as they called him, got a gig, he started making phone calls to see who was available.  On this occasion, Herbert was.

But as to the Zulu question, my old friend from L.A. was born in 1921, so he certainly wasn't King Zulu the same year.  However, I believe his full name is Herbert Permillion, Jr., which leads to the likelihood that the 1921 Zulu was his father, Herbert Sr.  If we were considering a King Zulu of today, I would have guessed grandfather, as today's Zulus tend to be older men, established pillars of the community who have worked their way up through the ranks of seniority.  But back then, Zulu was young, and so were its members, brash young men out to raise a little hell.  Seniority was not an issue, so a vigorous young man, a new father well liked by his peers, could easily have been chosen as Zulu for `21.