Papa Celestin

trumpet, cornet · 1884–1954 · Napoleonville

Trumpeter from New Orleans, he led the Tuxedo Dance Hall orchestra around 1910, then the Tuxedo Brass Band. Back on his feet after the war, he played for President Eisenhower at the White House in 1953.

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Styles

• New Orleans jazz
• New Orleans
• Traditional revival

Landmark tracks

• Original Tuxedo Rag (1925)

Sources

• Source

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