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The Camelia brass band performed from 1917/18 untill about 1935
According to Israel Gorman, the name came from the lake steamer the S.S.
Camelia. Was it the New Camelia and was it related to the storm
of 10/1/1893 (search
for Camelia)?
These musicians were regulars in the Camelia Brass Band (a ten piece band):
Cornet/trumpet
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Trombone
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Clarinet
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Bariton horn
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Bucko Gramma (under Garnier's
leadership)
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Alto horn
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Alto sax
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René Mercadel (under Garnier's leadership),
Wilbert Tillman
(under Garnier's leadership)
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Bass horn
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Buddy Luck
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Tuba
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George Foy (under Garnier's leadership), Bucko Gramma
(under Garnier's leadership)
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Snare drum
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Bass drum
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Leader
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The Camelia Brass Band seems to have been a Carnival Day fixture with the
Jefferson City Buzzards, a white uptown carnival club.
Most
history books use the spelling "Ganier" but in fact (confirmed
to us by the family) it
was really Garnier. During the Depression there were pictures taken of the
entire ERA and WPA bands in which he is identified as "Albert Ganier" but I
expect the Albert part was a nickname because his colleagues couldn't get their
chops around D'Jalma! On June 8, 2004, Brian Wood sent us this information
In our guestbook Rusty Burns wrote:
I feel the band was related to the steamer "New
Camelia". There are many references to speak of the great music on this vessel.
Please check out my link to.
http://lebontempsroule.org/new%20camelia/steamer%20photos.htm
Sources books:
16 New
Orleans Jazz, family album by Al Rose and Edmond Souchon
Sources
internet:
If you have supplementary information about
this song, please let us know.
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