Biography

Composer, songwriter ("Tiger Rag", "Clarinet Marmalade"), trombonist, and a violinist in theatres and film orchestras, and later a trombonist in marching bands. He came to Chicago in 1916 with Johnny Stein's Jass (sic) Band, and later he played with Nick La Rocca, Larry Shields, Henry Ragas and Tony Sbarbaro, then founded the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. During World War I, he served in the US Army, then organized a band at Silver Slipper, New York. In the 1930s and 1940s, he played in society orchestras, then he reorganized the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, and toured with Katherine Dunham, later forming his own jazz sextet. Joining ASCAP in 1953, his other popular-song and instrumental compositions include "Fidgety Feet" and "Livery Stable Blues".
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