Dirty Dozen Brass Band brings New Orleans #NOLA style to Live Wire Music Hall http://nola.tw/FB
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band brings New Orleans #NOLA style to Live Wire Music Hall http://nola.tw/FB
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/05/2012
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1878 - Alphonse (Floristan) Picou was born on this day. Traditional jazz clarinetist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his musical career in the late 1890's with Bouboul Valentin, and later organized the 'Acordiana Band'. He played with Oscar Duconge, Freddie Keppard's Olympia Orchestra, the Excelsior Brass Band and the Tuxedo Brass Band. In the late forties he played with the Celestin band and worked in the Paddock on Bourbon Street. Alphonse died during Mardi Gras in 1961 and had one of the biggest funerals in the history of New Orleans. |