Lawrence Duhe's Band

This band played at the Deluxe Cafe, Chicago between 1917 and 1919.

Clarinet - Lawrence Duhe

Trumpet/Cornet - Joe Oliver (1918, and later became a leader of this band)

Johnny DeDroit (1917-late 1950s) - dance orchestra

Trumpet - Johnny DeDroit (leader)

Trombone - Russ Papalia, Ellis Stratakos

Clarinet/Saxophone - Tony Parenti, Henry Raymond

Alto Sax - Rudolph Levy

Piano - Frank Cuny, tom Zimmerman, Frank Froeba

Banjo - George Potter

Drums - Paul DeDroit

Kid Lindsey's Jazz Band (1917-1918)

Trumpet - Louis Armstrong

Trombone - Maurice French

Clarinet - Louis Prevost

Banjo - Son Carr

Drums - Little Joe Lindsey (leader)

Plus Various Guitarists and Banjoists

Morgan's Euphonic Syncopators (1917)

All but the pianist in this Chicago band were Orleanians.

Cornet - Fred Neuroth

Trombone - Emile Christian

Clarinet - Red Rowling

Piano - Ernie Erdman

Drums - Billy Lambert

Triangle Band (1917-1925)

Cornet - Tony Magiotta

Trombone - Charles Christian

Clarinet/Saxophone - Sal Magiotta

Guitar and Banjo - Tony Schiro

String Bass and Tuba - Bud Loyacano

Drums - Louis Stephens

Wade Whaley's Band

Brunies New Orleans Jazz Band (circa) 1918

NOTE: These musicians were also the Original New Orleans Jazz Band circa 1916

Cornet - Merritt Brunies (leader)

Trombone - Emile Christian

Clarinet - Johnny Fischer

Piano - Freddie Rose

Drums - Freddie Williams

Dixie Jazz Band (1918-1925)

Cornet - Ricard Alexis

Clarinet - Sidney Vigne (later "Big Eye" Louis Nelson)

Trombone - Ernest Kelly or Paul Ben

Banjo - Lorenzo Staulz

Guitar - Little Dad Vincent

Drums - Little Joe Lindsey

New Orleans Jazz Band (1918-1922) - Dixieland Band (and a Co-op Band)

Cornet - Frank Christian

Trombone - Frank L'Hotag (not from New Orleans)

Clarinet - Achille Baquet

Piano - Jimmy Durante (comedian - not from New Orleans)

Drums - Johnny Stein

A J Piron Orchestra (1918-1928) - Dance Orchestra

Cornet/Trumpet - Peter Bocage, Willie Edwards

Trombone/String Bass/Tuba - John Lindsay

Clarinet/Saxophone - Lorenzo Tio Junior, Louis Warnecke

Banjo/Guitar - Charles Bocage, John Marrero, Johnny St Cyr

Piano - Steve Lewis, Arthur Campbell

String Bass/Tuba - Bob Ysaguirre, Henry Bocage

Drums - Louis Cottrell Senior, Paul Barbarin, Cie Frazier, Bill Matthews

Violin - A J Piron (leader)

Bulls Club Brass Band - (late teens to early 1920's)

Trumpet - Manuel Calier (leader)

Trombone - Arthur Stevens

NOTE: Sometimes Joe King Oliver and George McCullum Senior played with this group

Five Southern Jazzers (about 1919-1924)

This band played in Chicago.

Trumpet - Frank Christian (leader)

Trombone - Frank L'Hotag (from the mid-west)

Clarinet - Johnny fischer

Piano - Ernie Erdman (from the mid-west)

Drums - Anton Lada

Jazzola Six (1919-1921) - Dixieland Band

Cornet - Johnny Bayersdorffer (leader)

Trombone - Paul Cinquemano

Clarinet - Johnny Beninate

Piano - Billy Braun

String Bass - Roscoe Legnon

Drums - Buster Klein

Liberty Bell Orchestra (1919-1920) - Jazz Band

Trumpet - Wesley Don (leader)

Violin - Jack Blount

Trombone - Freddie Miller (sometimes Jim Robinson)

Clarinet - Bill Dimes (sometimes Blind Freddie Small on clarinet and harmonica)

Banjo - Little Dad Vincent

String Bass - Eddie Gilmore

Drums - Joe Rena

Louisiana Five (early 1919) - Dixieland Band

This band, organized just to make records, never played in New Orleans, though two members of the band were from New Orleans. They were:

Clarinet - Yellow Nunez

Drums - Alton Lada (leader)

Young Eagles Band (1918) - Jazz Band

Trumpet - Lee Collins

Trombone - Early Humphrey

Clarinet - John Casimir

Banjo - Son Thomas

String Bass/Tuba - Pops Foster

Drums - Joe Casimir

Young Superior Band (early 1920's) - Jazz Band

Trumpet - Arthur Derbigny

Trombone - Leonard Bechet (leader)

Clarinet - Andrew Morgan

Banjo - Whitey Arcenaux

String Bass and Tuba - Tommy Hudson

Drums - Arthur Joseph

Eureka Brass Band (1920 to 1984 ...)

Grand Marshall - Fats Houston

Trumpet - Willie Wilson (organiser and first leader); Tom Albert, Alcide Landry, Kid Shots Madison, Percy Humphrey, T-Boy Remy, Willie Pajeaud, Eddie Richardson, Kid Sheik Colar

Cornet - Adolphe Alexander Snr (founding member)

Trombone - Willie Cornish, Jim Robinson, Earl Humphrey, Albert Warner, Eddie Summers, Louis Nelson, Sunny Henry, Chicken Henry, Kid Avery

Clarinet - George Lewis, Willie Parker (founding member), Albert Burbank, Willie James Humphrey

Alto Horn - Alphonse Johnson

Bass Horn - Johnny Wilson

Sousophone and Tuba - Red Clark (manager), Wilbert Tillman

Drums - Alfred Williams, Cie Frazier, Happy Goldston, Son Fewclothes Lewis

Saxophone - Tats Alexander, Emanuel Paul, Ruben Roddy

NOTE: T-boy Remy, Percy Humphrey (both individually succeeded Wilson as leader)

The Banner Band (1920's) - Jazz Band

Violin - Gus Fortinet (leader)

Trumpet - Bunk Johnson

Clarinet - Lawrence Duhe

Trombone - Kid Avery

Baritone Horn - Pop Hamilton

Bass - Chester Zardis

 Johnny Bayersdorffer (Dixieland Band 1920's and 1930's)

Trumpet - Johnny Bayersdorffer (leader)

Trombone - Tom Brown, Charlie Hartmann

Clarinet and Saxophone - Nunzio Scaglione, Lester Bouchon, Harry Shields, Elery Master, Biller Creger

Piano - Johnny Miller, Joe Wolfe

Banjo and Guitar - Nappy Lamare, Freddie Loyacano, Steve Loyacono

Bass - Chink Martin

Drums - Leo Adde, Ray Bauduc

Black and Tan Orchestra - (1920's) - Jazz Band

Trumpet - Buddy Petit (Leader)

Trombone - George Washington

Clarinet - Edmond Hall, (and later, Pill Coycault)

Piano - Sadie Goodson

Banjo - Buddy Manaday

String Bass - Chester Zardis

Drums - Eddie "Face-O" Woods, (and later, Chinee Foster)

Black Devils Jazz Band (1920's)

String Bass - Dennis Williams

Norman Brownlee - Dixieland, Novelty Band of the 1920's

Cornet and Trumpet - Emmett Hardy, Johnny Wiggs, Sharkey

Trombone - Tom Brown

Cornet, Trumpet, Trombone - George Barth

Clarinet, Saxophone - Harry Shields, Lester Bouchon

Mellophone, Saxophone - Billy Braun

Piano, Saxophone - Norman Brownlee (leader)

Banjo - Behrman French, Bill Eastwood, Freddie Loyacano,

Trombone, Drums - Alonzo Crombie

Tuba - Frank Christian

Saxophone - Paul Peque

Dejan's Moonlight Serenaders - Dance Orchestra (1920's and 1930's)

Trumpet - Leo Dejan (leader)

Saxophone - Harold Dejan, Henry Casenave

Banjo - Sidney Cates

Drums - Arnaul Thomas

Dixieland Romers (1920's) - Dixieland Band

Trumpet - Pinky Gerbrecht (leader)

Trombone - Ellis Stratakos

Saxophone - Eddie Powers

Piano - Frank Mutz

Drums - Ray Bauduc

Vocal - Ed McCarthy

Tony Fougerat Dixieland Band (1920's to 1966)

Clarinet - Lester Bouchon, Harry Shields

Guitar - Nappy Lamare

Trombone - Charlie Christian

String Bass - Willie Guitar

Buddy Gehl and His Eight Winds (1920's)

Trumpet - Herman Kohlmeyer, Dick Mackie

Clarinet, Saxophone - Gerald "Skinny" Andrus, Dede Newman

Tuba - Louis Kohlmeyer

Piano - Preacher Wadsworth

Banjo - Rene Gelpi

Drums - Buddy Gehl (leader)

Golden Leaf Jazz Band (1920-1921)

Trumpet - Lee Collins (sometimes Punch Miller)

Trombone - Jim Robinson

Clarinet - Sidney Vigne

Violin - Sidney Brown

String Bass - Bud Russell

Drums, Guitar - Arthus Ogle (sometimes Happy Goldston played drums)

Banjo - Jesse Jackson (leader)

Foster and Lewis Jazz Band (early 1920's)

Trumpet - Dude Foster

Clarinet - Zeb Lenares

Piano - Tink Baptiste

Banjo - Leo Songier

String Bass - One-Eye Babe Philip

Drums - Foster Lewis (leader)

Punch Miller Jazz Band (1920)

Cornet - Punch Miller (leader)

Trombone - Eddie Morris

Clarinet - Georgia Boy Boyd

Banjo - Walter Preston

String Bass - Joe Gable

Drums - Arnold Depass

Sam Morgan's Dance Ochestra (1920's)

Trumpet - Sam Morgan (leader), Isaiah Morgan

Trombone - Jim Robinson, Yank Johnson

Clarinet - Joseph Watson

Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone - Andrew Morgan

Clarinet and Taxophone - Earle Fouche

Piano - Tink Baptiste, Walter Decou

String Bass - Sidney Brown, Tom Copland

Guitar/Banjo - Johnny Dave, Guye Rapp, Creole George Guesnon

Drums - Shine Williams, Alfred Williams, Rudolph Bodoyer, Roy Evans

Naylor's Seven Aces (1920's)

Violin/Piano - Oliver Naylor (leader)

Cornet - Pinky Gerbrecht

Trombone - Charles Hartmann

Saxophone - Jerry Richel

Banjo - Jules Bauduc

Drums - Ray Bauduc, Louis Darrough

Tenor Saxophone - (sometimes) Newton Richardson

New Orleans Harmony Kings - Dixieland Band (1920's)

Trumpet - Sharkey

Clarinet - Sidney Arodin

Piano - Freddie Neumann

Banjo - Joe Capraro

Tuba - Chink Martin

Drums - Augi Schellang

New Orleans Rhythm Kings (early 1920's) - Dance Orchestra
alias Friar's Society Orchestra

Cornet - Paul Mares (leader)

Trumpet - Wingy Manone

Trombone - George Brunies, Santo Pecora

Clarinet/Saxophone - Leon Roppolo, Charles Cordilla

Piano - Red Long

String Bass - Steve Brown, Deacon Loyacano, Bonnie Portie, Chink Martin

Tuba - Leo Adde, Monk Hazel

(In 1923, pianist Jelly Roll Morton recorded with this the New Orleans Rhythm Kings)

Nola Band (1920's) - Dance Orchestra

Trumpet - Peter Lacaze (leader), Ricard Alexis

Trumpet/Cornet - Henry Russ

Piano - Mercedes Fields

Clarinet - Charles McCurdy, Alphonse Picou.

The rest of the band was assembled from pickup musicians, depending on the occasion.

Ellis Stratakos Orchestra (late 1920's to early 1930's) - dance orchestra

Cornet and Trumpet - Johnny Wiggs, Louis Prima, Howard Reed

Trombone and Violin - Ellis Stratakos (leader)

Clarinet and Saxophone - Irving Fazola, Dave Winstein, Johnny Reininger, Joe Loyacano, Eddie Powers

Piano - Joe Wolfe, Freddie Newmann

Guitar and Banjo - Frank Federico, Al Hessemer, Freddie Loyacano

Violin - Freddie Chretien

Tuba and String Bass - Don Peterson, Louis Masinter

Drums - Angie Schellang, Von Gammon

Elton Theodore Orchestra (early 1920's) - jazz band

Trumpet - Kid Thomas

Trombone - Loochie Jackson

Clarinet - Steve Angrum

Banjo - Elton Theodore (leader)

String Bass and Tuba - Tete Rouchon

Drums - Tommy Henderson

Young Tuxedo Orchestra (1920) - dance orchestra

Trumpet - Bush Hall

Trombone - Paul Ben, Bob Thomas

Clarinet, Saxophone - Louis Cottrell Junior, Polo Barnes, Henry Julian

Piano - Dwight Newman

Banjo - Lawrence Marrero (leader)

String Bass - Eddie Marrero

Drums - Cie Frazier, Milford Dolliole

Black Eagles Band (1921-1933) - Jazz Band

Trumpet - Evan Thomas (leader)

Cornet - Bunk Johnson

Trombone - Bob Thomas, Kid Avery, Harrison Brazlee

Clarinet - Lawrence Duhe, George Lewis, Sam Dutrey Jnr

Saxophone - Robert Goby

Banjo - Abraham Martin

Drums - Walter Thomas, Chinee Foster

Young Morgan Band (1921-1925) - dance orchestra

Trumpet - Isaiah Morgan (leader)

Trombone - Jim Robinson

Clarinet - Andrew Morgan

Saxophone - Earl Fouche, Sam Robinson

Banjo - Johnny Dave

String Bass and Tuba - Sidney Brown

Drums - Rudolph Bodoyer

Creole Harmony Kings (1922-1927) - jazz band

Trumpet - Herb Morand

Trombone - Bill Matthews

Clarinet - Kid Molier

Saxophone - Wallingford Hughes

Banjo - Frank Pashley

String Bass - Nat Towles (leader)

Drums - Louis Mahier, (later - Jim Willigan)

New Orleans Owls (1922-1929) - dance orchestra

Cornet - Dick Mackie, Red Bolman, Johnny Wiggs, Bill Padron

Trombone - Frank Netto

Clarinet, Saxophone - Jimmy Rush, Pinky Vidacovich, Eddie Miller

Violin - Johnny Carughi, Eblen Rau, Benjy White

Piano - Siegfried Christensen, Mose Ferrer, Armand Hug

Tuba and String bass - Dan Leblanc, Red Mackie

Banjo, Guitar - Rene Gelpi, Monk Smith, Nappy Lamare, Angelo Palmisano

Drums - Earl Crumb (leader), John Laporte

Ory's Sunshine Orchestra (1922)

Clarinet - Dink Johnson

Cornet - Mutt Carey

Piano - Fred Washington

Bass - Ed Garland

Drums - Ben Borders

Trombone - Kid Ory (leader)

Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra (1923) - dance orchestra

Cornet - Freddie Keppard, James Tate

Trombone - Fayette Williams

Clarinet - Angelo Fernandez

Clarinet and Alto Sax - Buster Bailey

Tenor Sax - Norval Morton

Piano - Adrian Robinson

Banjo - Erskine Tate (leader)

Drums - Jimmy Bertrand

Halfway House Orchestra (1923-1928) - dance orchestra

Clarinet - Abbie Brunies (leader)

Clarinet and Saxophone - Leon Roppolo, Charles Cordilla, Sidney Arodin

Alto Saxophone - Joe Loyacano

Valve Trombone - Merritt Brunies

Banjo - Bill Eastwood, Angelo Palmisano

Piano - Mickey Macour, Red Long

String Bass - Deacon Loyacana, Chink Martin, Bud Loyacano

Drums, Mellophone, Cornet - Monk Hazel

Drums - Leo Adde, Emmett Rogers

Susquehanna Band (1923-1925)

Trumpet - Pete Peccopia

Trombone - Benny Deichman

Clarinet - Johnny Palisier

Piano - Bill Farrell

Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin - Dominick Barocco (leader)

String bass, Tuba - Joe Barocco

Drums - Ferdie Knecht

Ollie Powers and His Harmony Syncopators (1923)

Clarinet - Alex Calamese, Tommy Ladnier

Trombone - Eddie Vincent

Alto Sax - Horace Diemer

Piano - Glover Compton

Banjo - John Basley

Double Bass - William "Bass" Moore

Drums - Ollie Powers (leader)

Clarence Williams' Blue Five (1923)

Cornet - Tom Morris

Trombone - John Mayfield

Soprano Sax - Sidney Bechet

Piano - Clarence Williams (leader)

Banjo - Buddy Christian

Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra (1924-1935)

Band personnel in 1924 included:

Trumpets - Elmer Chambers, Howard Scott, Louis Armstrong
Trombone - Charlie Green
Clarinet - Buster Bailey
Alto Sax, Clarinet - Don Redman
Tenor Sax, Clarinet - Coleman Hawkins
Piano - Fletcher Hendson
Banjo - Charlie Dixon
Tuba - Bob Escudero
Drums - Kaiser Marshall

The Wolverines (1923-1924)

Cornet - Bix Beiderbecke

Trombone - Al Gande (sometimes George Brunies)

Clarinet - Jimmy Hartwell

Tenor Sax - George Johnson

Piano - Dick Voynow

Banjo - Bob Gillette

Bass - Min Leibrook

Drums - Vic Moore

Fate Marable's Society Syncopators (c 1924)

Trumpet - Sidney Desvignes, Amos White

Trombone - Harvey Lankford

Clarinet and Alto Sax - Norman Mason, Bert Bailey

Tenor Sax, Baritone - Walter Thomas

Piano - Fate Marable (Jelly Roll Morton toured briefly with this band around 1924)

Banjo, Guitar - Willie Foster

Double Bass - Henry Kimball

Drums - Zutty Singleton

Johnny de Droit and His New Orleans Orchestra (c. 1924)

Cornet - Johnny de Droit

Trombone - Russ Papalie

Clarinet - Henry Raymond

Alto Sax - Rudy Levy

Piano - Frank Cuny

Banjo - George Potter

Drums - Paul de Droit

The Original Crescent City Jazzers (c. 1924)

Cornet - Stirling Bose

Trombone - Avery Loposer

Clarinet, Alto Sax - Cliff Holman

Tenor Sax - Eddie Powers

Piano - Johnny Riddick

Banjo - Slim Hall

Drums - Felix Guarino

Johnny Bayersdorffer and His Jazzola Novelty Orchestra (c. 1924)

Cornet - Johnny Bayersdorffer

Trombone - Tom Brown

Clarinet - Nunzio Scaglioni

Piano - Johnny Miller

Banjo - Steve Loyacano

Drums - Leo Adde