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The Olympia Brass Band is an American jazz brass band from New Orleans. The first "Olympia Brass Band" was active from the late 19th century to around World War I. The most famous member was Freddie Keppard. In 1958, saxophonist Harold Dejan, leader of the 2nd unit of the Eureka Brass Band, split off to form the current Olympia, reviving the historic name. Although the band left numerous recordings, none is more prevalent than their recording of "The Westlawn Funeral Dirge" which featured Emanuel Paul on the tenor saxophone.

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  • Die Olympia Brass Band ist eine Brass Band in New Orleans, die 1958 von Harold Dejan gegründet wurde, der vorher in der Eureka Brass Band spielte. Es gab zuvor schon ein Olympia Orchestra bzw. eine Olympia Brass Band, die mit Unterbrechungen von etwa 1900 bis 1915 bestand. Leiter war ab etwa 1906 Freddie Keppard, der wahrscheinlich bis zu seinem Wegzug nach Kalifornien Ende 1912 dabei war. Außerdem spielten dort King Oliver (als zweites Kornett neben Keppard), Alphonse Picou, und zeitweise Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Lorenzo Tio, Bunk Johnson, Louis Nelson Delisle. Ab 1913 wurde es von Armand J. Piron übernommen. (de)
  • The Olympia Brass Band is an American jazz brass band from New Orleans. The first "Olympia Brass Band" was active from the late 19th century to around World War I. The most famous member was Freddie Keppard. In 1958, saxophonist Harold Dejan, leader of the 2nd unit of the Eureka Brass Band, split off to form the current Olympia, reviving the historic name. Although the band left numerous recordings, none is more prevalent than their recording of "The Westlawn Funeral Dirge" which featured Emanuel Paul on the tenor saxophone. (en)
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  • Die Olympia Brass Band ist eine Brass Band in New Orleans, die 1958 von Harold Dejan gegründet wurde, der vorher in der Eureka Brass Band spielte. Es gab zuvor schon ein Olympia Orchestra bzw. eine Olympia Brass Band, die mit Unterbrechungen von etwa 1900 bis 1915 bestand. Leiter war ab etwa 1906 Freddie Keppard, der wahrscheinlich bis zu seinem Wegzug nach Kalifornien Ende 1912 dabei war. Außerdem spielten dort King Oliver (als zweites Kornett neben Keppard), Alphonse Picou, und zeitweise Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Lorenzo Tio, Bunk Johnson, Louis Nelson Delisle. Ab 1913 wurde es von Armand J. Piron übernommen. Die 1958 gegründete Olympia Band war Teil der Renaissance der Brass Bands in New Orleans. Üblicherweise besteht sie aus drei Trompeten, zwei Posaunen, zwei Saxophonen, Klarinette, Tuba oder Sousaphon, Snare Drum und Basstrommel. 1966 spielten sie auf der Beerdigung von Kid Howard. 1968 waren sie in Berlin und traten in einer Parade in Dahlem auf, sie spielten in London 1972 im Radio für den 25. Hochzeitstag der Queen und in New Orleans beim Besuch des Papstes Johannes Paul II. 1973 traten sie im James-Bond-Film Leben und sterben lassen bei einem Begräbnismarsch auf. Neben Paraden spielten sie auch lange einmal die Woche in der Preservation Hall. Von ihnen gibt es viele Aufnahmen. Zur Formation gehörten unter anderem Kid Sheik Cola, die Trompeter Andy Anderson und Milton Batiste (der die Band übernahm), der Tenorsaxophonist Emanuel Paul und Alan Jaffe am Sousaphon. (de)
  • The Olympia Brass Band is an American jazz brass band from New Orleans. The first "Olympia Brass Band" was active from the late 19th century to around World War I. The most famous member was Freddie Keppard. In 1958, saxophonist Harold Dejan, leader of the 2nd unit of the Eureka Brass Band, split off to form the current Olympia, reviving the historic name. The band had a notable part in the 1973 James Bond movie Live and Let Die in which they play a band leading a funeral march and one of Bond's associates is assassinated during the march. Trumpeter Alvin Alcorn plays the knife-wielding "baby-faced killer". In addition to playing for parades and parties, the band had a weekly gig at Preservation Hall on Sunday nights for many years. The band also toured Europe on numerous occasions and also toured Africa for the U. S. State Department. The band did a BBC radio broadcast for Queen Elizabeth's 25th wedding anniversary in 1972 while they were in London, and also played for Pope John Paul II on his visit to New Orleans. The Olympia Brass Band was a training ground for a whole new generation of jazz musicians including clarinetist Joseph Torregano, saxophonist Byron "Flea" Bernard, drummers Tanio Hingle and Kerry Hunter, and trumpeters Kenneth Terry and "Kid" Mervin Campbell. Notable members of the band over the years were: Harold "Duke" Dejan, leader and alto saxophone; Emanuel "Pappy" Paul & Ernest Watson tenor saxophone; clarinetists Willie Humphrey, Joseph Torregano and David Grillier; trumpeters Milton Batiste (assistant leader), Edmond Foucher, George "Kid Sheik" Colar, Reginald Koeller, Kenneth Terry, and Mervin Campbell; trombonists Paul Crawford, Frank Naundorf, Wendell Eugene, Eddie King, Gerald Joseph, and Lester Caliste; sousaphonists Allan Jaffe, William "Coby" Brown, Anthony Lacen aka "Tuba Fats," Edgar Smith, and Jeffrey Hills; snare drummers Andrew Jefferson, Leroy "Boogie" Breaux, Kerry "Fatman" Hunter; bass drummers Henry "Booker T." Glass, Nowell "Papa" Glass, and Cayetano "Tanio" Hingle. Grand marshals for the band were Matthew "Fats" Houston (1911–81), Anderson Minor, Anderson Stewart, and Richard "King" Matthews, whose death in 2010 is considered to have ended the band's history. Although the band left numerous recordings, none is more prevalent than their recording of "The Westlawn Funeral Dirge" which featured Emanuel Paul on the tenor saxophone. The Olympia Brass Band is profiled in the book, The Great Olympia Band by the late English writer Mick Burns, and Keeping the Beat on the Street: The New Orleans Brass Band Renaissance also by Mick Burns. (en)
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