Papa Celestin
Oscar Phillip Celestin called "Papa Celestin" (* 1. January 1884 Napoleonville , Louisiana ; † 15. December 1954 in New Orleans ) was an American jazz - trumpet , cornet player, singer and band leader of the New Orleans Jazz .
Live and act
Celestin had Creole origins and worked in his youth on plantations and as a cook for the railroad, before he taught himself guitar, trombone and trumpet (cornet), partly self-taught. The cornet became his main instrument. He played in smaller towns before moving to New Orleans in 1906. He first played in the brass bands ( street bands ) "Imperial", " Olympia ", the "Henry Allen Brass Band" and the " Excelsior Brass Band " (from 1908) and in Jack Carey's dance band before he got the chance in 1910 got to lead the dance band at the Tuxedo Dance Hall in Storyville . Even after the dance hall was closed in 1913 due to a shooting, he kept the name, underpinned by the fact that he dressed the musicians in tuxedos ("tuxedos"). The very popular band was temporarily led by trombonist William Ridgely , before the two parted in a dispute and founded competing "Tuxedo Bands". You made 1925 recordings for Okeh and under Celestin as the " Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra " in the 1920s with Columbia . The band toured the Gulf Coast until the early 1930s. In the band played u. a. Peter Bocage , Louis Armstrong and Lorenzo Tio . In addition, Celestin led the "Tuxedo Brass Band", in which u. a. Louis Armstrong and King Oliver played. During the depression he had to break up the band. During the Second World War he worked at a shipyard, but then led a band again that played regularly in the "paddock" on Bourbon Street , where they were also often broadcast on the radio and whose live play was a tourist attraction. After Celestin's death, the band was taken over by trombonist Eddie Pierson and from 1958 by the banjo player of the band Papa French and then by his son Bob French .
Discographic notes
- Papa Celestin & Sam Morgan (Azure, 1925-1928)
- The 1950s Radio Broadcasts (Arhoolie, 1950–51)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Celestin, papa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Celestin, Oscar Phillip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, singer, and bandleader of New Orleans jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Napoleonville , Louisiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 1954 |
| Place of death | New Orleans |