Alvin Alcorn

Alvin Elmore Alcorn (September 7, 1912 ā€“ July 10, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter.[1][2]

Alvin Alcorn
Birth nameAlvin Elmore Alcorn
Born(1912-09-07)September 7, 1912
New Orleans, Louisiana
DiedJuly 10, 2003(2003-07-10) (aged 90)
New Orleans
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsTrumpet
Years active1930sā€“1980s
Associated actsKid Ory, Olympia Brass Band

Career

Alcorn learned music theory from his brother.[3] In the early 1930s, he was a member of the Sunny South Syncopators led by Armand J. Piron.[3] He worked in Texas as a member of Don Albert's swing band, but he spent most his career in New Orleans in the dixieland bands of Paul Barbarin, Sidney Desvigne, Oscar Celestin, and Octave Crosby.[3]

During the 1950s, he went to Los Angeles to join the band of Kid Ory, then a couple years later returned to New Orleans.[3] He went on tour in Europe with Chris Barber in the late 1970s and continued to perform into the 1980s.[3]

References

  1. "Alvin Alcorn". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. Vacher, Peter (4 August 2003). "Alvin Alcorn". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2017 ā€“ via The Guardian.
  3. Yanow, Scott (1998). Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Yanow, Scott (eds.). All Music Guide to Jazz (3 ed.). San Francisco: Miller Freeman. p. 14. ISBN 0-87930-530-4.
  • Barrell, Alan; Rye, Howard (2002). "Alcorn, Alvin (Elmore, Sr.)". In Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. pp. 25ā€“26. ISBN 1561592846.
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