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by blueorleansradio · 12/22/2012

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Louisiana Today

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1958 - Eddie Pierson, traditional jazz trombonist from Algiers, Louisiana passed away on this day. He was born in 1904, and played for Sidney Desvigne on the riverboats in the thirties. He also worked in a group with Louis Barbarin and Emanual Sayles. He was with Papa Celestin from the early fifties until Papa's death, when he took over leadership of what was left. Eddie died in New Orleans.