Alvin Elmore Alcorn (September 7, 1912 – July 10, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter.[1][2]
Alvin Alcorn | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Alvin Elmore Alcorn |
| Born | September 7, 1912 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Died | July 10, 2003 (aged 90) New Orleans |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1932–1990 |
| Formerly of | Kid Ory, Olympia Brass Band |
Career
editAlcorn 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
edit- ^ "Alvin Alcorn". Daily Telegraph. 30 July 2003. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ^ Vacher, Peter (4 August 2003). "Alvin Alcorn". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e 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. 25–26. ISBN 1561592846.
External links
edit- Alvin Alcorn at IMDb