Alvin Alcorn | |
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Birth name | Alvin Elmore Alcorn |
Born | New Orleans, Louisiana | September 7, 1912
Died | July 10, 2003 New Orleans | (aged 90)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Trumpet |
Years active | 1932–1990 |
Alvin Elmore Alcorn (September 7, 1912 – July 10, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter. [1] [2]
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]